http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-08-21T21:46:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/2/64916/80290 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/GuanahaniStBarths.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Warm-Weather-Hotels-Map"><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/warmweather_map.jpg" align="right"></a>A hotel room in St Barths is a good place to relax at any time of year--or a place where the art gallery comes <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/26/24235/427/hotels/Book+a+Hotel+With+An+Art+Gallery+Included+">within the hotel</a>, if you remember our story last week. But when winter gets you down then the warmth of St Barths is an especially good destination, and you could try the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Guanahani+and+Spa/local/1042"><b>Hotel Guanahani and Spa</b></a> because, for a start, it has a lovely warm sounding name!</p><p>Get beyond the name and everything about the Guanahani is still screaming "winter escape". It belongs to the Leading Small Hotels of the World group and deservedly so, with its luxury cottages (some so brightly colored so you won't have any trouble finding amandak 2008-01-02T11:08:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/1/111317/0833 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/le_sereno_room_couch.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Ok, you know we usually shy away from staged marketing photos. It isn't like we have an aversion to good photos--Noah takes <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/14/134317/415/hotels/Viewlicious+Photo+Shoot%3A+The+Gramercy+Park+Hotel">great, real hotel photos</a> for us. However, the above photo illustrates why we like to use hotel issued photos as a last resort.<p> C'mon. We all know if you are lucky enough to check in to the Christian Liaigre (Club Med Bora Bora, The Mercer in New York) designed <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Sereno/local/319"><b>Le Sereno</b></a> in Saint-Barthélemy you are going to flop on the bed in sheer ecstasy, leaving your bags strewn throughout the room along the way--why do they have to prop those bags up there? Besides, the room looks great regardless, just leave the bags markj 2007-03-01T12:03:57-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/