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HotelChatter - id http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-07-06T22:47:50Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Express Check-Out: Going to the Chapel in Bali http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/18/174414/936 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/conradbalichapel.jpg" class="imgborder">This Flickr shot from <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/kerezee/1745977594/">en.en</a> of the wedding chapel at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Conrad+Bali+Resort+&+Spa/ian/220300">Conrad Bali</a> has us wishing we could go to the chapel all over again. En.en writes:<blockquote>Weddings are usually held here, small party, 60 guests top, but you can have reception outside in the open. this is an amazing chapel. i would love to get married here one day...</blockquote>Well technically we can't get married again (right now, heh) but we can check into the place which has rooms for only $170 a night in April. Now, we gotta work on getting over there.In other news: · Marriott gets geeky video-conferencing tools [<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-marriott0318,0,7801034.story">Baltimore Sun</a>] · Travelodge UK will open 44 new hotels in Britain this year. Expect more juliana 2008-03-18T18:12:47-05:00 Freezing, Freaked Out New Yorker Seeks Warm Getaway http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/22/121244/781 <![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jennm/stories">JennM</a> escapes the cold of NYC. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/umaubud2.jpg" class="imgborder"> It's freezing in New York this week and there's nothing I can't stand more jennm 2008-01-22T16:37:40-05:00 Infinity Pools We Love :: Ubud Hanging Gardens http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/11/23584/998 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ubud.jpg" class="imgborder"> Today we pick a new site where we can feel at one with planet earth while safely surrounded by ceramic and covered in chlorinated water. Each of the 38 villas at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ubud+Hanging+Gardens/local/1018">Ubud Hanging Gardens</a> in Bali has a heated private infinity plunge pool that overlooks the Ayung river. Rather than visually blending with the sea, these infinity pools offer bathers the serene feeling the water takes on before it plunges over a cliff -- without the threat of falling to one's death.The pools are supported by wooden pillars and surrounded by terraced gardens. And the individual heaters ensure each pool's temperature never dips below 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Rooms start at $270 per night. Not a bad ced138 2007-12-12T09:00:01-05:00 'Climate Conference' Participants Leave Carbon Footprints All Over Bali Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/11/94919/392 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/swissgrand_bali.jpg" class="imgborder"> Maybe Mother Nature isn't too happy that the climate conference participants in Bali, Indonesia couldn't arrange a video conference instead of flying across the world to let out a lot of hot air. A <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/bali.quake.ap/">5.4-magnitude earthquake</a> hit the island of Bali last Friday. There were no damages to the hotels where participants are staying though, so perhaps it was a warning shot. According to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&refer=home&sid=aPbfclqokwcw">this estimate from Bloomberg</a>, the conference will generate as much pollution as 20,350 cars used for a year. So where are these people staying? At eco-lodges using gray water for irrigation of the landscaping? At bungalows made of bamboo and other natural materials, powered by solar? Ummm, no. With some 15,000 Tim L. 2007-12-11T11:46:12-05:00 Luxury Hotel Guilty Of Outdated Room Pics http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/3/173841/995 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fourseasons_jakarta.png" class="imgborder">We like luxury hotels but if we are paying $400 for rooms shouldn't they have enough money to update the pictures on their website? Nevertheless, luxury hotels always have woefully bad room pictures on their websites. Tipster E.T. points to a particularly bad instance of this on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Jakarta/ian/113764">Four Seasons Jakarta</a> website: <blockquote>Talking about outdated room pics: this really made me laugh - check out the room pictures (<a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/jakarta/guest_rooms_and_suites/deluxe_room.html">superior & deluxe</a> (are the same) and <a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/jakarta/guest_rooms_and_suites/premier_room.html">premier</a>) for the Four Seasons Jakarta. Does that scream 1985 or what? LOOK at those bedspreads, yikes! The superior & deluxe pics win for shadyness (seriously, could it be any darker?) but the guy casually standing in the middle of juliana 2007-11-09T09:05:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/