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Room With an Anti-View: Window to Window in Pune, India

amandak — 2008-08-21T11:46:40-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_Pune_Royal_Orchid_Golden_Suites.jpg" class="imgborder"> With a name as grand sounding as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Royal+Orchid+Golden+Suites/ian/258639">Royal Orchid

Room With a Killer View: Get the Taj Mahal in Your Sights

amandak — 2008-04-24T09:25:01-05:00

<![CDATA[We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Taj_Mahal_View.jpg" class="imgborder"> There's nothing quite like a hotel room with a view over one of the world's most famous monuments. And that's what you

The Green Hotels Craze (Thankfully) Hits India

femmefatale — 2008-03-14T09:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyderabad.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/country/in/">India</a> gets a bad press for its increasing use of energy and fossil fuels to feed a booming economy. But it's not all bad - there's a trend towards building 'green' hotels which use around 35 per cent less energy as standard hotels. The latest is the Park Hotel in Hyderabad, capital of the Indian state Andhra Pradesh. It's due to open in mid-2009 and will have 280 eco-friendly rooms. Its baby green hotel-sister also being built in Pune by the same chain. They make a big deal of the 90 per cent non-smoking rule - if you've ever smelt the fumes rising from an Indian cigarette, you'll know that banning smoking in the country would

Cave Enthusiasts Will Like This New Eco-Cave Resort in India

annie0007 — 2008-02-15T10:16:11-05:00

There are Ice Hotels, Library Hotels, proposed Undersea Hotels, Hotels in Trees, on Boats and on Stilts. Hotels in Palaces, Farmhouses, and Tents.

But Guhantara may be a first: A subterranean cave hotel 20 kilometers outside India's Bangalore City.

Everything at this fantastical resort represents the powers of the earth. The entire place is carved out of rock, including the rooms (decorated with modern-day versions of ancient cave paintings).

There are intricate murals, enormous pillars, lobby, dining area, twisty darkened pathways past decorated shrines, open-air swimming pools -- all cut from rock.

Trendy Hotel Bar Trend Can Also Be Found in India

juliana — 2008-01-18T16:00:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/park_bangalore.jpg" class="imgborder">The hot trend of opening a hip bar and lounge inside a hotel doesn't just apply to the lodging establishments stateside.At the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Park+Bangalore/ian/109244">Park Hotel</a> in Bangalore, the new i-Bar has opened. Designed by the Project Orange design group, the bar has been transformed into a high-end drinking establishment.<blockquote> The layout is understood as a box within a box where the inner sanctum is accessed via the sliding timber screens. This area has a lowered ceiling and features a collection of furniture all covered in red leather, silk and cotton. On the floor are a number of individually designed textured rugs by Project Orange.The bar itself is on the end wall standing in front of a huge textured