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HotelChatter - kh http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:30:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ And the Award For Best-Dressed Christmas Tree Goes To... http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/22/75844/508 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/IMG_0189.jpg" class="top">...the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Raffles+Grand+Hotel+d%27Angkor/local/3077">Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor</a> in Siem Reap, Cambodia! We got sent a photo yesterday of their colorful, bright, silk-adorned tree, which manages to make our tree at home look about as elegant as a bundle of twigs with a star on top. But then again, we don't normally hire a Paris-educated couturier to design our tree, now do we? Internationally-acclaimed designer Eric Raisina, who relocated to Siam Reap because of the region's native silk, and who has created textiles for the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix, decided to use the lotus flower as his inspiration for the tree, citing its associations with "purity." Hats off to him, because this is definitely one of ASchechter 2011-12-22T11:30:02-05:00 My Own Private Island: Cambodia's Song Saa Sweethearts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/3/23550/38286 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/Song_Saa.JPG" class="top"> All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be taking us on a guided tour of the globes most exclusive, luxurious, over-the-top vacation retreats in our new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Private%20Island%20Hotels">Private Islands Series</a>. Well venture from the Bahamas to Fiji, from Africas crystalline Lake Tanganyika to the emerald waters of Cambodia, and everywhere in between. That is, everywhere you can be ruler of your own little island. Last month we told you about a resort in Cambodia's jungle hinterlands in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/11/04016/9233/hotels/Places_To_Get_Your_Glamp_On_Four_Rivers_Floating_Lodge_Cambodia">Glamping Series</a>, but since this week we're heading to the tiny country's undiscovered islands for a preview of the next exclusive resort in our series on Private Islands. <a href="http://www.songsaa.com">Song Saa</a> started construction last March, and EricRosen 2011-03-03T14:06:24-05:00 Places To Get Your Glamp On: Four Rivers Floating Lodge, Cambodia http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/11/04016/9233 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/phoca_thumb_l_helicopter_view_3.jpg" class="top"> All this week, well be trekking across the globe with HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen as he tells us about the most exciting new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Glamping">glamping</a> experiences out there. From the savannahs of Africa to the shores of Western Australia to the peaks of Patagonia, this is a full-fledged, five-star adventure to the most thrilling and luxurious camping resorts in the world. So far this week, weve been to the savannahs of Africa, the Western Australia beach, the mountains of Patagonia and the Dubai desert. For the final installment of this edition of our Glamping Series we travel to the jungly hinterlands of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/country/kh">Cambodia-Thailand</a> borderand the watery wonder that is the <a href="http://www.ecolodges.asia/en/overview.html">Four Rivers Floating EricRosen 2011-02-11T10:31:23-05:00 Dining With Horses: The Nature Lodge Lives Up to the Nature Part of Its Name http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/5/55124/88663 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/Nature_Lodge_22.jpg" class="top"> Last year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Cambodia%20Hotel%20Guide">Claire Duffet</a> gave us the low-down on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Siem%20Reap%20Hotel%20Guide">Siem Reap Hotel Scene</a>. But this year, she's taking us off the beaten path to some of Cambodia's Remote Hotels. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a>Mondulkiri is one of our favorite places in Cambodia. Just south of Ratanakiri in eastern Cambodia, the two provinces make up the country's remotest and most rural region, where ethnic minorities and waterfalls abound. Mondulkiri's capital, Sen Monorom, is set atop a plateau, making it the coolest and most comfortable place in the hot, sticky Southeast Asian nation. Instead of wet jungle, you get rolling hills, sparse trees, and instead of hardened city residents, you get lovely locals ced138 2009-09-15T17:16:13-05:00 Knai Bang Chatt brings WASPy to SE Asia http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/5/5314/04847 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/Knai_Bang_Chhatt.jpg" class="top"> Last year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Cambodia%20Hotel%20Guide">Claire Duffet</a> gave us the low-down on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Siem%20Reap%20Hotel%20Guide">Siem Reap Hotel Scene</a>. But this year, she's taking us off the beaten path to some of Cambodia's Remote Hotels. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a>While visiting Keps many hotels, its quickly apparent that the seaside town--as opposed to sprawling, seedy Sihanoukville--wants to be upscale and subdued. Refreshingly for Cambodia, development here for the most part, seems slow, careful, and planned. One hotel owner told us he was banned from building on the road where King-Father Sihanouks old mansions are located. We were happy to hear it. Listed among Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List 2007, and with rates that start at US$110 ced138 2009-09-11T08:58:50-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/