http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-22T23:39:02Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/12/101029/170 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/missonistatis.jpg" class="top"><p> It looks like the opening of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Missoni+Edinburgh/local/1514"><b>Missoni Hotel Edinburgh</b></a> was a success because the fashion hotel collection has announced yet another new locations for its hotels: Oman. Earlier this week, Missoni said it would open in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/9/8643/37527/hotels/Hotel_Missoni_Goes_For_South_Africa_Next">South Africa</a> next and now that news been quickly followed up with a 250-room beachfront resort in Oman, <b>The Hotel Missoni Jebel Sifah</b>.<blockquote><p>Hotel Missoni Jebel Sifah will be part of a luxury resort community located between the blue waters of the Arabian Gulf and Oman's breath-taking mountains, approximately 18 miles from the capital, Muscat. Hotel Missoni Jebel Sifah's 250 guestrooms will be complimented by 50 apartments and villas, as well as a private beach, two restaurants, an 11,000-square-foot juliana 2009-06-12T11:20:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/4/19/23938/5835 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nizwafort_alex.jpg">We thought, after Lake was eliminated last week, that there wouldn't be any dumb animals in last night's episode of <a href="http://www.cbs.com/amazing_race"><b>The Amazing Race.</b></a> Boy, were we wrong! There was an exercise in camel-winching, frolicking mountain goats, and Eric &amp; Jeremy struggling to read a map. Good times all around.<p>This week's pit stop was in Nizwa, Oman. Nizwa has an 400 year-old fortress in the city center, as it used to be the capital of Oman. While the racers were focused on getting to the pit stop in Jabreen castle--which dates from the 1600s--to stave off potential elimination, they might have taken a look at the <a href="http://www.goldentulipnizwa.com/"><b>Golden Tulip</b></a>, one of Nizwa's best hotels. OK, so there are AVB 2006-04-20T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/9/27/18559/6422 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/oman_chedi.jpg"> <p> Oman is oft referred to as "the safe destination in the Middle East." While we have no idea if that is true or not, we do know that while the UAE and Dubai have zigged (think Vegas in the Middle East), Oman has zagged. <p> Oman is aiming to be a more peaceful, prosperous, and traditional Middle Eastern destination than its glitzy neighbor, and even some UAE citizens are beginning to agree:<p> <blockquote><p> I live in dubai and can tell you that the chedi is better than any hotels we have - including the very highly (over)rated burj al arab. oman is much nicer too. Dubai is turning into a very expensive tourist trap. go visit markj 2005-09-27T18:08:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/