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Four Seasons Opens St. Petersburg Reservations, Adds Moscow

JasonD — 2013-04-09T12:03:27-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/98243/FSSTP5.jpg" class="top"> While we were hoping for a late 2012 opening when we had a first <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/8/8/22520/20047/hotels/Dreaming_Of_Life_In_The_Palace%3F_Four_Seasons_St._Petersburg%A0Is_Set_To_Open_Later_This_Year_">look</a> at some of its photos, things rarely go our way like that in a world of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Delays">hotel delays</a>, but reservations for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/5334">Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace</a> in St. Petersburg have now finally started for arrivals from August 1 this year. And as a bonus, the group has confirmed the long in the works Four Seasons Moscow, due later in 2013 right next to the capitals Red Square, as well. Dating back to the early 19th century, Four Seasons Lion Palace started its life as an apartment building for the citys elite, and was famous enough in its

Sleepbox: Where 'Cheap' And 'Moscow Hotel' Meet

jetflyboy — 2013-02-21T10:15:33-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/97904/sleepboxmoscow.jpeg" class="top"> We've <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/2/11/10717/4104/hotels/Facts_and_Figures%3A_Five_Hotel_Tips_We_Learned_From_2012_">mentioned</a> how expensive hotel rooms can get, especially in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/moscow hotels">Moscow</a>. Where luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton can fetch upwards of $17,000 per night for a super flashy suite, it makes sense for an affordable hotel to come to the city center and give options to the masses. Enter, Sleepbox Hotel Moscow, the city's first capsule-style accommodation. It's not the first Russian capsule hotel, but it is the first in the high-priced city. Sleepbox opened up it's <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/8/17/1927/01459/travel/Moscow+Airport%27s+New+Sleepbox%3A+Better+than+%27Two+Luggages+on+the+Floor+with+a+Hoodie+Draped+Over%27">first trial</a> capsules in Moscow Airport ready for long layovers and weary travelers. Now, the boxes have come downtown to one of Moscow's most vibrant areas forming a hostel-like hotel of multiple pods. Opened last month,

Hotels Will Be More Affordable For The 2014 Winter Olympics

jetflyboy — 2013-01-02T12:10:04-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/97904/sochiolympics.jpg" class="top"> When it comes to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/olympics hotels">Olympic Games</a>, historically hotels raise rates because of a little something called supply and demand. We <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/7/2/152620/9009/hotels/What%27s_Going_on_With_Hotel_Rooms_for_the_Olympics_in_London%3F_">witnessed</a> this in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/london hotels">London</a> this past summer. For the next Olympics, we might see reasonable rates coming from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/sochi hotels">Sochi hotels</a> during the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/2014 olympics hotels">2014 Winter Games</a>. To make event accessible to more people, Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister, has capped the prices of rooms for the host city for next year's Olympics and Paralympics. With just about one year to go and about double the amount of rooms yet to be built, this is welcome news for those who want to join in the wonderment that

First Marrakech, Then Las Vegas, Now The Delano is Heading to Moscow

juliana — 2012-08-16T11:19:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/delano_entrance_sobe.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/delano hotels">Delano Hotels</a> are not joking around with their expansion plans. After announcing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/8/2/13126/65484/hotels/The_Delano_Marrakech_will_Open_September_21_at_%24453_a_Night">Delano Marrakech</a> which opens next month and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/8/6/173710/5618/hotels/A_Delano_Will_Open_in_Las_Vegas_After_All_%28Inside_The_Mandalay_Bay%29">Delano Las Vegas</a> which will open at the end of the year, the Delano has now gone public with their plans for Delano MOSCOW.<Blockquote>Morgans Hotel Groups newest Delano will be part of The Capital Groups OKO project within Moscow City, a new development that will offer premium spaces designed for luxury living, business and entertainment. An example of innovative urbanism presented by American architectural bureau SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), OKO will also feature an 85-story skyscraper and a 49-story office tower that soar from a 7-story single transparent crystalline structure at the

Dreaming Of Life In The Palace? Four Seasons St. Petersburg Is Set To Open Later This Year

ASchechter — 2012-08-09T09:19:46-05:00

Though we managed a quick report on the opening of W St. Petersburg in 2011, we haven't since heard too much, hotel-wise, from the land of the tsars. But buzz is starting to build around the Four Seasons St. Petersburg, which is housed inside a 19th century Russian palace.

The hotel's website is up and running, complete with photos of the rooms, but it's a bit of a tease, as an actual opening date has been pushed back to "late-2012," and reservations remain closed.