http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T17:04:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/20/112250/505 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/obamahyatt.jpg" class="top"> <p>This weekend, President Obama headed to the Caribbean islands of <b>Trinidad & Tobago</b> with a US delegation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, and, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/17/11959/5363/hotels/This_Weekend_Obama_Will_Be_Swimming_at_the_Hilton_Trinidad#commentsection">as we know</a>, he and his ginormous posse shacked up at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Trinidad+%26+Conference/ian/113097">Hilton Trinidad</a></b>, renting out the whole place for the weekend. <p>But the three-day summit itself was held over at the <b><A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Trinidad/ian/262216">Hyatt Regency Trinidad</a></b>, which HC <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2009/4/17/11959/5363/1#1">commenter thirteenright</a>, who has stayed at both the TT Hilton and the TT Hyatt, mentioned was "a much nicer hotel more suitable for this kind of thing" (we assume "this kind of thing" means hosting bigtime world leaders). The conference was a place for the western hemisphere's leaders to get together Jenna 2009-04-20T11:27:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/17/11959/5363 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HiltonTrinidad.jpg" class="top"> <p>Another day, another hotel fitness room in which President Obama can go work out. This weekend, while he's heading down to the Caribbean islands of <b>Trinidad & Tobago</b> with a 1,000-strong US delegation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, the Prez will be shacking up at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Trinidad+%26+Conference/ian/113097">Hilton Trinidad</a></b>, all of whose <b>380 rooms have been reserved</b> for him and his massive posse. <p>Hopefully, during the three-day summit which convenes the 34 "democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere," Barack will have some precious alone time for paddling in their <b>pool shaped like the island of Trinidad</b> and hitting their squash and tennis courts. The Hilton itself is no stranger to hosting high-security guests, and JetSetCD 2009-04-17T11:52:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/75643/0425 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/obamahyatttrinidad.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Trinidad/ian/262216"><b>Hyatt Regency Trinidad</b></a> has been open not much more than a year, but it's already being trusted to host <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barack%20Obama">Barack Obama</a> and a bunch of his friends when the <b>Summit of the Americas</b> heads to Trinidad in April.<p>This is the fifth time that leaders of the 34 member nations will meet up, and this time round they'll be discussing important stuff like human prosperity, energy, security and environmental sustainability--all on the ocean-front location in Port of Spain.<p>The hotel is actually (but not surprisingly) completely sold-out during the summit, which runs from April 17 to 19. Now we just wonder how the hotel's general manager decides who gets the Diplomat Suite and who gets the amandak 2009-03-18T09:16:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/14/13219/9838 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hyattrinidad2.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/6/13930/01659/travel/Getting+Dirty+With+The+Crews+In+Trinidad">Jaunted</a> opened our eyes last week to the party central that is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Central%20America%20And%20Caribbean/tt"><b>Trinidad and Tobogo</b></a> when Carnival rolls into town. The festival, which celebrates several religious and cultural events (in the form of nearly naked dancers), takes place this year on February 25 but Trinidad and Tobogo will actually start kicking off the celebrations in a few weeks.<p>If the debauchery of Mardi Gras in New Orleans has gotten a bit tiresome for you and you can't quite make it to Rio de Janeiro, then this could be the easiest way to try out Carnival. For a safe, reliable choice in Trinidad and a way to earn up to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/9/105348/0305/hotels/Hyatt_s_Gold_Passport_Giving_Members_Up_to_20_000_Bonus_Points">20,000 bonus loyalty points</a>, consider the juliana 2009-01-14T13:33:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/10/9939/9277 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/hyatt_regency_trinidad.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The east coast is starting to really feel like fall--or worse yet, winter--and just like clockwork, the <em>New York Times</em> used their travel section this past weekend to go ga-ga for the Caribbean. In addition to an article gushing <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/travel/09carib.html?em">39 reasons to go tropical</a> this year, they wrote a mostly positive review of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Trinidad/ian/262216"><strong>Hyatt Regency Trinidad</strong></a> in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.</p> <p>The hotel opened last January, and the <em>NYT</em> reports that the obligatory opening kinks seem to be mostly smoothed out by now. That equals a solid addition to the sparse Trinidad hotel scene, particularly for business travelers, where travelers have long lamented Trinidad&#146;s outdated hotels and inflated prices. Rooms start at a reasonable $179, the KatieK 2008-11-10T10:47:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/