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HotelChatter - uy http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-12T15:32:09Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Brazil's Fasano Hotel to Open in Punta Del Este This December (and It's Already Sold-Out) http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/13/11482/9663 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/laspiedrashillview.jpg" class="top"> Brazil is hot and its going to get hotter in the next decade, thanks to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. That's why we're having journalist <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/scottmitchem">Scott Mitchem</a>, who has been traveling to Brazil for years, give us the lowdown on the countrys evolving hotel scene as well as its top players. This week hes highlighting some of the markets more interesting developments, starting with whats new from the countrys premier luxury hospitality company, which is actually expanding outside of Brazil.If you are familiar with the existing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fasano+Hotel+E+Restaurante/local/3849">Fasano Hotels</a> - the flagship in São Paulo and the follow-up in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Fasano+Rio/local/764">Rio de Janeiro</a> you understand the excitement surrounding the groups scottmitchem 2010-09-13T14:20:44-05:00 Who Knew Punta Del Este Hotels Are All Full Up for New Year's Eve? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/04839/550 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sealionpuntadeleste.jpg" class="top"> This sea lion waited too long to book a hotel room for New Year's Eve.Got a hotel question? HotelChatter wants to answer it. <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us your questions</a> and we'll put our team of contributors to the task. Today, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user ericrosen">Eric Rosen</a> fields a question about hotels in Punta Del Ester, Uruguay.Last week, we got a question from one of our readers about how to get a hotel reservation in Uruguays Riviera-like beach party town, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/uy/Punta%20Del%20Este">Punta Del Este</a>, for New Years. It went a little like this: <blockquote>I was reading a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/15/183816/851/hotels/Punta_del_Este_Hotel_Scene_La_Barra">2008 article by Matt Chesterton on hotels in La Barra</a>. We are looking to book hotels over the upcoming New Year holiday EricRosen 2009-11-19T13:35:34-05:00 Where to Stay in Montevideo http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/25/184151/799 <![CDATA[All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ericrosen">Eric Rosen</a> will be bringing us his hotel recommendations for an interesting trip down in South America. He explains it all in our latest hotel guide--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/33rd%20Parallel%20South%20Hotels">Budget Boutique Hotels of the 33rd Parallel South.</a><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Montevideo_Sculpture.JPG" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/33rd-Parallel-South-Hotels-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/33rdparallelmap.jpg"></a> Ever since I first found <a href="">Montevideo</a> on a map as a kid, Ive wanted to visit the strangely named city, not least of all because it was in an odd-shaped little country called Uruguay that I somehow thought was Paraguays little brother. Ah, the logic of kids. Little did I know that the city was only named Montevideo because someone read a map wrong. The name derives from cartographer shorthand, where the site EricRosen 2009-01-28T14:10:57-05:00 Where to Stay in Colonia del Sacramento http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/25/183544/941 <![CDATA[All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ericrosen">Eric Rosen</a> will be bringing us his hotel recommendations for an interesting trip down in South America. He explains it all in our latest hotel guide--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/33rd%20Parallel%20South%20Hotels">Budget Boutique Hotels of the 33rd Parallel South.</a><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/coloniaterrace.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/33rd-Parallel-South-Hotels-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/33rdparallelmap.jpg"></a> Im going to be honest. There is not a huge amount to see in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/uy/Colonia%20Del%20Sacramento">Colonia Del Sacramento.</a> Most people just zip in and out in a day. The main draw is the fact that the ferry from Buenos Aires takes barely an hour to get there, and you get a cool stamp and some more fun, colorful money to play around with for the day. The flip side is that if you do EricRosen 2009-01-27T12:11:33-05:00 Hotel Video Tours: La Posta del Cangrejo http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/11/135630/345 <![CDATA[<embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1498587088&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://services.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="399" height="338" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> The only hitch we encountered on our recent <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/uruguay%20field%20trip">romp through Uruguay</a> was a lack of English-language info on the country. Now, that's sorta our fault; if we knew more Spanish, there wouldn't have been an issue. Luckily, friend-of-HotelChatter Matt Gross had visited Punta del Este before us and scouted out the hotel scene. His verdict? Avoid it. You're better off staying in La Barra, just outside the madness of downtown Punta. He stayed at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/La+Posta+del+Cangrejo/local/344">La Posta del Cangrejo</a>, a sprawling hotel whose (only?) claim to fame is a visit by George Bush, Sr. years ago. Easy to see that, too: The place definitely appeals to the pbb 2008-04-14T09:00:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/