HotelChatter - Stories about The Dylan Amsterdam

HotelChatter - Stories about The Dylan Amsterdam http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:11:06Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/150 Amsterdam: The Biggest, Baddest Hotel Minibar in All the Land http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/11/30/16544/020 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/gallery_537_image_5052.jpg" class="top"> Have you ever walked into a hotel room and spotted a piece of furniture where you're just like, "what the heck is that?" The hope is that it's something awesomesay a turntable closet or a washer/dryerbut at luxury Amsterdam hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Dylan+Amsterdam/local/150">The Dylan</a>, the surprise is a custom-made minibar cabinet. Open its mother-of-pearl handles (yes, they're real). The Dylan's bespoke cabinets can be found in each room, and they contain everything from fancy teas and bottle opener to Pringles, Heineken, and a fridge of champagne and soda. You won't find Keurig cups or plastic stirrers here; the espresso machine is serious business and so are the china and glassware. For rooms which begin around $460 per night, JetSetCD 2011-11-30T17:35:01-05:00 Amsterdam: Inside The Dylan Amsterdam, One of the Legendary Designer Boutique Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/10/232213/974 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/dylmain1.jpg" class="top"> Unless you're staying at the <a href="http://www.dylanamsterdam.com/">The Dylan Amsterdam</a>, you could easily walk right by it along the picturesque Keizersgracht canal without realizing you were passing one of the original five-star, design-oriented boutique hotels of the world. In car terminology, The Dylan is a "sleeper." So calm on the outside and blending into its 17th century surroundings in De Negen Straatjes (The Nine Streets) neighborhood, The Dylan conceals its opulent modernity only for those staying the night to discover. Indeed staying here and experiencing the intimate service isn't cheap; nights in one of The Dylan's 40 rooms go from $460 and up, but for that you get seriously stylish (and tech-friendly) design, a location to make others JetSetCD 2011-08-11T18:36:28-05:00 Amsterdam: Of Course a Proper Amsterdam Canal Hotel Has a Proper Vintage Canal Boat http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/9/223644/5155

For almost three years now, we've had a burgeoning obsession with hotels that have their own boats. it began with with luxury launch at the W Maldives and even stretched to the Universal Studios water transfers at the Portofino Bay in Florida. Now, hotel boats head to Europe and we drool over the luxury boat The Muze of The Dylan Hotel, Amsterdam.

The Muze is a restored 19th century salon boat, of which you'll find few plying the canals these days. Hop on from The Dylan's personal dock in front of the hotel and onboard, The Dylan can arrange a live cooking session and full meal from their Michelin-starred restaurant Vinkeles. ]]> JetSetCD 2011-08-10T16:36:51-05:00 Amsterdam: New Year's in Amsterdam Can Be Way More Civilized Than You Thought http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/28/175147/95 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/adam.jpg" class="top"> The view at midnight from the Blauwbrug Looking to say goodbye to the craptastic year that was 2009 and still in need of a hotel room somewhere? We've already told you where to book in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/19/201342/98/hotels/Bienvenido_a_2010_The_Five_Best_Hotels_for_New_Year_s_Eve_in_Miami">Miami</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/15/94341/068/hotels/Last_Minute_Hotel_Rooms_in_Time_Square_for_New_Year_s_Eve">New York</a> and the important <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/14/65544/804/hotels/There_s_a_Hotel_For_Every_Time_Zone_This_New_Year_s_Eve">timezones</a> but we'll be hitting up more cities today for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/new year's eve hotels 2009">New Year's Eve</a>. Did we miss a city? Want a better deal? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a> and we'll help you out. Amsterdam's so famously louche that spending Thursday there would be a New Year's to end all New Year's, right? Kind of. You can get stoned as you like, obvs, but the Dutch actually make it a rather juliab 2009-12-29T11:14:52-05:00 The Anouska Hempel Story: Revenge of the Dominatrix Hotelier http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/5/103751/5463 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/anouska_hempel.jpg" class="imgborder"> How do you go from <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1642191,00.html">appearing in seventies soft porn</a> to becoming the godmother of boutique hotels? More importantly how does it take us three years to notice? Anouska Hempel, we have discussed your hotels before, but today is the first day we came across your incredibly interesting story. Let's start from the beginning. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Anouska%20Hempel">Anouska Hempel</a> was an actress in a Russ Meyer film called "Blacksnake", which has a review on a site called <a href="http://www.gleeson0.demon.co.uk/meyerdvd.htm">"Spank the Monkey"</a>. <blockquote> In the film, shot on Barbados, Weinberg (Hempel's married name) plays Lady Susan Walker, a dominatrix who satiates her desires by whipping black male slaves on her 19th-century cotton plantation. Her long leather whip lashes markj 2007-01-05T10:59:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/