http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:40:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/207 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/30/115211/21 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/ichboraborakillerview.jpg" class="top"><p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/2008_awards_hc.jpg"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Resort+and+Thalasso+Spa+Bora+Bora/local/207"><b>Best Killer View: Intercontinental Bora Bora</b></a> <p>After sifting through the dozens of shots of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Killer%20View">killer views</a> that were in the running for our <b>Best Killer View</b> award (which, by the way, is a task that ends up being wee bit depressing when done from in front of a computer screen), calling the very best of 'em was actually pretty easy. We're total suckers for clear blue water and clear blue skies, so 2008's Best Killer View award goes to the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Resort+and+Thalasso+Spa+Bora+Bora/local/207">Intercontinental Bora Bora's </a></b>view of Mount Otemanu. <p>We liked this scene so much, in fact, that when we first <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/13/132342/44/hotels/You_Don_t_Need_a_TV_at_the_InterContinental_Bora_Bora">glimpsed it</a>, we even went so far as to declare it <i>better than HotelChatter 2008-12-30T14:30:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/18/2418/3161 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/millionthreviewlong2.jpg" class="top"> <p><a href="http://www.hotels.com/">Hotels.com</a> has racked up <a href="http://www.hotels.com/guest-reviews">almost one million</a> user reviews to date &#151; and to celebrate, they're giving you stuff (by the way, we're loving this trend of hotel companies celebrating major milestones by giving <i>us</i> presents. We hope you think of us on your next birthday). <p>Most notably: one lucky winner is going to get a totally free trip to the Bora Bora to check out the breathtaking <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Resort+and+Thalasso+Spa+Bora+Bora/local/207">InterContinental Bora Bora Resort and Thallaso Spa</a></b> that we drooled over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/13/132342/44/hotels/You_Don_t_Need_a_TV_at_the_InterContinental_Bora_Bora">last week</a>. <p>The "Millionth Review" sweepstakes, which started yesterday and runs through January 15, 2009, will gives five winners a three-night trip for two in the United States, and one winner will score a Jenna 2008-11-18T09:18:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/13/132342/44 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/ichboraborakillerview.jpg" class="top"> <p>Now really, people. If you were lying in bed here in your villa at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Resort+and+Thalasso+Spa+Bora+Bora/local/207"><b>InterContinental Bora Bora</b></a>, would you really Jenna 2008-11-13T13:55:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/12/85511/4532 <![CDATA[<p> <i>As winter storms brew here in the Northeast, our search for the perfect overwater bungalow is intensifying. Know an overwater bungalow resort hotel we need to check out? Hit us on the <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">tip line</a>.</i><br><br> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/thalasso_bora_bora_intercontinental.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><br> Bora Bora is the undisputed king of overwater bungalows, they practically invented the things there.<p> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Resort+and+Thalasso+Spa+Bora+Bora/local/207"><b>InterContinental Thalasso-Spa Bora Bora</b></a>, which opened in May 2006, is a French Polynesian resort where all 80 rooms are overwater villas.<p> The bungalows come equipped with Internet access (if you use it your significant other will throw you out of the villa), two flat screen televisions (one on a swivel so you can watch it from the bath tub), a dvd player, a bar, markj 2007-02-12T09:07:53-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/