HotelChatter - Stories about Longitude 131 http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T07:10:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/250 Australia's Gone Mad for Oprah, Now How Long Before Hotel Rates Follow? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/14/233954/46 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Oprah_InterCon.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Oprah on the balcony of the InterContinental Sydney</i>.<p>Thanks to Hugh Jackman <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3m4gz94Gyw&feature=player_embedded">banging his face up</a> while zip-lining onto Oprah's Sydney Opera House stage, people of all nations--not just the O-mad Aussies--know that Ms. Winfrey is in the house. But which hotels has Oprah been shacking up in while down under--and what does this mean for their futures?<p> We already suspected she would head to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/local/742"><b>Qualia</b></a> on Hamilton Island, but even we're impressed with the number of high-end hotels and resorts Oprah and her team have managed to hit up in less than a week.<p> After Qualia, there was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Longitude+131/local/250"><b>Longitude 131</b></a> in the Northern Territory and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CROWN+TOWERS/local/1778"><b>Crown Towers</b></a> in Melbourne.<p> Meanwhile, her 300-strong entourage that MsRebecca 2010-12-15T08:45:54-05:00 Yulara: Writing Under the Stars at Longitude 131 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/12/85016/6742

You might have noticed that we're fascinated with Glamping here at HotelChatter. But with so many Glamping options now available around the world, it takes more than just a fancy tent in the middle of nowhere to get us excited about the thought of sleeping in the great outdoors. Which is why the latest program at Australia's Longitude 131° caught our eye.

The Writing Under The Stars program takes place July 9–11 at the resort located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and it features a bona fide Aussie literary legend as the star attraction.

]]> MsRebecca 2010-05-12T13:30:36-05:00 Yulara: Johnny Jet Goes Luxury Camping Down Under http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/5/161135/7782 <![CDATA[<p><i>We now present you with our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/VIP%20Hotel%20Reviewer%20Series"><b>VIP Hotel Reviewer Series</b></a> in which we hand-pick experts in the travel and media worlds and beyond to tell us what are their favorite hotels and why. Once a week, we'll feature a hotel review from said VIPs about their favorite leisure or business hotels. Pay attention: These VIPs are experts at what they do and they don't mess around when it comes to their hotels.<p> The next VIP in the series is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/johnnyjet"><b>Johnny Jet</b></a>, aka John DiScala, the man behind the extremely popular travel website and newsletter <a href="http://www.JohnnyJet.com"><b>JohnnyJet.com</b></a>. If there's ever a question you have about airlines, airfares, hotels, resorts and travel in general, Johnny Jet is the man to johnnyjet 2008-03-05T17:01:29-05:00 YULARA: When Camping Turns Luxury Down Under http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/16/35815/0610 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/longitude_131_tent.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><br>We've already whet your appetite for an Australian luxury tent holiday with our daydreaming about a stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/LONGITUDE+131/ian/223709"><b>Longitude 131</b></a>: a relaxing stay with the best views in Australia. Luxury tents seem like the best of both worlds to us, since you can do the whole communing with nature thing but without having to, well, commune with nature too much. It's the fresh air and great views without the ants in your sleeping bag (or worse).</p><p>It seems like these luxury tents are starting to sprout all over Australia, as there are a number of advantages, not least that they don't require such environmental destruction as setting up a regular hotel does. Plus:</p><blockquote><p>New safari-style camps come with amandak 2007-02-16T09:58:33-05:00 Yulara: Cubicle Dreamin': Longitude 131 at Ayers Rock http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/26/212355/82 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> lets us know where she would go in her homeland of Australia. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/long31.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Take me right into the dead center amandak 2006-12-27T09:25:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/