http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T04:31:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/28 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/17/133815/028 <![CDATA[<p><i>We can't seem to get enough of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/be/Brussels"><b>Brussels</b></a> and it seems our readers feel the same way too. One such fan, <b>Elliott</b>, gave us a belated Christmas present by summing up the Brussels Hotel Scene. So here is his mini-hotel guide to Brussels. Any tips, questions, suggestions or Belgian chocolates, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">send 'em our way.</a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/brussel_view.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The view from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36521980528@N01/175268920/">Hotel Le Chatelain</a></i><p>Basically, when you go to Brussels you have three choices when it comes to location of hotels: Do I want to stay in the city center, around Avenue Louise (upscale shopping/residential area close to the city), or more towards the EU Parliament? <p>All have advantages and disadvantages, overall the city is quite easy to navigate on foot juliana 2008-01-17T14:02:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/27/222012/20 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lechatelain_goodrate.jpg"><p><b>[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where fearless Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/tim%20leffel">Tim Leffel</a> looks at hotel prices in the same city and decides which is better worth your hard-earned benjamins. The rate here was valid on November 28, 2006 and is subject to change.]</b><p>Tis the season to play Santa and Scrooge. This week we looked at a city that goes all out for the holiday--<b>Brussels</b>--and we found the Christmas spirit alive and well at Le Chatelain All Suite Hotel.<p> According to the Times of London, Germany is the country winner when it comes to <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,30069-2463365_2,00.html">European Christmas fairs</a>, but you can't go wrong in Belgium either, especially not with the Brussels annual European Christmas market near Tim L. 2006-11-28T09:42:25-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/30/115132/741 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/le_chatelain_brussels.jpg"><p> <b>[Ed. Note: As we mentioned <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/26/152411/603/hotels/Conrad_Hotel_Guests_Drive_Lamborghinis_So_Top_That">earlier this week,</a> our publisher took a fancy European trip last week while we toughed it out in the wilds of Colorado with our laptop tied around our neck. Here is one of his reports from a Beligum hotel. Enjoy.</b>]<p>Our first night in Belgium we stayed in the "all suite" <a href="http://www.le-chatelain.net/anim3.html"><b>Hotel Le Chatelain</b></a> in the Ixelles area of Brussels. If you are dead set on being steps from the Grand Place touristgasm then you probably want to keep hotel hunting. However, Le Chatelain offers oversized rooms, flat screen televisions, and important European hotel features like enclosed showers (we hate when the water gets all over the floor thanks to a curtainless markj 2006-06-30T12:11:15-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/