http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T08:19:20Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/281 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/5/155713/2455 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kingscrosshotels.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>If you're in London and heading to either King's Cross or St Pancras station on the Eurostar, you may not be able to wait for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/5/15959/89277/hotels/Marriott_to_Re_Open_Luxury_Hotel_at_St_Pancras_London">new Marriott Renaissance hotel</a> due to open in all its grandeur and glory in 2010. <p>You may not be able to afford it either.<p> So where do you stay? Everyone knows that hotels near railway stations are some of the worst places on earth. Think polyester sheets, Abba in the bar, and a bill that would knock your boss's slippers off. <p> You're best to head at least a decent distance from King's Cross station, which marks the center of a thriving red-light district. But there are some good spots in femmefatale 2008-02-07T09:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/21/13247/3772 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/karim_rashid.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Karim%20Rashid">Karim Rahid</a>, aka, Karim the White, has seen the future of hotels, and it involves the ghost of Freddie Mercury, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi">Maharishi</a>, and Britney Spears on a rotating bed. Well, maybe not Britney, but we can't help but think Rashid at least chuckled when he <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/12/134314/254/hotels/Britney_Spears_Yahoo_Try_Out_Sky_Villa_Rotating_Bed">read this</a>. <p>Super hip <a href="http://www.myhotels.co.uk/">myhotel</a> chain in Britain already has two hotels up and running: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/myhotel+Bloomsbury/local/281"><b>myhotel Bloomsbury</b></a> "where east meets west" and much more intriguingly, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/myhotel+Chelsea/local/280"><b>myhotel Chelsea</b></a> where "Sex and the City meets Brideshead Revisited". So it's with more than a little anticipation that we wait for the new myhotel Brighton to get up and running, which should be sometime during the winter.</p><p>The word is amandak 2007-02-21T11:08:59-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/