http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:08:54Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/314 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/6/28/10825/8452 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/W_Banquet.jpg" class="top"><p>Now that same-sex marriages are a reality in New York, local business owners are ready to start cashing in on the fun. Including Mayor Bloomberg himself. According to <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/27/2011-06-27_bloomberg_plans_nyc_i_do_campaign_to_attract_gay_couples_cash_in_on_legal_gay_ma.html">this New York Daily News piece</a>, hotels, restaurants, and major tourism destinations will all benefit from gay couples who choose to make NYC their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_White_Wedding_Chapel">"little white chapel"</a>. <p>Ready to start planning? Here's one hotel that is eager to help you tie the knot. The fairy godmothers at <strong>W New York Hotels</strong> (these include <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Downtown/local/1556"><b>W New York Downtown</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177"><b>W Union Square</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Union+Square/local/177"><b>W New York</b></a>, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+New+York+Times+Square/local/1580"><b>W Times Square</b></a>) know all about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/18/15557/3687/hotels/The_Double_breasted_Tuxedo_Travels_from_Wall_Street_to_the_Staff_of_the_W_Downtown">making people look good</a>&#151;so in addition to frilly accommodations, they also want you ASchechter 2011-06-28T16:36:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/27/155038/524 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/beach_at_kura.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> A while back the big news on Curacao was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/163758/177/hotels/J.Lo+Goes+on+a+Babymoon%3F">J Lo's possible pregnancy</a>. Didn't happen, but we are guessing the Dutch could care less.<p> Fast forward six months, or so, and it turns out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+Kura+Hulanda+and+Beach+Club/local/314"><b>Lodge Kura Hulanda & Beach Club</b></a>, one of Willemstads's beach resort options, made Travel &amp; Leisure's 25 Affordable Beach Resorts List (March 2007).<p> While all the beach resorts on the list are definitely worth a look we focused in on Kura for two reasons.<p> First, Curacao takes our minds off slush--just get yourself to Miami, and three hours from MIA you will be in Curacao.<p> Second, Kura was written up by Andrea Bennett, a friend of HotelChatter, and markj 2007-02-27T16:14:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/163758/177 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jlo_curacao.jpg">Always a credible publication when it comes to celebrity procreation, <i>Life & Style</i> mag reveals that Jennifer Lopez and hubby Marc Anthony took the 2 and a half-hour flight from Miami to Curacao for a possible babymoon and to celebrate their second anniversary.<p>The crooning duo stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+Kura+Hulanda+and+Beach+Club/local/314"><b>Hotel Kura Hulanda</b></a> on this Dutch Isle in the Caribbean. Although, we don't know exactly which type of suite they stayed in, we're pretty sure they passed on the regular $220 a night standard rooms in favor of the $1,000 a night Indian &nbsp;Bridal Suite which comes complete with "sterling silver furniture."<p>Even if you can't afford this suite, the rest of the rooms will still please you with bathrooms juliana 2006-06-14T16:46:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/