http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T20:55:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/332 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/6/8230/67588 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Buddha_Sanctuary_Cable_Beach_Broome.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Tourist season is just starting up in the northwest Australian town of <b>Broome</b>, so it's great timing for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Cable+Beach+Club+Resort/local/332"><b>Cable Beach Club Resort</b></a> to be officially opening their new <b>Chahoya Spa</b>.<p>We've been dreaming about this spa's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/5/01152/44303/hotels/Cubicle_Dreamin%27:_Camels_and_Buddhas_at_Cable_Beach">Buddha Sanctuary</a> for a while, where you can take a yoga or tai chi class, but the whole wellness experience has got a lot bigger with the April 1 spa opening. Along with some regular massage and body wrap services, the Chahoya Spa people have put together a Himalayan Rejuvenation Therapy package. There's nothing mountainous about Broome but the treatment sounds good anyway, with two hours of steam inhalation treatment, massage, steam tent and Shirodhara relaxation to make you amandak 2009-04-06T08:56:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/5/01152/44303 <![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> picks out her homeland choice. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/cable_beach.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p> Sunset camel walks on the beach, shopping in a pearl capital, and guaranteed amandak 2007-03-05T11:11:19-05:00 -17.935328 122.212955 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/16/82259/844 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/duxton_hotel.jpg"><p>Over in Western Australia--that's actually the biggest state of Australia, but usually the least visited, since it's so far from everywhere--they've been giving out their annual hotel awards for excellence.<p> The Australian Hotel Association award results give us some good tips on where to stay in gorgeous capital city Perth, with the casino-side <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/160/en/home"><b>Holiday Inn Burswood</b></a> winning the Superior Accommodation Award (go figure) and the downtown <a href="http://duxton.com/perth_tour_main.htm"><b>Duxton Hotel</b></a> (pictured here with a little too much brown decor for our tastes) taking out the award for Five Star Accommodation. Out in the country, far north Broome's <a href="http://www.cablebeachclub.com/"><b>Cable Beach Club Resort</b></a> took the prize for Best Regional Accommodation.<p> Bars and pubs also featured in the prize-giving ceremony with amandak 2006-11-16T10:36:10-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/