http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-21T15:20:11Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/476 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/23/5227/28606 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Turtle_Bay_Resort.JPG" class="top"><br> <i>Hammertime happened right here!</i><p> We&#146;re island-hopping around Hawaii this week for a few assignments, and stopped by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Turtle+Bay+Resort/local/476"><b>Turtle Bay Resort</b></a> on Oahu&#146;s North Shore to do a quick tour of the hotel. The 880-acre property is a real stunner with five miles of perfectly uncrowded coastline. If we gave a rat&#146;s ass about golf we're sure we'd be impressed by the Arnold and Fazio pro golf courses, but sadly, the sport is lost on us. <p>But, as an Oahu wedding or honeymoon destination, Turtle Bay Resort is one of the best.<p><p> That&#146;s why MC Hammer (a.k.a. Stanley Burrell) decided to have an impromptu vow renewal with his wife of more than 23 years during a recent globetrotting gourmet 2009-07-23T17:25:37-05:00 21.6980193 -157.98783 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/24/172116/998 <![CDATA[<p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/hotel-deals-logo.jpg"> <p> <i>In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly.</i><p>Some of you may be cutting back on your "Fun Spontaneous Travel" budgets but just in case you want to splurge on a special trip, there are plenty of of reasons here to do so. <p> <table cellspacing="10"> <tr> <td><b>Today's Hotel Deals</b><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/expedialogo.jpg"> </td> <td><b>Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Celebrating Mom</b><br><b>$<a href="http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=dspv&itty=new&from=m&shtl=1&htid=470837&mtxt=Special+deal%21+Enjoy+rates+from+%24298+per+night+for+stays+between+5%2F6+and+6%2F5%2E+Book+today+and+save%21&crti=&rfrr=-33451&eapid=0-1&&zz=1208814132514&">289 a night </a></b><br>The Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore served as the backdrop for the new movie, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/18/14428/2317/hotels/Movie_Set_Hotels_Forgetting_Sarah_Marshall">"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"</a>, but you can take your mother there for $289 HotelChatter 2008-04-24T18:05:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/18/14428/2317 <![CDATA[<p><script src="http://flash.revver.com/player/1.0/player.js?mediaId:778638;width:399;height:326;" type="text/javascript"></script> <p><p><b>Judd Apatow's</b> newest man-child comedy, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," comes out today, and a bunch of it was filmed at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Turtle+Bay+Resort/local/476/">Turtle Bay Resort</a></b> on Oahu. Supporting actress <b>Mila Kunis</b> even plays a Turtle Bay desk clerk in the film.<br> <p>The resort turns into a romantic ground zero when Peter Bretter (<b>Jason Segel</b>) and his newly ex-girlfriend Sarah Marshall (<b>Kristen Bell</b>) both drop in to get away from each other. Fortunately the hotel has a few bars that lead to some choice Apatow comedy moments for Peter.<br> <p>Turtle Bay has plenty of beach, plus pools, golf courses, tennis courts and a surf school. But if you're willing to head further afield, Jaunted has some <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/4/17/194219/549/travel/Movie+Set+Travel%3A+Forgetting+Sarah+Marshall">movie set pbb 2008-04-18T14:41:18-05:00 21.697098 -157.99432 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/12/1488/10944 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/turtlebay_resort.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><b>[Ed. Note: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/asalkever">Alex Salkever</a> who's behind the island blog <a href="http://www.hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama</a> returns this week to offer his opinion of the Turtle Bay resort, where Sean Penn is staying much to the dismay of some Oahu natives. Enjoy.]</b><p>According to <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112007/gossip/pagesix/oahu_outrage_pagesix_.htm">Page Six</a> and the blog <a href="http://www.hollywoodinterrupted.com/archives/i_am_sean.phtml">Hollywood Interrupted</a>, the self-righteous Tinseltown crusader Sean Penn and clan is vacationing at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Turtle+Bay+Resort/ian/111532"><b>Turtle Bay Resort</b></a> on the North Shore of Oahu.<p> This might seem an odd choice considering that the owners of land surrounding this hotel are embroiled in a controversial struggle to load up the pristine, rural coastline with thousands more condos and possibly anger Native Hawaiian activists who claim the site as an ancestral sacred spot.<p> Then juliana 2007-04-12T14:38:49-05:00 21.5383489 -157.84090 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/30/11382/1337 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/turtlebay.jpg"><a href="http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/travel/29north.html?pagewanted=1">The New York Times</a> goes to the Beverly Hills of surfing destinations--the North Shore on Oahu.<p>The article takes on a very in-depth tour of the local surf scene, sprinkled with historical facts and new ones like the fact that the TV show "Lost" films there. (The article smartly glosses over the other TV show, titled "North Shore" that bombed on Fox.)<p> If you're not a surfer and want to enjoy the action from afar, there's <a href="http://www.turtlebayresort.com"><b>Turtle Bay Resort</b></a>, which is pretty much your only option for a resort. It has 375 rooms, 26 suites and 42 beach cottages, along with two golf courses, tennis courts and a private beach for beginning surfers. Rooms begin at $229.<p> juliana 2006-01-30T11:59:43-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/