http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:11:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/498 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/135744/820 <![CDATA[<p><object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p><i>HotelChatter's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/eric rosen">Eric Rosen</a> recently spent some time in Austria and Germany. All this week, he'll be rounding up his hotel observations. Any tips, suggestions, questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a></i>.<p> <p>If you&#146;re anything like us, the first thing you want to do after a transatlantic flight is to wash all the grit and grime of airports and planes off your fatigued body. That&#146;s why, for <b>the first installment in our Austria-Germany Field Trip guide</b>, we&#146;ve decided EricRosen 2009-08-17T17:07:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/10/12/44819/519 <![CDATA[<p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/lemeridien_vienna.jpg"> </p> <p> When a hotel designer reviews a hotel, they tend to do it from a different angle. &nbsp;Ok, we know that is a bad pun, but it is true. &nbsp;A hotel designer runs <a href="http://www.hoteldesigns.co.uk">hotel designs.co.uk</a>, and what we get is a group of reviews from a design prospective. &nbsp; </p> <p> One of the his favorite properties appears to be the Le Meridien Vienna, which is <a href="http://www.hoteldesigns.co.uk/review/review_323_1.html#">reviewed on his site</a>. &nbsp;Here is part of what he says about this hotel: </p> <p><blockquote><p> neither the Ritz in Paris nor the Dorchester in London gave me the same buzz of pleasure I had on entering this cool environment.</p> <p> This is a hotel that designers markj 2004-10-12T05:27:35-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/