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Milan: Trying On Milan's Top 3 Fashion Week Hotels

JetSetCD — 2009-03-03T13:20:27-05:00

With one more day to show the world what exactly they'll be wearing next year, the fashion set is packing up and checking out of their Milan hotels in preparation to return to Paris for the final ready-to-wear shows. After this week, the hotel bars of Milan will return to the casual crowds, and echoes of heels in marble halls will have quieted. While everyone is enjoying their last few Italian parties, let's take a gander at Milan Fashion Week's Top 3 Hotels.

Florence: The Palazzo Vecchietti Hotel Now Open in Florence

amandak — 2009-01-13T15:15:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Palazzo_Vecchietti.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.townhouse.it">Town House</a> brand is a totally swanky range of apartment-style accommodations that is spreading across Italy. They started out in Milan and Turin and are now just opening the Town House Palazzo Vecchietti in central Florence, and this latest one certainly sounds like it's living up to the quality of the others.The Palazzo Vecchietti is actually twelve separate apartments built into a fifteenth-century palace in a no-expense-spared kind of way. Each apartment is named after an Italian "great", with the largest one being the Leonardo da Vinci. They've got their own kitchenettes and there are mod cons including WiFi, and every room is kitted out to fit the part of belonging to a palce. This

Milan: Milan Hotel Wants to be Your Private Wine Cellar

JetSetCD — 2008-12-19T14:18:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Galleria_Milan.jpg" class="top"> A trip to Italy usually on the pursuit of one or all of three things : history, fashion and wine. With Milan being Milan, not only does it have all three in spades, but it's got the seven-star <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Townhouse+Galleria/local/501">Town House Galleria Hotel</a> to give you top-tier access to them. Launching the first hotel-based "wine stock exchange," or an in-house cellar where guests may store their fine wine and champagne purchases, the Town House Galleria seeks to expand their ridiculously luxurious amenities, which already include personal butlers for every guest. Rooms here regularly fetch $2,500 a night, so we're not surprised at this extra icing on the cake, but they'll even be going so far as to

Does The Luxor Have a Thing For Sinking Ships?

Jenna — 2008-12-18T17:11:53-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/titanicluxor.jpg" class="top">· <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Titanic-The-Artifact-Exhibition-Permanently/story.aspx?guid={8479CD80-AEB9-4103-967D-0CBC5CE06557}">Luxor Announces Titanic Exhibit</a>: Starting December 20th, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Luxor+Hotel+Las+Vegas/local/55">The Luxor</a> will feature Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, a showcase of authentic artifacts from the ill-fated ship, room re-creations and hands-on interactive experiences. The Titanic/Criss Angel sinking ships comparison is too easy. [MarketWatch]· <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28164351/">Good Service Happens in the Middle of Nowhere</a>: MSNBC says that if you want good hotel service, you should stay out of major cities the more remote and exotic the hotel, the better the pampering. [MSNBC]· <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28291489/">Owners of Sheraton Waikiki Will Restore Beach</a>: The folks that own the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Waikiki%20Hotel%20Reviews">Sheraton Waikiki Hotel </a>are moving ahead with plans to restore the beach in front of the hotel, and they want to build "three

Milan: Seven-Star Hotels Have Perfect Personal Butlers

amandak — 2008-02-26T09:15:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Townhouse_Galleria.jpg" class="imgborder"> At an average price of around $2,300 a night, the seven-star <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Townhouse+Galleria/local/501">Town House Galleria</a> in Milan has got to be fairly exclusive. And it is. Every guest even gets allocated their own personal butler, who is responsible for all manner of duties designed to make your stay more comfortable.Basically, your butler will do anything for you. Craving a particular kind of chocolate bar? They'll run out and grab one for you, or a whole bag full. Needing tickets so you can skip the queue at any Milan attraction? No worries at all. The butlers at Town House Galleria are also available to take care of all the needs of your small dog (large ones, apparently, are