http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T01:42:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/528 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/11/132724/327 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/wchr.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Move Over Herbert Ypma's <i>Hip Hotels</i> and the requisite Helmut Newton tome, The Cool Hunter's new <i><a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/books/The-Cool-Hunter-Book-Publishing-Series-our-first-book-/"><b>World's Coolest Hotel Rooms</b></a></i> book is headed for coffee tables in-the-know. <p> Released in early June but just now making it onto local bookshelves, this first foray into print from everyone's favorite glossy trend-hunting blog is a stunner.<p> Slathered with ultra-colorful large images of rooms from the predictable (Buenos Aires' Hotel Home and Playa del Carmen's B&#225;sico) to the surprising (Hyatt Regency), the book is a hotel maven's wet dream. <p>It even goes so far as to provide in-depth room descriptions and "relevant cultural goings-on" around the destination. One hotel probably not in the book? The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/11/132721/677/hotels/Guess_the_Hotel_Revealed_The_Fugliest_Days_Inn_Ever">fugliest Days Inn JetSetCD 2008-07-11T13:43:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/27/132823/774 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_basico_rooftop_pool.png" class="imgborder"><p> Suncrawler, over at the always entertaining <a href="http://wfour.blogspot.com/2007/04/playa-del-carmen-suncrawler.html">W4 blog</a>, was in Mexico this month, lucky bastard.<p> <blockquote><p> Upon arrival at Cancun airport all of our worst fears were realized -- drunken midwesterns doing tequila shots in the departure lounge, overweight mammas in far too revealing shirts which read Spring Break 2007, and more than a few passed out high school kids who looked like they needed medical attention after doing too many Jello shots at Wet Willies.<br> </blockquote><p> Luckily, Suncrawler escaped Cancun and made it to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Playa%20del%20Carmen">Playa Del Carmen</a>. &nbsp;When it came time to sleep, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+B%E1sico+/local/528"><b>Hotel B&#225;sico</b></a> got the call:<p> <blockquote><p> The hotel Basico, we were greeted with a chilled out - dare we markj 2007-04-27T13:31:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/16/172034/857 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hotel_basico.jpg"><p> NY Times travel writer <a href="http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/travel/15check.html">Bonnie Tsui</a> shacked up at <a href="http://www.hotelbasico.com/"><b>Hotel B&#225;sico</b></a> recently and here is what we learned:<p> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The hotel is not right on the beach, but it is just a block away.<br><br> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Free wireless is avialable.<br><br> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The on-site bar is loud enough to interfere with your sleep.<br><br> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A white Polaroid camera and film is attached to your bedpost.<br><br> &#183;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rooftop lounge offers two giant soaking tubs, some beach beds, and a kick ass view of the Caribbean and Cozumel.<p> Bonnie's bottomline?<p> <blockquote><p> --not right on the beach, but it offers a central location, a friendly staff and an excellent food and bar scene. It is ideal for hipsters and young couples on a romantic markj 2006-01-16T17:23:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/