http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T09:33:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/561 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/23/02938/9502 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fourseasonsmaui_pool.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><b>[Ed Note: Alex Salkever is the editor and founder of <a href="http://hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama</a>, a Hawaii travel blog.]</b> <p>Hotels in Aloha Land have long been perennial placeholders on <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2008/">Travel + Leisure's annual World's Best Awards</a>. <p>Rinse, repeat in 2008 but hold the coconut, surfer boy. Things may not be as glossy as they seem: several Hawaii hotels returning to the uber list actually declined in rankings. <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Hualalai/ian/127265"><b>Four Seasons Resort Hualalai</b></a>, on the Big Island, ranked No. 27, down from No. 9 in 2007 -- perhaps showing its relative age? <p>Waikiki's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Halekulani/local/604"><b>Halekulani</b></a> snagged No. 44, down from No. 38 a year ago. Sniff, sniff (maybe it was the <a href="http://hawaiirama.com/2008/07/hawaii-hotels-bedbugs-at-the-h">bedbugs report</a>? Although Halekulani gets bonus <a ASalkever 2008-07-23T17:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/10/151935/297 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fourseason_manele.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><b>[Ed. Note: Alex Salkever is the editor/founder of Hawaii placeblog / travelblog <a href="http://www.hawaiirama.com">Hawaiirama</a>)]</b> <p>Last year the Four Seasons group took over the only <a href="http://www.fourseasons.com/lanai/">two resorts on Lanai</a> last year and sunk <a href="http://hawaiirama.com/2006/10/hawaii-hotels-lodge-at-koele-m">big bucks into renovations</a>. The resorts are a kind of yin and yang. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Resort+Lana%92i+at+Manele+Bay/local/562"><b>Four Seasons Resort Lana&#146;i at Manele Bay</b></a> is beachy, peachy, faux Mediterranean and located on stunning Hulupoe Bay. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Resort+Lana%27i%2C+The+Lodge+at+Koele/local/561"><b>The Lodge at Koele</b></a> is styled as a faux English hunting lodge, landed in the crisp, green upcountry above Lanai City amidst towering pine trees and mountain vistas. <p>Both were already considered among Hawaii's toniest and are perennial A-listers in competitions for top resorts in the world. Which makes the <a ASalkever 2007-05-11T09:20:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/