http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T13:51:41Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/568 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/27/33850/0228 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/FemmeFatale/stories">Monica Guy</a> returns to Chile. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/atacama.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Split the cubicle in half: I'm dreaming of two superb hotels at opposite ends of the femmefatale 2008-02-29T09:00:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/14380/95278 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bowery_terracesuite.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The Bowery Hotel's Terrace Suite</i><p>Now that we know how pricey Bobby DeNiro's hotel will be (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/7/23948/37289/hotels/Bobby_DeNiro_s_Greenwich_Hotel_Gets_a_Website_And_Is_Now_Taking_Names">$725 a night!</a>), it's time to wonder, "Where can we put that much money to good use?" First, a couple NYC options.<br> <p>Good old <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Six+Columbus+Hotel/local/25"><b>Six Columbus</b></a> has a King Suite available for $625, which is the property's priciest room. It comes with all <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/8/235750/641/hotels/We_Spent_the_Night_at_Six_Columbus">the standard amenities</a> plus two flat screen TVs and, of course, tons of square footage. Suites at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220"><b>The Bowery Hotel</b></a> go for $750, where you get hardwood floors, 400 thread count sheets, marble bathrooms and other niceties like outdoor terraces with jacuzzis. The priciest suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Duane+Street+Hotel/local/118"><b>Duane Street Hotel</b></a>, in TriBeCa like DeNiro's place, pbb 2008-01-08T14:55:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/11/93638/0294 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/explora_atacama.png" class="imgborder"/><p>We had a little meet-and-greet with a Chile tourism rep yesterday, and he reminded us that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Patagonia%20Hotel%20Guide">Patagonia</a> is home to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/5/17/121457/221/hotels/Explora_Chile_Alpaca_Style">Explora Patagonia</a>, an all-inclusive resort with killer views of the mountains.<p>But it turns out, there's a new Explora on the scene, this time in Atacama. (You'll remember Chile's northern desert from the latest season of <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2007/3/4/221751/4616/travel/Amazing+Race+All-Stars:+Rob+Is+Not+a+God">Amazing Race</a>.)<br> <p>Aside from the reality TV tie-in--reason enough to visit!--the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Explora+de+Atacama/local/568">Explora en Atacama</a></b> does its best to put jaded urbanites back in touch with nature. Just check the brochure:<blockquote><p>Its core is a hotel built for linking man with the temporal space--present and past--and the mysteries of nature. To travel is to pass, to arrive and leave. Architecture pbb 2007-05-11T12:12:47-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/