HotelChatter - Stories about Sun Village Resort & Spa and The Bungalows http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-12T10:37:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/598 Get a $50 Hilton Caribbean Hotel Credit Just For Becoming a Facebook Fan http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/165912/92 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hiltoncuracaofb.jpg" class="top"><p> If you're obsessed with finding new places for hotel deals (and let's face it, aren't we all?) then consider joining <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/twitter">Twitter</a> to follow hotels for special deals. Like this one we just learned about from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hilton hotels"><b>Hilton Hotels</b></a> in the Caribbean. <p>Simply become a fan of a Hilton Caribbean hotel and download a $50 resort credit which is then redeemable at check-in. You can find a list of the hotels <a href="http://www.facebook.com/HiltonCaribbean">here</a>. The hotels include Hilton Barbados, Caribe Hilton, Hilton Curacao, Hilton Kingston Jamaica and the British Colonial Hilton Nassau.<p> Unfortunately, you just missed your chance to catch the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jonas brothers">Jonas Brothers</a> who were recently shacked up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Santo+Domingo/ian/226946">Hilton juliana 2009-10-26T17:04:00-05:00 Puerto Plata: Maxim Magazine's Maxim Bungalows No More http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/8/12741/3484

Could it be that the Maxim Bungalows in the Dominican Republic, which has only been open for a little over a six months, has closed?

A tipster let us know that the website wasn't working and indeed when we clicked the URL, it sent us to a GoDaddy.com page. GoDaddy is a URL purchasing site and while somebody does own the Maxim Bungalows URL, there's no info nor any redirection going on here. So we just had to find out what was up.]]> juliana 2008-10-08T14:28:28-05:00 HotelChatter Reader Deals: Sizzling Summer Sales http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/29/143527/918 <![CDATA[<p><p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hotel-deals/hotel-deals-logo.jpg"> <p> <i>In which, HotelChatter readers are treated to exclusive hotel deals dug up by us. All deals have a limited amount of rooms attached to them and may sell out quickly.</i><p> <table cellspacing="10"> <tr> <td><b>Today's Hotel Deals</b><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/trumplvlogo.jpg"> </td> <td><b>Trump For Cheap During the Week</b><br><b>$<a href="http://hotels.travelzoo.com/las-vegas-hotels/414933">139 a night</a></b><br>Travelzoo is offering a super hot deal for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Trump+International+Hotel+%26+Tower+Las+Vegas/ian/263697"><b>Trump Las Vegas</b></a> if you stay Sunday-Thursday night, June 2 through Aug. 31. Plus you get a $50 resort credit. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hyatt2logo.jpg"> </td> <td><b>Indian Wells Near Palm Springs Too Hot to Handle</b><br><b>$<a href="http://grandchampions.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp?icamp=hyattgrandchampionsredirect">99 a night</a></b><br>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Grand+Champions+Resort+%26+Spa/ian/117641"><b>Hyatt Grand Champions Hotel</b></a> in Indian Wells has cut room rates down from $350 a night to HotelChatter 2008-05-29T14:53:52-05:00 Puerto Plata: Celebrities Flocking to Maxim Bungalows http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/7/164136/4443 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/okmaxim.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>A while back we asked if those <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maxim+Bungalows/local/598"><b>Maxim Bungalows</b></a> were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/64746/5614/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_Sound_Too_Good_To_Be_True">too good to be true</a> and found that as far as we could see, guests were loving this place.<p>Now, a hotel rep wanted to let us know that celebs are loving the place as well. Some stars making the trip down include, Carrie Ann Inaba, judge of "Dancing with the Stars", Brittany Snow, Dylan McDermott, Chris Evans and Laura Prepon. OK! Magazine also went down there to do a photo shoot for <i>Cashmere Mafia's</i> Bonnie Sommerville (above). <p>But aside from celebrity sightings, the resort just opened its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/2/235254/5083/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_To_Get_Hip_Social_Restaurant">Social restaurant </a> thus enabling you to dance, drink and party like a celeb even if you don't juliana 2008-05-07T16:52:39-05:00 Maxim Bungalows To Get Hip Social Restaurant http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/2/235254/5083 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/maxim_social.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Whether or not the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Maxim+Bungalows/local/598"><b>Maxim Bungalows</b></a> are really a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/64746/5614/hotels/Maxim_Bungalows_Sound_Too_Good_To_Be_True">good place to vacation</a>, the resort will be getting a hip dining scene.<p> Prolific restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow will open the <b>Social Dominican Republic</b> restaurant at the Cofresi Beach location of the resort on April 15th.<blockquote><p>Chef Angel Mejia will oversee Social Dominican Republic along with general manager Sean Mohammed, both formerly at Social Miami at Sagamore in sizzling South Beach. Designer Carlos Oroza of architecture firm Prada Kulich created an intimate setting for Social Dominican Republic, seating 70 guests inside and 40 outside. </blockquote></p><p>The restaurant will serve a daily specialty breakfast buffet as well as a full dinner menu. Some selections served at night include the Basil Cured juliana 2008-04-03T09:15:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/