http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T05:48:13Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/768 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/29/62244/7409 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion"><b>Scarlett Lion</b></a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/kampalaskyline.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>People have been known to call <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/ug/Kampala"><b>Kampala</b></a>, Uganda's capital city, a city of seven hills but it's not really true.<p>It's a hilly city, but the number seven doesn't correspond to all the swells of land with luxury homes at their peaks, nor are there seven valleys, flooded and filled with slum dwellers.<p>In fact, it's hard to count just about anything in Kampala. Estimates of population vary from 1.5 million people to 4 million. Estimates of the number of ScarlettLion 2008-09-02T16:39:12-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/15/63448/7121 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/improyale_Uganda.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Growing up in a Commonwealth country, I always loved the acronym given for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: CHOGM, pronounced like it looks. How could anyway take a "chogem" meeting seriously? I can't, but I am keen to check out one of the new hotels that's just been built for the 2007 CHOGM in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.</p><p>If you're not sure--I admit, I wasn't--Uganda is pretty much right in the middle of Africa, a landlocked nation next to Kenya. Its capital, Kampala, has just become home to the (nearly completed) <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Imperial+Royale+Hotel/local/768"><b>Imperial Royale Hotel</b></a>. It's a 275-roomer, with three restaurants and several bars, which will offer 24-hour service, and four floors of parking. A local amandak 2007-08-17T09:10:10-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/