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Sydney: Inside the Club Intercontinental Sydney

EricRosen — 2011-08-25T09:30:02-05:00

Over on Jaunted, you can get our inside looks at some of the world’s best airline lounges, so we thought we’d do something similar here and start talking about some of the hotel lounges we’ve frequented lately for our new series on Hotel Club Lounges. Today, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen takes us along with him to the Sydney Club InterContinental.

During our last stay Down Under, we spent a few days at the Intercontinental Sydney, and spent a fair amount of our time hanging around the hotel’s Club Intercontinental lounge, which has to be one of our favorites in Australia.

Australia's Gone Mad for Oprah, Now How Long Before Hotel Rates Follow?

MsRebecca — 2010-12-15T08:45:54-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Oprah_InterCon.jpg" class="top">Oprah on the balcony of the InterContinental Sydney.Thanks to Hugh Jackman <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3m4gz94Gyw&feature=player_embedded">banging his face up</a> while zip-lining onto Oprah's Sydney Opera House stage, people of all nations--not just the O-mad Aussies--know that Ms. Winfrey is in the house. But which hotels has Oprah been shacking up in while down under--and what does this mean for their futures? We already suspected she would head to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/local/742">Qualia</a> on Hamilton Island, but even we're impressed with the number of high-end hotels and resorts Oprah and her team have managed to hit up in less than a week. After Qualia, there was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Longitude+131/local/250">Longitude 131</a> in the Northern Territory and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CROWN+TOWERS/local/1778">Crown Towers</a> in Melbourne. Meanwhile, her 300-strong entourage that

How To Save By Heading South For The Summer... Er, Winter

MsRebecca — 2010-04-23T11:00:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/InterConSydneyjpg.jpg" class="top"> The view from the Intercontinental Sydney. It looks like this in winter, too! We may be rubbing our hands in excitement about the coming summer here in the U.S.but down in the Southern Hemisphere it's almost time for winter. Or should we say "winter". They may call it that, but in places like Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, the months of June, July, and August can be just as balmy as wherever it us you usually spend your summer vacation. Which is handy, because IHG hotels want you to head south for the summer... or "winter"... with its <a href="http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/1/en/c/2/content/dec/teaser/pc/0/en/lp/apac/earlybird.html?cm_sp_IMMerch-_-PC_AP_en_Earlybird">South Pacific Early Bird Special</a>. The deal offers up to 50% off stays at select InterContinentals, Crowne Plazas,

London: Peach Colored Tissues, Stripper Poles and Other Outrageous Celebrity Hotel Demands

EricRosen — 2010-02-01T15:25:10-05:00

<![CDATA[You know that famous story about Van Halen demanding M&Ms with all the brown ones removed in their dressing room before concerts? Well, that got us thinking: What do world-famous celebrities these days demand of the hotels they stay in? As we found out after a little bit of digging, the answer is quite a lot. All this week, well share some of the more bizarre, befuddling, and downright diva-licious celebrity demands we came across. Oh, and for the real story behind those Van Halen M&Ms, see what <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp">Snopes</a> has to say about it.When investigating this topic, it became clear right away that divas of the music and theatrical world were at the top for craziest demands. Babs, Mariah,

Steven Tyler Joins the Hard Rock Hotel Fight Club and Other News

juliana — 2007-12-11T17:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/steventyler_hrock.png" class="imgborder">·Hard Rock Hotel Fight Club: Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler and his lady got into a fight at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Seminole+Hard+Rock+Hotel+and+Casino/local/200">Hard Rock Hotel & Casino</a> in Hollywood, Florida, says <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm">Page Six.</a> This hotel chain has had a lot of fights happen at their hotels.· Hotel Surf Lessons: The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Sydney/local/787">Intercontinental Hotel</a> in Sydney is <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4319943a2181.html">offering guests</a> surf lessons at Manly Beach.· Hot Hoteliers: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/morgans%20hotel%20group">Morgans Hotel Group</a> has announced <a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-21569028.htm">a new CEO</a>, Fred Kleisner, who had been serving as CEO since Ed Scheetz's resignation. Just keep Fred away from Vegas.· Hotel Pets: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Four-Seasons-Betty-Paraskevas/dp/0316013757">Chocolate at the Four Seasons</a> is actually a book about a dog and not about our favorite sweet. Interesting, a dog would