http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-11T00:18:01Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Affordable%20Beach%20Resorts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/27/155038/524 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/beach_at_kura.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> A while back the big news on Curacao was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/14/163758/177/hotels/J.Lo+Goes+on+a+Babymoon%3F">J Lo's possible pregnancy</a>. Didn't happen, but we are guessing the Dutch could care less.<p> Fast forward six months, or so, and it turns out <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+Kura+Hulanda+and+Beach+Club/local/314"><b>Lodge Kura Hulanda & Beach Club</b></a>, one of Willemstads's beach resort options, made Travel &amp; Leisure's 25 Affordable Beach Resorts List (March 2007).<p> While all the beach resorts on the list are definitely worth a look we focused in on Kura for two reasons.<p> First, Curacao takes our minds off slush--just get yourself to Miami, and three hours from MIA you will be in Curacao.<p> Second, Kura was written up by Andrea Bennett, a friend of HotelChatter, and markj 2007-02-27T16:14:41-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/