HotelChatter - Tag: Africa Hotels

HotelChatter - Tag: Africa Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T04:28:40Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Africa%20Hotels Cape Town: This Week in Hotel Lust: White Picket Fences at Cape Town's Mount Nelson http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/132913/59 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/mountnelson.jpg" class="top"> This week, a combination of wanderlust and hotel lust led us to research the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mount+Nelson+Hotel/ian/141143">Mount Nelson Hotel</a> in Cape Town, South Africa, which a roving <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/25/11503/0347/hotels/The_Cape_Town_Hotel_Scene_Dine_in_Style_at_the_Mount_Nelson_Hotel">HotelChatter correspondent</a> briefly had the chance to visit last year. We deemed Mount Nelson worth a second look from afar, because of the consistent buzz it garners for its exaggerated sense of luxury. Then again, if it weren't exaggerated it wouldn't be lust-worthy, would it? Fat cats who travel to areas of the world deemed "exotic" aren't usually in the game of roughing it. Maybe they've come for a safari, but they better be welcomed home at the end of the day by plush linens at the very least. No Heidi Atwal 2009-11-20T16:40:00-05:00 Anantara Goes From the Tropics to the 'Rugged Desert' http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/15/10521/8984 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anantara_Qasr_Al_Sarab.jpg" class="top"> The luxury-minded people who build the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Anantara%20Resorts">Anantara Resorts</a> have already persuaded us that their south-east Asian properties look like killer places to stay, like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Anantara+Phuket/local/1387">Anantara Phuket</a> or their fancy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Anantara+Seminyak+Bali/ian/260712">Anantara Seminyak</a> in Bali. But Anantara seems to be turning a different corner now, with big plans for the Middle East and North Africa shaping up.Later this year, the Anantara Qasr Al Sarab (pictured) will open its doors near Abu Dhabi well, an hour and a half from Abu Dhabi, actually, since the resort will be in the middle of "rugged desert". This Anantara is already taking bookings for stays starting from November 1, with the cheapest room (a Deluxe King) being offered amandak 2009-06-15T10:21:09-05:00 Dakar: Senegal Wants to Cash In On Their Le Meridien http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/5/101640/9082 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/LeMeridien_Dakar.jpg" class="top"> International banks aren't the only ones having issues with making good on their loans; the entire government of Senegal, on Africa's northwest coast, is so seriously in debt to local businesses that they are having to sell off their prized possession: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Meridien+President+Dakar/ian/200683">Le Meridien Dakar</a>. While this may be great news for aspiring hoteliers who value a bargain, it is nonetheless devastating for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Le&20Meridien">Le Meridien</a> chain and the state of hotels in Senegal. Even if we had a bankful of money to throw around right now, buying a money-hungry property in an unstable country wouldn't exactly be at the top of our list. Still, a Le Meridien for (a billionaire's) chump change is pretty JetSetCD 2009-02-05T17:43:08-05:00 Nairobi: In Africa, Depend on Hotel Business Centers for Internet http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/11/82649/2036 <![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here and around Africa. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bizcenter.jpg" class="imgborder">This is actually a hotel business center in San Francisco.The average internet café, dotted throughout any big city in Africa, will cost less than a dollar an hour. But, it might take about an hour to open your webmail. The average luxury hotel business center, however, will cost about $10 an hour. It will provide the user a connection speed that reminds him or her of the days of AOL and that grinding modem sound, now ScarlettLion 2008-09-17T13:35:55-05:00 Goma: Room with an Anti-View: A Laundry Line in the Congo http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/9/5/231743/9704 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/AntiViewWashingGoma.jpg" class="imgborder"> If we were to travel somewhere as exotic as Goma on the eastern edge of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we'd be hoping for an equally exotic view from our hotel window. And while the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g303843-d607543-Reviews-VIP_Palace_Goma-Goma.html">VIP Palace Goma</a> seems to be otherwise a pretty decent hotel--at least for a war-torn country in a town located on the Great Rift Valley, constantly subject to threat from earthquakes and volcanoes--the view from some rooms is really much too ordinary.So when intrepid traveler <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/amalthya/">amalthya</a> checked into the VIP Palace, she found her room had a definitely-not-for-VIPs view of the washing line. It kind of goes to prove that some things are the same the world over, but when amandak 2007-09-06T10:19:48-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/