http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-05T06:37:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Amazing%20Race http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/23/151822/749 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mandarin_orientalmacau.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The Amazing Racers took a trip over to the Las Vegas of the Far East--Macau. As usual, Jaunted has the in-depth wrap-up while we focus on hotels.<p>Naturally, the big hotel pick for Macau would be the Wynn but we wanted to take a look at what else is going on over there. Surprisingly, there's a lot to choose from--Hyatt, Westin, and even a Holiday Inn. Unfortunately, we've heard a bit of complaints about Macau in general. Namely, that the air is extremely dirty and that it's got a long way to go if it wants to live up Las Vegas standards.<p> Take for instance the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/MANDARIN+ORIENTAL+MACAU/ian/141267"><b>Mandarin Oriental Macau</b></a>. A few <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294219-d301461-r6745821-Mandarin_Oriental_Macau-Macau-m10559.html">reviewers</a> say it's not the best juliana 2007-04-23T15:32:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/9/171245/3322 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ritz_KL.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Once again, we check in on the Amazing Racers' latest pit stop. As usual, we leave every detail and ever pregnant pause of Phil's up to our sibling <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RITZ+CARLTON+KUALA+LUMPUR/ian/142036">Jaunted</a> while we take a look at which hotel we would choose to stay in at each pit stop.<p>This week, the crew landed in Malaysia where they could gobble cookies or "apply batik to fabric". We, on the other hand, would rather stop in at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RITZ+CARLTON+KUALA+LUMPUR/ian/142036"><b>Ritz-Carlton</b></a> in Kuala Lumpur, mainly because it's a Ritz we can afford. Rooms average about $183 a night and are extremely spacious. You also can order your butler around, relax in the hotel spa, or around the pool, shop at the luxury juliana 2007-04-09T17:23:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/2/171925/2016 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/westin_warsaw.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><b><a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Amazing-Race-All-Stars">Click Here To Go Straight To Chasing Racers Map</a></b><p>Last night's Amazing Race All-Star episode was a two-hour spectacular that we didn't have to sit through. Luckily, our sibling Jaunted did and wrote down everything that happened. (Unfortch, we still have to sit through <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tori%20Spelling/">Tori and Dean's</a> ridiculous reality show)<p>In the first challenge, the Racers landed in Warsaw, Poland where they had to choose between either "tuning pianos or hauling and x-raying mannequins." (i.e. running out of challenge ideas.)<p>The hipppest place to stay is probably the Hotel Rialto which is the city's first boutique hotel. But if you're looking for a more mainstream stop to relax (hauling mannequins gets tiring) and a place that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/5/9/101911/4490/hotels/Warsaw_Is_No_Prague">has ironing juliana 2007-04-02T17:25:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/4/11923/3301 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/Hostal_Gat_Raval.jpg"><p> <br> As always, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Amazing-Race-10"><b>Jaunted</b></a> has the episode recap while we search out a place for our weary Racers to lay their heads.<p> Usually, as you no doubt know, we skip the hostel thing. Even when a hostel touts itself as a "design" hostel as <a href="http://www.gataccommodation.com/"><b>Hostal Gat Raval</b></a> in Barcelona does.<p> However, this season's Amazing Race cast has been a real bore. Seriously, ever since they got rid of the amputee and her creepy boyfriend there has been something missing from Amazing Race 10--excitement.<p> So we say, throw the remaining three teams in a stripped down "design hostel" in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona before their final race leg. Why? C'mon, at the end of the day markj 2006-12-04T11:09:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/27/11527/518 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kasbah_moro.jpg"><p>So our beloved Amazing Racers left the prostitutes in Kiev, Ukraine for the movie sets of Ouarzazate, Morocco. As always, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Amazing-Race-10"><b>Jaunted</b></a> has the episode recap while we search out a place for our weary Racers to lay their heads.<p>We probably would have picked this hotel based on its name, <b>Kasbah Ait Ben Moro</b>, but its also #1 on TripAdvisor and was written up by <a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/hotels/kasbah-ait-ben-moro-skoura">Travel + Leisure</a>. Granted, there's only two reviews listed but that's probably good for this part of Morocco.<blockquote><p>The room was basic, but spotless, with an extremely comfortable bed and spacious shower/toilet room. Also, contrary to expectation, the electricity was available for 24hrs....The owner and his wife were a lovely couple, pretty sophisticated but juliana 2006-11-27T11:05:27-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/