HotelChatter - Tag: Australia Hotels

Have You Ever Used Credit Card Rewards Points For Hotel Stays?

amandak — 2009-11-02T14:51:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Credit_Card_Stack.jpg" class="top"> We recently spent a few hours trying to decide how to spend our credit card rewards points on a hotel stay on the east coast of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Australia%20And%20South%20Pacific/au">Australia</a>. Something about using rewards points brings out the worst in us we want to get the best possible value for our "money"; after all, it's taken a lot of spending to get us those points. But we're also never quite sure if it's worth it to deplete more than half of our points on a hotel stay. Would buying two iPods be better? Or a Best Buy gift card and some airlines miles? Aside from shopper indecision, our particular credit card rewards program offers a choice. You can

Guests Behaving Badly Teams Up With Booking Site Down Under

amandak — 2009-09-29T14:29:38-05:00

You might remember a couple of years back when we let you know about the Australian Guests Behaving Badly database. It's a website where member hotels can report anti-social and destructive hotel guests and share their names with other hotels so they can avoid having the kind of guests that no hotel really wants.

Guests Behaving Badly has now gone one step further and has announced a partnership with the Ubid4rooms website, an Australian hotel bidding site a bit similar to Priceline.

Hotel Workers in Australia Dish On 'Ethical Hotels'

amandak — 2009-08-07T10:39:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/First_Star_Website.jpg" class="top"> It's old news that some hotel guests want to choose their hotel by looking at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Green%20Hotels">how green they are</a>, but in Australia a consumer website has just started up so we can also know how ethical a hotel is and the people behind the <a href="http://thefirststar.com.au/">First Star: Ethical Luxury</a> website are not too shy to name and shame.The website was launched last week by the trade union which represents hotel workers in Australia, and, in their words:<blockquote> The aim is for the site to be used as a tool for travellers and workers to push for social change.</blockquote>So far they're light on the "this hotel isn't green" message and heavy on the "this hotel exploits

Hamilton Island: Qualia Does Spa Treatments for the Typical Aussie Bloke

amandak — 2009-06-27T02:14:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/QUALIASHOT1.jpg" class="top"> The idyllic Hamilton Island resort off the Queensland coast Down Under, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Qualia/ian/261614">qualia</a>, is ramping up the Aussie factor. Of course, it's been Aussie all along, but they're now cashing in on it with a bunch of Australian-themed spa packages at the Spa qualia.Since spa treatments are really a pretty new thing to Australia, none of the offerings are truly Australian in any way, but at least some of them sound authentically Aussie. For example, there's the It's A Man's World spa menu which, they say, is "inspired by the Australian man, particularly the type who is likely to spend time sailing or playing golf" you can get some "individual guy time" and a steam scrub

Yuulong: Live Out Your 'Australia' Fantasy at the Moonlight Head Private Lodges

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-05-21T16:37:18-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/moonlighthead.jpg" class="top"> Inspiring <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/18/131324/953/travel/Australian+Vacations+May+Save+Marriages">overworked citizens and spouses</a> of the world to escape the rat race and head down under, the movie "Australia" featured Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who arrives in Australia to sell off her husband's poorly performing ranch, just as the rest of the world is preparing for World War II. She ends up falling in love with hunky cattle driver Hugh Jackman amidst the beauty of Australias landscape. Not to mention, she falls in love with the Outback and its people too.As if a hit movie weren't enough (the film earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, a $26 million campaign courtesy of Tourism Australia has helped boost Australias global image in a major way.