http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T22:50:57Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Austria%20Hotel%20Guide http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/211832/700 <![CDATA[<p><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=33841028001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> <p><i>HotelChatter's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/EricRosen">Eric Rosen</a> recently spent some time in Austria and Germany. All this week, he'll be rounding up his hotel observations. Any tips, suggestions, questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a></i>.<p> Though it has been open since 2003, the futuristic <b><a href="http://www.loisiumhotel.at">Loisium Wine and Spa Resort</a></b> in Austria&#146;s bucolic Kamptal Valley has maintained an air of quiet sophistication even while educating visitors on Austria&#146;s burgeoning wine scene.<p>That is partly thanks to its out-of-the-way location in the small town of Langenlois, about an hour northwest of Vienna. However, the Loisium is at the nexus of several of Austria&#146;s wine appellations&#151;the Wachau, Kremstal, Kamptal and Weinviertel&#151;so it makes for an ideal EricRosen 2009-08-21T15:29:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/143126/900 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/breakfastspread.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>HotelChatter's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/EricRosen">Eric Rosen</a> recently spent some time in Austria and Germany. All this week, he'll be rounding up his hotel observations. Any tips, suggestions, questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a></i>. <p>The key to &#147;doing&#148; Europe properly, is to start your day with a sensible breakfast at the hotel.<p> For a long time we resisted taking breakfast at the table d'hôte, rejoicing in the five euros we were saving by foregoing bad coffee, stale rolls and a few greasy cold cuts, while saving our ducats for a leisurely lunch instead. But as we&#146;ve grown older, we&#146;ve come to see the logic of shelling out a little extra cash for a hearty breakfast so that we don&#146;t get cranky EricRosen 2009-08-19T17:05:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/135744/820 <![CDATA[<p><object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p><i>HotelChatter's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/eric rosen">Eric Rosen</a> recently spent some time in Austria and Germany. All this week, he'll be rounding up his hotel observations. Any tips, suggestions, questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a></i>.<p> <p>If you&#146;re anything like us, the first thing you want to do after a transatlantic flight is to wash all the grit and grime of airports and planes off your fatigued body. That&#146;s why, for <b>the first installment in our Austria-Germany Field Trip guide</b>, we&#146;ve decided EricRosen 2009-08-17T17:07:24-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/