Aria Las Vegas

As more and more leisure travelers start to bring their laptops, smartphones and other gadgets on vacation with them, hotels have responded by adding more plug panels, bigger workspaces, ergonomic desk chairs and better, although not always free, internet access option. In fact, nearly all hotel rooms we've stayed in this year could double as a business traveler's dream hotel.

But of course, not all hotel rooms are created equal. Some hotels clearly cater to the business traveler in better ways and Inc.com has summed up who's doing it best.

In their Business Travel 50 list, the mag compiled the best in biz travel from trip-planning tools, airlines, travel gadgets and our fave, hotels.]]> juliana 2010-07-13T16:56:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/13/233311/852 <![CDATA[<p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/geekhotels09.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><p>As we near the end of the first decade of this new millennium, we are tempted to reflect on just how far technology has come since the panic days of Y2K back in the late nineties. The Newton is dead; long live the iPhone. Geocities beget Friendster beget MySpace beget Facebook. And of course, everyone is adding a "tw" prefix to absolutely everything. <p> What hasn't changed in ten plus years is the fact that the hotel industry has done its best to keep up with the latest technological advances, upgrading rooms with flat-screen TVs, offering guests gaming systems like the Wii or the Playstation in-room or poolside and, in some very awesome cases, placing HotelChatter 2009-04-20T11:54:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/24/144612/104 <![CDATA[<p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/454/best_geek_hotels_2008.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p><p>As most people who suffer from technophilia know, a lot can change in a year. In the year that we released our first Best Geek Hotels List, the iPhone beat out every other cellphone on the market, the MacAir usurped the MacBook and saved shoulders worldwide, Guitar Hero and Rock Band raged, and Facebook surpassed MySpace, at least in our group of friends.<p>While most hotels are still rather slow to adopt technology -- hello, working free WiFi please?-- we did find a new crop of geek hotels that were worthy of superlatives. Some of these hotels have been geeking it out for a while and some are still in beta. But much of the source HotelChatter 2008-03-04T10:34:26-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/31/34310/664 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/treetops_lodge_lawn.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>The recent 20th annual Conde Nast Traveler awards threw up some not-too-surprising results in the Australia/Pacific section, with Melbourne's about-to-be-even-bigger <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Crown+Towers/ian/119168">Crown Towers</a> complex coming up in the number one position, closely followed by Sydney's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Hyatt+Sydney/local/242">Park Hyatt</a>. </p><p>But coming in at number three was the less mainstream option of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Treetops+Lodge+And+Estate/ian/212345"><b>Treetops Lodge</b></a> in Rotorua, New Zealand. With just twelve rooms, it certainly has less guests coming through the door than places like the Crown or the Park Hyatt, but those that have checked in have been suitably impressed.</p><p>The Treetops Lodge is in the middle of the forest so nature and wildlife are the key impressions you'll get. There are plenty of outdoor activities to be amandak 2007-10-31T09:22:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/29/8140/0666 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/NamHoiInfinityPool.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Last week in Bangkok the Asian <a href="http://www.ttgasia.com/ttg-awards/">TTG Travel Awards</a> for hotels, airlines and travel agents were handed out, and one of our favorite Vietnamese spots, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Nam+Hai/ian/252041"><b>Nam Hai</b></a> near Hoi An was awarded the prize for Best New Beach Resort.</p><p>Less than one year into its life--it first opened in December 2006--the Nam Hai is really stacking up the accolades. As well as this best new beach resort award, it's been listed in the Conde Nast 2007 Hot List (in both the US and the UK), been picked as a "best of the best" of new hotels by Gourmet Traveller, and, on top of all of that, we think it's a nice place too. A place amandak 2007-10-29T09:22:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/