We kind of thought we'd been there, done that with the babymoon trend, but Kimpton's 70 Park Avenue either thinks otherwise or has slipped way behind the times.

Presumably there are still women the world over waiting to have babies who actually would be prepared to fork out a stack of money for their last hotel hurrah, and 70 Park Ave is waiting for them.]]> amandak 2008-08-15T09:32:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/8/7545/44867 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/TheRing_Lobby.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Any idea what a "casual luxury" hotel is? We're not sure either, but apparently Vienna's new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ring/ian/258863"><b>The Ring Hotel</b></a> is a shining example of one. We have a feeling it doesn't mean that you can run around in your oldest shorts and flip-flops, but instead it sounds like they're trying to saying The Ring is a place where you can get everything you want but without any snootiness. Sound okay?</p><p>It's called The Ring--not the name we'd choose thanks to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ring/ian/258863">scary movie franchise</a>, but there is a reason--because it's located on Kaerntner Ring, one of the streets that forms a loop around the center of Vienna. Actually it's in a great spot, almost opposite the amandak 2008-04-08T11:23:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/14/174030/731 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mommy_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>If you're one of those people who took a ConceptionMoon with the hopes of creating a baby and then a BabyMoon with the hopes of one last quality vacation before a child arrives, then you'll probably dig the newest Mommy Hotel trend.<p>The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/nyregion/14pregnant.html">NYT</a> reports that the <b>Parrot Mill Inn</b> in Chatham, N.J. is part of a growing trend of hotels and inns catering to new and exhausted parents. Their second-floor suite features a changing-table, baby-soothing music, and a lactation consultant on call. All for $500 a night. We get the lactation consultant but if you've spent money on all the gadgets, gizmos and other nursery amenities that a baby "needs", isn't this just a little extravagant?<p><p> Anyhow, juliana 2008-01-14T17:52:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/