http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-07T10:17:56Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Bali%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/17/10189/6140 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Conrad_Suite_livingroom__2_.JPG" class="imgborder"><p>What's better than a trip to Bali? Well, if we had to say, maybe a spacious and secluded suite stocked with a personal assistant. Is that so much to ask?</p><p> <p>Apparently not, according to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Conrad+Bali+Resort+%26+Spa/ian/220300"><b>Conrad Bali</b></a>. Starting October 1, the lush hotel will open 55 new suites, each boasting at least 360 square feet--which is, ahem, awfully close to the size of a studio apartment in some cities stateside--and surrounded by what sounds like a veritable tropical paradise (think gardens and reflecting ponds).</p><p> <p>In addition to access to a personal assistant, each suite will have a separate living and dining room (though let's be honest, they must be tiny) as well as a private terrace equipped KatieK 2008-09-17T10:49:52-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/16/1630/30149 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/stregisbalipoolthing.png" class="imgborder"> <p>Is anyone getting married soon? If so, might we gently (firmly, unequivocally) suggest you look into a destination wedding at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+St+Regis+Bali+Resort/ian/269826">St. Regis Bali</a></b>? You may not have heard about it yet since it just opened yesterday and all, but if you want to go ahead and book your nuptials here and invite us, the gesture would be much-appreciated. <p>The location is good: it's in Nusa Dua on an "elite beach enclave" on the Southern tip of the island. The resort has 79 suites, 42 private villas and two residences -- so, you know, plenty of room for us. There are two restaurants, a bar and a gourmet deli-type restaurant -- so we can keep ourselves Jenna 2008-09-16T16:05:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/10/44111/226 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lesdeuxfreres.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Not all of us are traveling the world with celebrity-sized wallets in our back pockets, especially as fears of a recession mount so we are pulling up an old <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_to_stay/article2452365.ece">UK Times</a> story on the world's 20 best budget hotels. <p>It's obviously biased towards British tourists and that means a lot of the listed hotels are in France or Italy, but their aim was to find "a gorgeous place to stay, with stylish service, stunning views and epic bedrooms" that wasn't too expensive, and the results are pretty interesting.</p><p>Top of the list is the <a href="http://www.hotelamphitheatre.fr/"><b>Hotel De L'Amphitheatre</b></a> in Arles, France, a renovated 17th-century building in the very town where Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. amandak 2008-03-24T13:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/22/121244/781 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jennm/stories">JennM</a> escapes the cold of NYC. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/umaubud2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> It's freezing in New York this week and there's nothing I can't stand more jennm 2008-01-22T16:37:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/11/23584/998 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ubud.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Today we pick a new site where we can feel at one with planet earth while safely surrounded by ceramic and covered in chlorinated water. Each of the 38 villas at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ubud+Hanging+Gardens/local/1018"><b>Ubud Hanging Gardens</b></a> in Bali has a heated private infinity plunge pool that overlooks the Ayung river. Rather than visually blending with the sea, these infinity pools offer bathers the serene feeling the water takes on before it plunges over a cliff -- without the threat of falling to one's death.<p>The pools are supported by wooden pillars and surrounded by terraced gardens. And the individual heaters ensure each pool's temperature never dips below 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Rooms start at $270 per night. Not a bad ced138 2007-12-12T09:00:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/