HotelChatter - Tag: Brisbane Hotels

Brisbane: Get a Load of The Washer and Dryer in The Emporium Hotel's Suites

MsRebecca — 2010-06-14T13:30:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Empor_Washer.JPG" class="top"> With peekaboo tubs and larger-than-life LCD screens popping up in hotels all over the world, it can take something pretty extraordinary to get our attention when scoping out a room. Or even something extremely humble. Like this nifty little washer-dryer combo that we spied tucked away in a Deluxe Corner Suite at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Emporium+Hotel/local/564">Emporium Hotel</a> in Brisbane last week. Doing the washing may be incredibly mundane, but sometimes on the road it is entirely necessary. And should we really have to spend twenty bucks or more to send our laundry off in one of those branded canvas hotel bags hanging in the closet? (Confession: When the laundry bags are plastic, we swipe them to use

Brisbane: The Limes Hotel Rooftop Bar Likes a Bit of Moby

MsRebecca — 2010-06-11T09:15:50-05:00

After an afternoon in "The Valley"--Fortitude Valley in Brisbane--we were feeling a bit thirsty, so we headed to the top of local hotspot, The Limes Hotel. There, we were greeted by some friendly Aussie bartenders and this song lyric by Moby.

We had forgotten how much Aussies like Moby and his likeminded chill-out tune pals, but after sipping on a kiwi fruit cocktail here, we were taken back to sun-splashed lazy afternoons spent inside a 'schooner' (a glass of beer). Drinking is a national pasttime in Australia, and with gorgeous nighttime views of Brissy, this is a great spot to do it.

Fortitude Valley: High Tea Is Hotting Up Brisbane's Emporium Hotel

MsRebecca — 2010-06-10T09:10:49-05:00

You may have noticed that we're quite fond of Hotel High Tea here at HotelChatter, having sampled little sandwiches and cups of tea at the finest properties in cities such as London and New York. But this week we discovered that the historic art of tea-taking is also a hot trend in the rather modern city of Brisbane, Australia, courtesy of the Emporium Hotel.

The three-year old boutique hotel in the funky Fortitude Valley area of Brissy has a hit on its hands with its new Cocktail Bar High Tea Menu, with local ladies of all ages flocking in with pinkies raised to enjoy a cuppa and a good ol' gossip around a cake tray.

Get $99 Rooms Down Under as Summer Approaches

amandak — 2009-10-26T09:14:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Urban_Hotel_Australia.jpg" class="top"> While northern hemisphere hotels are busy promoting their winter sales, Down Under hotels are advertising summer specials, and there's a particularly good one on offer from the Urban group of hotels, represented in the three major east coast cities.The three places - <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Urban+St+Leonards+Accor+Hotel/ian/179651">Urban St Leonard's</a> in Sydney, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Urban+St+Kilda+Accor+Hotel/ian/267230">Urban St Kilda</a> in Melbourne and the Urban Brisbane - have got together to organize a half-price summer sale. The deal is that if you make your booking this week (before Saturday, October 31), you can get your room for A$99 ($91) a night instead of the usual average of A$199 ($180). The sad thing is that the Aussie dollar is pretty strong right now, so if you're

Brisbane: Sweet Design Hotel :: The Limes in Brisbane Gives You Chocolate Brownies

amandak — 2008-08-01T10:15:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Limes_Hotel_Rooftop_Bar.jpg" class="imgborder"> We were <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/29/22418/5175/hotels/Brisbane_Boutiques_Limes_Due_To_Open_in_May">quite excited</a> about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Limes+Hotel%2C+Brisbane/local/1296">Limes Hotel</a> in Brisbane, Queensland, even before it opened, and now that we can delve a bit deeper we're still intrigued.The Limes is a new favorite topic for design lovers and a recent post about it summed up the whole theory of designer Alexander Lotersztain pretty nicely: <blockquote>Alexander concentrated his design focus on the 21 rooms to cater for the independent traveller, rejecting the 5-star norms and opting to focus on guests' primary travel requirements through unique design solutions in styled lodgings.</blockquote>Some of these "primary travel requirements" turn out to be things like hammocks on the balconies, which definitely add a welcome relaxing touch to a Brisbane stay, or