http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T03:02:58Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Buddha%20Bar%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/12/91947/845 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/buddhabarPragueNYT.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Forget all those new hotels opening up in the paper&#146;s <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/8/112135/4005/hotels/The_September_Issue_10_Hot_New_York_City_Hotel_Openings">own backyard</a>; this Sunday the New York Times went hotel hunting in the Czech Republic. Lured by the groovy chill-out tunes and &#147;sultry&#148; restaurant chain of the same name, the NYT <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/travel/11check.html?ref=travel">checked into</a> the new <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Buddha+Bar+Hotel+Prague/ian/309049"><b>Buddha Bar Hotel</b></a> in Prague. </p> <p>We&#146;ve seen hotels sprout out of fashion labels, so why not restaurants and music? Judging by the NYT&#146;s response, the Buddha-Bar folks have produced a fine <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Buddha%20Bars">accompaniment to their brand</a>, attracting scenesters who are &#147;good-looking, well off and ready to party&#148; (British boys, Middle Eastern royals, and wealthy local couples). Overall, the Times writer's affection for the place bodes well for the MsRebecca 2009-10-12T10:33:36-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/19/35031/5096 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Buddha_Bar_Hotel_Prague.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>If you thought the Buddha Bar was just a cool place for a drink in New York or Paris, you would have been more or less right, until now. Because there's actually going to be a <b>Buddha-Bar Hotel</b> in, of all places, Prague.<p>There'll be a Buddha Bar within the hotel, of course, which will run on similar lines as the bars in other cities. The hotel itself will be a five-star hotel which has a big task if the website is telling the truth: it has to <blockquote><p> embolden the essence of contemporary modern Asian interior design with French colonial influence and will be located in the heart of Prague, in a historical building just few steps amandak 2008-08-19T10:54:29-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/