http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T21:57:35Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Carsten%20Schieck http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/3/192134/9949 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Carsten1.JPG" class="top"><p> <b>Carsten Schieck</b>, the tall, tan, genial General Manager of <b><a href=&#147;http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/en/ch/hotels/index.do?ctyhocn=MLEHICI&#148;>The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island</a></b> resort, breezed into Los Angeles last week on a tour of the U.S., and sat down to tell us why a visit to his resort is worth flying 10,000 miles (plus an extra island hop of 50 miles.) Turns out that even if you hate traveling long distances, once you get to the Maldives, the Conrad will do everything in their power to make you forget just how long and tiring that trip was. <p>But first, we had to ask--what is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/conrad%20hotels">Conrad</a>. This is actually one of Hilton&#146;s ultra luxe-brands ("but still hip," says Carsten) with just a handful of properties EricRosen 2009-02-05T15:49:41-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/