HotelChatter - Tag: Colombia Hotels

Cartagena de Indias: The Little Fashion Hotel That Could: Tcherassi Opens In Colombia

JetSetCD — 2009-10-23T09:18:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Silvia.jpg" class="top"> This year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fashion%20hotels">Fashion Hotels</a> have been very much...well, in fashion as it seems. Missoni debute the first edition of their hotel brand in Edinburgh, and Armani is still awaiting the opening of his first in the Burj tower in Dubai, and now designer Silvia Tcherassi has renovated a mansion in Colombia to become her own fashion hotel. The 7-suite property sits in the UNESCO site of Cartegena de Indias, Colombia and is your typical retreat from the city, although with a true designer's touch as each room is uniquely decorated and sporting an open layoutyes, this means peekaboo bathrooms. Our favorite part of flipping through the gallery of images after the jump has got to be

Providencia Island: Tough Choice: Office Desk or a Hammock on a Remote Colombian Island?

amandak — 2009-09-16T14:05:22-05:00

<![CDATA[ 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>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> skips off to Providencia Island...in her mind. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Sirius_Hotel_Providencia_Colombia.jpg" class="top"> After reading the UK Guardian's weekend piece on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/co/Providencia%20Island">Providencia Island</a>

Cartagena de Indias: Newest Fashion Hotel On The Block: Tcherassi In Colombia

JetSetCD — 2009-08-03T09:16:48-05:00

It's official: 2009 is the year of fashion designer hotels. Missoni just debuted their first in Scotland, Palazzo Versace continue to proliferate, Diesel's creative director opened a Brazil retreat in spring, and Armani will have his first in Dubai on December 2. We can't just look at the biggest names as the only creators of boutique properties, however, as Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi steps up to open her own tropical resort in fall.

Santa Marta: The Hotel Bahia Blanca Is Not Luxury But You're Treated Like Family

The Lost Girl — 2009-03-12T14:29:02-05:00

<![CDATA[Last month, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/user/The%20Lost%20Girl">Amanda Pressner</a> gave <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/colombia%20field%20trip">Jaunted</a> a report on her jaunt down to Colombia. This week, she is giving HotelChatter reviews of the hotels she checked into during her trip. Any questions or suggestions about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/colombia%20hotel%20scene">Colombia Hotel Scene</a>? Let us know. Enjoy.<embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=16386037001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="300" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> Provided youre willing to shell out the bucks, its never that difficult to find a decent nights sleep, no matter where on the planet you go. But once you put the term budget before your title of traveler, well, thats when you start playing the game of hotel room roulette Unable to assess the quality of the backpacker lodging in the seaside

Cartagena: The Hotel Caribe Cartagena Looks Grand But Really Isn't

The Lost Girl — 2009-03-10T14:33:05-05:00

<![CDATA[Last month, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/user/The%20Lost%20Girl">Amanda Pressner</a> gave <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/colombia%20field%20trip">Jaunted</a> a report on her jaunt down to Colombia. This week, she is giving HotelChatter reviews of the hotels she checked into during her trip. Any questions or suggestions about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/colombia%20hotel%20scene">Colombia Hotel Scene</a>? Let us know. Enjoy. <embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=15239715001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> In the Bocagrande section of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/cartagena">Cartagena</a>, a crook-armed, sea-level stretch of beach primed to sink under the weight of so many tightly-packed, modern high rises, youll find the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Caribe+Cartagena/ian/122749">Hotel Caribe</a>, a pastel wedding cake of property that appears left over from another era, a earlier time when the wealthiest Colombians escaped the chill of Bogotá and Medellin to winter along