http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:48:51Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Cuba%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/26/105047/479 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/cubakv.jpg" class="top"> <p>You know, most of the Killer Views we bring you are either shots of pretty mountains or pretty beaches. So here, Jenna 2009-02-26T11:41:11-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/16/766/80015 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Panda_Towel_Art.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Yes, hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Towel%20Origami">towel origami</a> is still alive and well, at least at the <a href="http://www.hotelescubanacan.com/"><b>Hotel Las Cuevas</b></a> in Trinidad, Cuba.<p>Perhaps (we hope) because these guests were on their honeymoon, hotel staff went to all the trouble of twisting and contorting a bunch of towels into this love-heart flanked by two, well, towel-people. Strange-looking people, though, because their arms start at the top of their heads. But the idea is sweet.<p>However, not only is the towel art completely over-the-top, there's even a handwritten note in the middle of the artwork--we're just bummed it's too small for us to read. What a pity that some of the time and effort used to create this whole towel origami thing amandak 2009-02-16T16:04:42-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/165232/199 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nacionalcuba.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The Hotel Nacional de Cuba is one of the hotels that will allow its countrymen to stay there now.</i><p>Some big news on the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/cuba%20travel"><b>Cuban tourism</b></a> front today: Cubans can now stay in hotels that were typically reserved for foreign tourists.<blockquote><p>Cubans will be allowed to stay in the hotels beginning at midnight Monday, said employees at several Havana hotels. Word of the change came from Tourism Ministry officials, the employees said.</blockquote></p><p>Sadly, this initiative is largely symbolic as many Cubans can't afford the hotel room prices which range from $60 to more than $200 a night. The average income in the country is $20 a month. <p>For years under Fidel Castro's rules, Cubans could not stay in their own juliana 2008-03-31T17:03:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/