http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T20:03:24Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Desert%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/29/15467/8112 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Private_pool_in_villa_low_res.jpg" class="top"> <p>Not everyone heads to Dubai with mall shopping and indoor skiing on their minds, or if you do, you quickly get tired of it. For this reason, more and more retreats are being built outside of the city, either in lush green environments like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/2/123150/0498/hotels/Westin_Golf_Resort_Will_Bring_Wellness_to_Abu_Dhabi">Westin Golf Resort</a> near Abu Dhabi or flat out in the desert, like the soon-to-open <b>Anantara Resort at Qasr Al Sarab</b>. <p>Due to open on October 25, the Anantara is 90 minutes away from Abu Dhabi and three hours from Dubai in the Liwa Desert, and boasts 206 rooms, although some are flat-out palatial villas with private pools and commanding views over the sand dunes. Face it: if you're coming all JetSetCD 2009-09-29T16:24:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/4/115833/2944 <![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/grandcanyonkachina.jpg" class="top"> <p>Oh man. We don't really talk much about the Grand Canyon 'round these parts. Especially during the summer. It's hot over Jenna 2009-06-04T12:00:53-05:00 36.0613300 -112.18346 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/