Back in April of 2010, we posited that hotels producing their own honey was becoming a trend; in fact we offered three hotels already doing their own beekeeping and honeymaking, then added a fourth: the Fairmont Vancouver Airport.

This week, the LA Times finally catches on and notes that now Montage Deer Valley, Carmel Valley Ranch and more Fairmont Hotels join the sweet list. Well, we've got yet more to add and it benefits from the addition of some celebrity names wrapped up in the beekeeping spree: Julio Iglesias and Oscar de la Renta. ]]> JetSetCD 2011-11-17T10:35:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/19/10626/8553

Hotel Indigo San Diego

It's hard to believe that Memorial Day is next weekend. If it snuck up on you and you haven't made any holiday plans, don't worry, it's not too late for a getaway. There are still some hotel deals to be had.

Travelzoo is offering a bunch of Memorial weekend hotel rooms at slashed prices. Here are a couple of the highlights:]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-05-19T10:21:44-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/19/01311/0931

If you love men who love banana hammocks and speedos, you'll want to head to the Barceló Punta Cana Resort. The Dominican Republic hotel will be full of hard-bodied, tan men when it hosts the finale of this year's Mr. Universe pageant.

You will be able to see the ripped guys flexing their muscles and strutting on the catwalk at the all-inclusive hotel from May 10 to 14. Given that the Barceló Punta Cana sits on the water, you may also be able to "accidentally" run into a few of the muscular contestants at the beach.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-04-19T11:32:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/10/13/15287/224 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HardRockPCDom.jpg" class="top"> <P>Are you champing at the bit to get down to the Dominican Republic and party like a rock star on the beach? Well, you'll be able to in a few weeks, if the <b><a href="http://www.hardrockhotels.com/puntacana/">Hard Rock Hotel Punta Cana</a></b> is to be believed. The <i>massive</i> complex of 121 acres, boasting more swimming pools than you can count on two hands and almost as many theme clubs and lounges, soft opens to guests on <b>November 1</b>, with it's official grand opening coming next spring. <P>It's an all-inclusive resort, of course, even though it's the <b>first all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel</b>. There'll be photobooths and live performances all over the place, just be sure to budget for some extra playing JetSetCD 2010-10-13T16:00:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/14/1685/69531 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/ToiletFlowers.jpg" class="top"> <p>You know how it is when you check into a hotel and you're so tired, so desperate to just have a private place to lay down and relax? You do a quick little look around the room and the bathroom, and perhaps there's a couple cute little flowers placed on the freshly folded towels, but you never expect <b>flowers to also be floating in the toilet</b>, do you? <p>This is something we encountered for the first time ever last week, at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Puntacana+Hotel/ian/218071">Puntacana Resort</a></b> in the Dominican Republic. We lifted up the toilet lid and saw something in the toilet bowl, but happily they were only the little pink flowers you see pictured above. A cute JetSetCD 2010-05-14T16:08:05-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/