HotelChatter - Tag: Dubai Hotel Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T03:16:38Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Dubai%20Hotel%20Reviews Dubai: A Zoo On Your Bed at Jumeirah Beach http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/4/193430/3542 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/towel_animals.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>While we were puzzling last week about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/1/55723/58165/hotels/Harry_Potter_Checks_In_To_Jumeirah_Beach_Over_Summer">Harry Potter deals</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jumeirah+Beach+Hotel/local/608"><b>Jumeirah Beach Hotel</b></a> in Dubai, we couldn't help but notice that their housekeeping staff obviously have a degree in magic too. Towel origami has gone mad at Jumeirah Beach.</p><p>While part of us thinks that the time spent twisting our towels into elephants, swans and dragons could be better used on vacuuming the dust under the bed that we always find when we check we didn't leave socks there, we do appreciate it as an art form. We also want to know what happens to the eyes. Do they recycle them? <p><i>[Photo: <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MemberProfile-ccp-a_uid.A3BBEF026981B35411A714C7407E3B42">Sunskier</a>]</i><p> <b>Related Stories:</b><br>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/1/55723/58165/hotels/Harry_Potter_Checks_In_To_Jumeirah_Beach_Over_Summer">Harry Potter Checks In To Jumeirah Beach amandak 2007-06-05T09:14:19-05:00 Dubai: Harry Potter Checks In To Jumeirah Beach Over Summer http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/1/55723/58165 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Jumeirah_Beach_Hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Sitting pretty on the Arabian Gulf, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jumeirah+Beach+Hotel/local/608"><b>Jumeirah Beach Hotel</b></a> might look like just another luxurious Dubai hotel. Looks can be deceiving, because this summer it will also become a Harry Potter-style Department of Magic.</p><p>We're not quite sure if it's corny or clever, but the special deal of the summer (designed, of course, to attract families) is the <a href="http://www.jumeirahbeachhotel.com/special_offers/room_offers/#PTP_070501_01242191_UEG91">Wizards and Witches</a> package. Included with your accommodation is a copy of the seventh Harry Potter book, <i>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</i>, a wizard welcome gift, Wizard adventures (whatever they might be) and for the kids, a place in the Jumeirah Beach Hotel Magic School. The press release has been particularly careful about satisfying the concerns amandak 2007-06-01T09:14:01-05:00 Dubai: More Dubai Hotel Hell http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/17/105746/763 [Ed. Note: Hotel Maven Contractor1803 has a hotel hell report from Dubai. Here's his story below. As always, this is one person's side of the story. If you feel differently, let us know. Enjoy.]

I recently had the displeasure of staying at the Mayfair Hotel in Dubai. This semblance of a hotel should be avoided by anyone seeking an enjoyable hotel experience. From the car that failed to meet me at the airport as promised, to the snotty front desk attendant, I had a thoroughly unenjoyable time. I booked my hotel through Asiatravel.com, and planned to have an enjoyable break from my work in Afghanistan. Boy was I surprised!

MORE]]> Contractor1803 2007-04-17T12:43:11-05:00 Dubai: Have Your Passport Handy When Visiting the Burj Al Arab http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/26/153918/871 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/burj.jpg"><p><i>Inside, this place looks like "tacky Vegas."</i><p>Once again, HotelChatter's tentacles have sent dispatches to the mother ship from abroad. This time, the report comes from Dubai where our source snooped around the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Burj+Al+Arab/local/14"><b>Burj al Arab</b></a> which despite magnificent architecture it is, in short, un désastre.<blockquote><p> The architectural structure from the outside and even the inside is gorgeous. The interior is a disaster. The public areas are not Arabic like Al Qasr, but tacky Vegas style. The only nice things inside are two beautiful tropical fish tanks. Even the bar on the 27th floor is a disaster. I would not want to stay there even for half the price of my room at the Park Hyatt. I could not juliana 2007-02-26T15:52:01-05:00 Dubai: Room With an Anti-View: Dusit Dubai's Parking Lot http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/6/192110/405 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-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>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/antiview_dusitdubai.jpg"><p> It's hard to justify traveling all the way to Dubai and staying in juliana 2006-12-07T08:57:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/