HotelChatter - Tag: EasyHotels

easyHotel Finds Expansion Easy

jennm — 2008-07-30T14:30:02-05:00

The folks over at extreme budget chain easyHotel have an ambitious goal of introducing 200 hotels in 10 years (it took them three years since the chain's 2005 debut to implement five hotels) and thanks to a new development deal with the UK-based Eclipse Hotel Group, easyHotel will put up 10 more properties across the UK over the next four years.

Apparently, "the easyHotel brand and super-budget model have significant growth potential in the UK," Eclipse Hotel Group's Managing Director, Sameer Damji, said in a press statement. Perhaps that's because everything in the UK is so bloody expensive? Drop those pounds already!

easyHotel Upgrades Web Site Without Losing Its Cool

jennm — 2008-07-02T12:59:40-05:00

With a plan to introduce 200 hotels in 10 years, the folks at easyHotel thought, "Hey, maybe we should upgrade our web site?" And so they did, adding new navigations and a three-step booking process.

All in all, pretty standard stuff, plus a few bells and whistles like more images and Google maps.

Although we are happy to see that easyHotel maintained its smart marketing lingo. How cute is that "Don't hang about..." do not disturb sign? Now that we know how aggressive maids are starting to be, we may have to print that one out and tape it on our hotel door.

London: Kensington Hotel Guide: easyHotel South Kensington

juliana — 2008-05-19T16:16:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easyhotelKensington.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Kensington-Hotel-Guide"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kensingtonmap.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/easyHotel+South+Kensington/local/1222">The easyHotel South Kensington</a> (damn you, annoying lower-cased brand names) is not close to the shops we adore at Kensington and Hight Street.In fact, it's a ways off (about 15 minutes) and we say only attempt the walk when the weather's nice in London. We actually had a chance to go by this hotel and while rooms are cheap at 25 GBP a night, this is still a budget hotel and rooms are notoriously small. However, the easyHotel gets pretty solid reviews on <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d550121-r16057856-EasyHotel_London_South_Kensington-London_England-m10559.html">TripAdvisor</a>. It seems most guests know what they are in for before they arrive.A few tips: Guests said that rooms with windows are smaller than the ones without. Internet is

Luton: Checking In With the Hotel Chain for the Cheap-o

jennm — 2008-05-02T10:00:01-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easyhotelloo.jpg"class="imgborder">It's been a while since we last took a look at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/easyhotels">easyHotel</a>, the European lodging chain for the incredibly frugal-minded. The nearly three-year-old chain now has properties throughout <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/26/105323/345/hotels/London_s_Swinging_Hotel_Scene_A_Third_easyHotel_Opens">London</a>, as well as Budapest, Basel and Zurich. Its latest hotel opens today in Luton, featuring special opening rates of $39.45. Before you rush to book that darling rate, remember the adage that "you get what you pay for." In this case, the attractive price at this 58-room hotel in Luton's city center does not include use of a TV, towel changes, Internet access or housekeeping services--all things that require you pony up anywhere between $2 and $20 to use. It's all part of the master

easyCruise: It's Not a Cruise, It's a Hotel...That Floats

femmefatale — 2007-11-28T14:31:32-05:00

<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a>, our own younger, blonder, more attractive but still curmudgeonly version of Andy Rooney has returned to us once more. After finding <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/23/23023/392/hotels/A_Hotel_Finally_Manages_to_Satisfy_Ms_Monica_Guy">hotel satisfaction</a> in Lisbon, she's moved onto a new type of hotel, a floating one. Once again, her bolded words are left in for Rooney-esque emphasis. Enjoy. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easycruise.png" class="imgborder">Here's a novelty extra - what do you think of a hotel deal that includes all transport? Not transport from the airport. Not even transport to the city centre or for day trips. I mean your whole hotel room's transported. You wake up every morning at a new destination, without even realising you've gone anywhere, or having to waste time and effort getting there yourself. Bargain,