HotelChatter - Tag: Exotic Hotels

The Fancy Shows Some Hotel Love

ASchechter — 2011-10-12T09:45:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/Ubud.jpg" class="top">Just in time for the holidays, a new social networking site has launched that allows users to create wish lists of all their favorite things from the web. Say, for example, you like the Loden Dager denim <a href="http://www.thefancy.com/things/235871441/Loden-Dager-Denim-Bathrobe-for-Hotel-Americano">bathrobes</a> at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Americano/local/4804">Hotel Americano</a>; or this vintage <a href="http://www.thefancy.com/things/235873925/The-Breslin-Hotel-in-NYC">photo</a> of the original <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ace+Hotel+New+York/local/1313">Ace New York</a> building. By "fancy-ing" each new item, you start to build a virtual "collection" of stuff that allows other users to follow you, be inspired by your things, or recommend new things for you to like. Like any lifestyle blog or online store, <a href="http://www.thefancy.com/">The Fancy</a> has quite a few categories to browse through (men's, women's, gadgets, art, food, etc), but one tag that

Inside BodyHoliday LeSPORT In St. Lucia, Post-Amy Winehouse

JetSetCD — 2009-11-04T14:54:36-05:00

<![CDATA[ <div style="display:none"> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience48204487001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="48204487001" /> </object>  We've spent a week teasing you with images of beaches and infinity pools on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, and so now let's round out the hotels with one that includes massages daily<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Bodyholiday+At+Lesport+All+Inclusive/ian/223886">BodyHoliday LeSPORT</a>. You may already know of this all-inclusive, adults-only resort from last winter's Amy Winehouse St. Lucia debacle, where she holed up on the island, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/14/93640/7516/hotels/Amy_Winehouse_s_Risque_Balcony_Dance_Hotel_Revealed">crawled around on the floor, snatching guests' drinks</a>, and

Soufriere: Inside The Fond Doux Cocoa Plantation Hotel In St. Lucia

JetSetCD — 2009-11-03T13:49:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/AngelinaVilla.jpg" class="top"> Have you been digging our recent tours of St. Lucia's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/1/232644/810/hotels/Inside_Anse_Chastanet_In_St_Lucia_Oh_To_Be_A_Snowbird">Anse Chastanet</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/30/131233/12/hotels/Guess_the_Hotel_Revealed_Jade_Mountain_In_St_Lucia">Jade Mountain</a> resorts, but perhaps the prices or beachside locations aren't up your alley? Well, while we were on the island and jumping from active volcano to scuba diving, we came across <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fond+Doux+Holiday+Plantation/local/1586">Fond Doux Estate</a>, a working cocoa plantation that also functions as a boutique hotel comprised of several individual villas scattered around the lush grounds. It was a complete surprise to be walking through foliage just short of a junglewith starfruit, cocoa pods, banana bunches and ginger lilies all aroundand then to emerge into a clearing with the cheery yellow cottage, Angelina Villa, you see above. This house, over 200

Girdwood: Stuffed Polar Bears Still Guaranteed at The Hotel Alyeksa

DanielR — 2008-07-07T11:51:56-05:00

Ever considered Alaska for a far-flung vacation? Then we say hit up the town of Girdwood, Alaska located about 45 minutes outside downtown Anchorage and home to the state's biggest ski resort, Alyeska Resort.

The resort has seen numerous changes in ownership over the last few years and the newest owners have recently made a dedicated effort to improve the rooms inside the The Hotel Alyeska, the resort's "base camp" hotel.

Not to fear though, you'll still find stuffed polar bears in the lobby and massive views of Alyeska Ski Resort out of the huge panoramic windows, provided there is sun.