HotelChatter - Tag: Floating Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T05:54:52Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Floating%20Hotels Vancouver: Vancouver is So Hard Up for Hotel Rooms That a Cruise Ship Is Stepping In http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/11/8133/61259 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/norwegiangem.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/vancouver"><b>Vancouver</b></a> has already sold-out its hotels rooms for the 2010 Winter Olympics next February but there is a way to create some extra inventory without having to build a new hotel---<b>use a cruise ship!</b> From the <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407096_hotels10.html">Seattle PI</a>: <blockquote><p>A company is bringing in a Norwegian Cruise Line luxury ship for February's Winter Games to help accommodate visitors. Dennis Laliberte, Newwest Special Projects LP president, said the Norwegian Star can fit almost 9,000 people.</blockquote></p><p>Much like a regular hotel, the cruise ship has different room sizes ranging from simple staterooms to bigger suites. But it's also got 13 restaurants, eight lounges, a spa, a fitness center and "sensational nightly entertainment." There will also be live satellite coverage juliana 2009-06-11T08:57:09-05:00 Pangbourne: For $0, You Can Afford a Room at These Europe Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/24/85210/4148

Call us blasé, but we’re getting a bit bored of all the dirt cheap offers coming through at the moment. $99 in New York. £1 in London. Over it! What we really want is a free room – and our wishes are being granted.

First there was Elite Hotels' offer of a free night in one of their stately homes if you bought a bottle of Cristal. Nice offer, but at £278.50, still not that affordable.

But now it’s been joined by some rather less-heinously priced establishments. ]]> juliab 2009-02-24T16:01:10-05:00 Klädesholmen: Floating Hotel in Sweden Just A Bit Fishy http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/29/143114/05 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Salt___Sill_Floating_Hotel_Sweden.jpg" class="top"><p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak">AmandaK</a> lets us know about the latest Floating Hotel on the scene.</i><p> This sounds just like something those functional-but-hip (think Ikea) Swedes would: start up a floating hotel just because there was no more land left on the island. It&#146;s really happened at Klädesholmen on Sweden&#146;s west coast where the <a href="ttp://www.saltosill.se/"><b>Salt & Sill Hotel</b></a> opened this month.<p>A <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/25/seafood-sweden-hotel-restaurant-kladesholmen">Guardian</a> reviewer who&#146;s already spent the night at the salt & Sill was impressed with the sleek design, but we&#146;re a bit worried about the wobbliness; he mentioned feeling drunk while going to the bathroom but it was a feeling caused by the undercurrent rocking the hotel boat.<p> The other thing that is a bit of a turn-off juliana 2008-10-29T14:33:51-05:00 Dubai: A Sneak Peek at Dubai's Next Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/17/9737/5515 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/QE2.png" class="imgborder"><p>Ok we know what you might be thinking. Did we mistakenly put in the wrong picture or something here? And the answer is no, we did not. <p>Yes, you are really looking at the <b>Queen Elizabeth 2</b> which has spent 40 years crisscrossing the Atlantic Ocean. The venerable cruise ship, however, made one last visit to New York's harbour yesterday. <p>After this trip back to England, the hotel will be sent on down to Dubai, where it will remain intact as a <a href="http://www.luxist.com/2007/06/18/queen-elizabeth-2-to-become-floating-hotel/">luxury floating hotel</a> opening sometime next year. According to Luxist:<Blockquote><p>The company plans to recreate the original decor and fittings of the ship that she had when she was launched in 1967. </blockquote></p><p> Only in Dubai, juliana 2008-10-17T09:20:46-05:00 easyCruise: It's Not a Cruise, It's a Hotel...That Floats http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/23/23711/057 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></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. </i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/easycruise.png" class="imgborder"><p>Here's a novelty extra - <b>what do you think of a hotel deal that includes all transport?</b> <p>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.<p> Bargain, femmefatale 2007-11-28T14:31:32-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/