http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T17:43:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Germany%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/5/75519/6122 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Melia_Hotel_Dusseldorf.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Popped into our Hotelchatter Flickr Pool recently (thanks, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14167012@N03/">jochenb</a>) were some pics of a new hotel in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sol%20Melia%20Hotels">Sol Melia Hotel</a> group: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Melia+Duesseldorf/ian/328554"><b>Melia Hotel Düsseldorf</b></a>, Germany. It's just opened up last month and is certainly lookin' neat and tidy, if the photos are anything to go by.<p>More info about the new Melia: it's right in the center of Düsseldorf, and it's opposite the Hofgarten, famous for being the oldest public park in the whole of Germany. And it's close to shopping and sightseeing districts, and most conveniently, just a ten-minute drive from the airport.<p>The Düsseldorf Melia has some opening offer rates starting with their basic double room at &#128;99 ($145) or &#128;139 ($205) amandak 2009-11-05T14:19:22-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/13/11651/998 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/Hamburg.Lobby.Chairs.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Design-minded travelers to Hamburg, Germany, will be happy to hear the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Sas+Hotel+-+Hamburg/ian/119715"><strong>Radisson Blu Hamburg</strong></a> reopens this week after a 48-million-euro makeover. Claiming the title of Hamburg&#146;s biggest hotel, the hotel has 556 rooms and stands nearly 400 feet tall.</p> <p>Thanks to the renovation, brand-new features include a 23,000-square-foot conference area/ballroom, freshened-up lobby with two lounges, two restaurants and bars, and a fitness center. Plus, the guestrooms have been re-imagined with individual themes. </p> <p>The lobby now has white tile floors, black walls, and an under-lit reception area (see photo above &#151; looks pretty good, dontchya think?). Think mod chandelier lighting and gold armchairs alongside Arne Jacobsen Egg chairs. Meanwhile, Swedish architect Christian Lundwall refreshed the guestrooms KatieK 2009-10-13T11:07:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/16/234059/912 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/WandersBonn1.jpg" class="top"><p> Now that the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Mondrian+South+Beach/local/734">Mondrian South Beach</a></b> has been open for almost six whole months, the hype as well as the advertising of its Marcel Wanders-designers interior has died down. This means it's perfect timing for Marcel to put himself back out there by leaking photos of his next big hotel project, the <b>Kameha Grand</b> in Bonn, Germany. <p>Due to to open this fall, the Kameha Grand is going to be one of those hybrid design/business hotels, where they'll be venturing outside of neutral tones but still respectful of business traveler tastes. Boasting 192 rooms, 61 suites, and one massive Presidential Suite with a sweeping staircase reminiscent of Wanders' <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/files/feature-107-marcel-wanders2LG.jpg">Miami masterpiece</a>, the Kameha will bed the JetSetCD 2009-05-21T16:56:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/4/102925/2604 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/george_hotel.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Perhaps even more than us, the New York Times sure does like a hotel with a quirky shtick. Last week, they <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/27/101915/185/hotels/NYT_Roughs_It_at_London_s_Rough_Luxe">checked in</a> to a London hotel that can&#146;t quite make up its mind between &#147;rough&#148; and &#147;luxury;&#148; this week a Times-er <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/travel/03check.html?ref=travel">navigated</a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+George/ian/271099"><strong>The George</strong></a>, a Hamburg, Germany, hotel all decked out in British décor.</p> <p>Weird as it may seem, the design hotel's English theme is a reflection of its location. According to the NYT, the port city of Hamburg and its residents "have always had a fascination with its larger and more famous counterpart across the North Sea and up the River Thames." Apparently locals have long partied it up in London instead KatieK 2009-05-04T11:04:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/31/15327/1042 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotemgtrequests.jpg" class="top"><p> We're going to admit something to you dear readers. We hate pants. More often than not, if you ever walked in on us at home we would not be wearing pants. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration as we are wearing pants at this moment. But whenever we can <i>not</i> wear pants, it's a good time.<p>However, we don't think we could ever bring ourselves to check into this nudist hotel,<b> Hotel Rosengarten</b></a> in Freudenstadt, Germany. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/AroundTheWorld/story?id=7217238&page=1">From Spiegel Online</a>:<blockquote><p><b>Guests will be required to remove their clothes</b> at the entrance and must be naked at all times while on the premises, according to the strict house rules that have already been posted on the Internet. "We hope to open juliana 2009-03-31T15:19:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/