HotelChatter - Tag: Google Earth Hotels

InterContinental Hotel Group Wants You To Google Earth Your Hotel Plans

amandak — 2008-10-22T09:30:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/IHG_Group_Google_Earth.jpg" class="imgborder"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Intercontinental%20Hotel%20Group">InterContinental Hotel Group</a> might have <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/27/121759/232/hotels/_InterContinental_Hotels_Facebook_Page_Isn_t_All_That">failed at Facebook</a> but when they got their hands on Google Earth, they did a lot better.If you head to the <a href="http://www.earth.ihg.com/">IHG Google Earth page</a> you can download their file and pop it into Google Earth and suddenly the globe is populated with IHG brand hotels. Well, not entirely populated--you can easily see the concentration of hotels across North America and Western Europe--but you get the idea. Little green Hs pop up for Holiday Inns and the rest of their logos scatter in between them, until of course you zoom in and start seeing hotels at street level. It's all linked in to their booking system and is

Google Earth Hotel Reviews: Petit St. Vincent Resort

markj — 2007-12-10T10:00:39-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/petit_stvincent_map.jpg" class="imgborder"> If you live here in the Northeast, you woke up to freezing rain and general malaise inducing weather this morning. It is times like these where we thank our lucky stars for Google Earth, which has a habit of transporting us to a far away place like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Petit+St.+Vincent+Resort/local/1012">Petit St. Vincent Resort</a>, a island resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This maritime, on the edge of kitsch, resort was conceived by Hazen K. Richardson. As we understand it, Hazen was living in New England and made a habit of escaping to the Caribbean every winter. He made a living sailing blue blooded rich dudes around the Windward Islands on his boat during the

Male: Google Earth Hotels: Full Moon Obsession

markj — 2006-12-07T15:13:54-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/full_moon_maldives.jpg"> It is gonna take more than some silly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/4/95843/4168/hotels/Mr_amp_Mrs_Tom_Cruise_Cut_Short_Icebreaker_Cruise">TomKat</a> spat to kill our travel crush on the Maldives. Our latest Google Earth flyover has us thinking we found our Maldives overwater bungalow destination <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Full+Moon+Resort+Maldives/local/121">Full Moon</a>, not that we are going anytime soon or anything. Why? Well this resort was completely rebuilt after the tsunami, so it has that new resort smell. Add to the fray a five star spa connected to the island by a wooden footbridge, a split-level infinity pool, and brand new overwater bungalows. Usually we don't even look at the price tags on these places, because we know we can't afford 'em, but this one seems reasonable--from 110? Really? We aren't math

Memphis: Google Earth Hotels: Guitar Shaped Hotel Pool

markj — 2006-12-01T11:30:20-05:00

The Days Inn Graceland is your run-of-the-mill motel. Most hotel mavens will not want to spend one more minute here than they have to, however, Elvis freaks feel a whole lot different.

This hotel is a two minute walk from Graceland, and more importantly has a guitar shaped pool you can see from space, er, at least from Google Earth.

Related Stories:
· Days Inn Graceland on Google Earth [maps.google.com]
· Days Inn Graceland [GoogleSightseeing]

Mamanuca Islands: Google Earth Hotels: Go Where The Aussies Go

markj — 2006-11-02T09:51:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/castaway_island_fiji.png"> What is the closest thing to travel dogma? Hangin' with Australians is usually a good time. Since Nadi airport is a relatively quick four hour flight from Sydney, many Australians turn to Fiji when they are looking for a little island fun, which they tend to pronounce Fay-gee. One Fijian resort we have recently heard Australian's praising is Castaway Island Resort in the Mamanuca group of islands. Castaway sits on a 174 acre tropical island complete with thatched beach front bures, and a palm tree surrounded pool where you can get fruity booze drinks. While there are plenty of island type activities here (scuba, sailing, Teivovo island hoping) the overwhelming Castaway theme is relaxation.   One cultural tip: