http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T04:58:06Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Ho%20Chi%20Minh%20City%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/24/62741/1983 <![CDATA[<p><i>You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/ANti_View_Ho_Chi_MinhCity.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>How's this for a contrast: if you stay at the <a amandak 2008-04-24T09:33:43-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/20/94539/7747 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/goodrate_saigon.jpg"> <p>If you travel to Vietnam on business at the last minute, you may notice a problem getting that upscale room in the hotel you wanted. According to <a href="http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/?catid=2&amp;newsid=31151">this news article</a>, there's a shortage of hotel rooms at the top end and things could get worse before they get better. Some interesting notes: <blockquote><p>- Ho Chi Minh City needs 17,000 more international-standard luxury rooms by 2010.<br> - Hanoi's hotels can only meet 70 percent of needs during the peak tourism season.<br> - Most foreign and domestic travelers chose to stay at luxury hotels, according to the survey conducted at 29 hotels in 10 big cities nationwide over the last two years.<br> - The survey also showed net profits Tim L. 2007-08-20T09:49:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/