http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T13:41:51Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Honeymooners%20Down%20Under http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/102931/209 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/thala_beach.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>While checking out our recent coverage of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/1/162117/8868/hotels/The_Honeymooners_Down_Under_Hayman_Island_Resort_Part_Two">hotels Down Under</a>, a tipster passed along this suggestion, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thala+Beach+Lodge/ian/184809"><b>The Thala Beach Lodge</b></a> located on a private beach between Cairns and Port Douglas.<p> The lodge won the 2006 TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice for Best Luxury in the South Pacific and it's not hard to understand why. From our tipster:<blockquote><p>Each room is a private bungalow on stilts, with meandering paths to the main building housing a restaurant and a lounge. There no doors, no windows (on the main house) Great pool area.</blockquote></p><p>The reviews on TripAdvisor are also stellar with several saying the pool are is one of the best they have ever seen. And there's actually two pools here. The main juliana 2007-03-14T10:37:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/2/154443/5123 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter's Senior Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana"><b>Juliana</b></a> borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. Juliana and spouse went a little further than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/17/141353/970/hotels/Britney_Spears_KFed_The_Turtle_Island_Honeymoon">Brit and K-Fed's honeymoon in Fiji</a> by spending their first few weeks of newlywed bliss in Sydney, Australia with a sidetrip to the Whitsunday Islands. For the rest of the week, she'll be telling you where she stayed and whether or not it was honeymoon appropriate. So, if you have any questions about honeymoon or Australia travel, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>send 'em our way.</b></a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/room_holidayinn_sydney.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We started the trip off with a bang, staying at the hip Park Hyatt Sydney and then moving over to posh The Observatory Hotel.<p>Things were dicey when juliana 2007-03-02T16:28:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/2/03921/93899 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer 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>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/406002975_94e7334621.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>This killer view was taken from the littlekitchen restaurant inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Park+Hyatt+Sydney/local/242"><b>Park Hyatt Sydney</b></a> which has some of the best views in juliana 2007-03-02T09:15:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/2/0855/64751 <![CDATA[<p><i>HotelChatter's Senior Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana"><b>Juliana</b></a> borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. However, there were some differences. One, Juliana dated this guy for four years as opposed to three months. Also, Juliana's now-husband is neither a background dancer, nor baby daddy, nor a failed white rapper. Lastly, Juliana and spouse went a little further than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/17/141353/970/hotels/Britney_Spears_KFed_The_Turtle_Island_Honeymoon">Brit and K-Fed's honeymoon in Fiji</a> by spending their first few weeks of newlywed bliss in Sydney, Australia with a sidetrip to the Whitsunday Islands. For the rest of the week, she'll be telling you where she stayed and whether or not it was honeymoon appropriate. So, if you have any questions about honeymoon or juliana 2007-03-02T09:10:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/1/16510/44427 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>HotelChatter's Senior Editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana"><b>Juliana</b></a> borrowed a page from vintage Britney Spears' 2004 playbook and got hitched after a brief engagement. Juliana and spouse went a little further than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/17/141353/970/hotels/Britney_Spears_KFed_The_Turtle_Island_Honeymoon">Brit and K-Fed's honeymoon in Fiji</a> by spending their first few weeks of newlywed bliss in Sydney, Australia with a sidetrip to the Whitsunday Islands. For the rest of the week, she'll be telling you where she stayed and whether or not it was honeymoon appropriate. So, if you have any questions about honeymoon or Australia travel, <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>send 'em our way.</b></a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hayman_killerview.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>In <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/1/113341/6364/hotels/The_Honeymooners_Down_Under_Killer_View_from_Hayman_Island"><b>Parts One</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/1/162117/8868/hotels/The_Honeymooners_Down_Under_Hayman_Island_Resort_Part_Two"><b>Two</b></a> of our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hayman+Island+Hotel/local/320"><b>Hayman Island Resort</b></a> review, we detailed the resort's killer view and decidely not-so-killer pool-access room. Read on juliana 2007-03-01T17:26:32-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/