HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Amenities

Perfect Your Iron Lotus at These Hotels' Ice Rinks

Jennifer Kester — 2009-11-20T09:19:30-05:00

The Pond at Bryant Park.

In anticipation of winter, we told you about five hotels where you can sleep and ice skate earlier this week. For those of you who are jonesing for some cold-weather fun, here are other hotels that have rinks nearby so you can lace up and hit the ice.

Find out three more skating-hotel picks after the jump.

The Top Five Hotels For Eating Macarons

JetSetCD — 2009-11-17T13:15:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/macaronFS.jpg" class="top"> Usually trotted out into the lobbies of all the top Parisian hotels during fashion week, the colorful little Macaron treats are now showing up more and more often both outside the City of Lights and during all seasons. It's almost a full-blown hotel trend, these little tasty tidbits, and we've found five properties that'll happily place one into your palm. But first, you must know the difference between a macaron, of which we speak, and the macaroon. A macaron is a delicate little thing made of egg whites, almond powder and sugar, which resembles a mini pastel hamburger. A macaroon is a coconut lump which is really yummy, it's true, but not what we're discussing here. Now

Miami: The Viceroy Miami's Illy Espresso Machine Will Make You Happy Morning and Night

juliana — 2009-11-17T12:04:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/illyviceroy.jpg" class="top"> We are continuing to geek out over <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/In-Room%20Coffee%20Makers">in-room coffee makers</a>. Yesterday, we showed you how the folks <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/16/152252/38/hotels/The_Richardson_Hotel_s_Nespresso_Machine_Helps_The_Down_Under_Jet_Lag_">Down Under</a> do it and today we're including an in-room coffee maker that we forgot to include in our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-photos/full/25/The+Best+of+In-Room+Coffee+Makers">original round-up</a>--The Illy Espresso machine at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Miami/local/1403">Viceroy Miami</a>.The Francis Francis X8 espresso machines from Illy are found in all rooms at the hotel and there is no grinding of beans or scooping of ground espresso to deal with here. Just plop in a pod into "Frank" (we can call it that, right?) and steaming hot espresso is yours in a matter of seconds. There is milk and as you can see, oranges to accompany your drink as

Five Hotels Where You Can Sleep and Ice Skate

Jennifer Kester — 2009-11-17T09:09:58-05:00

The Hotel Del Coronado.

Forget free wifi or yoga classes, it looks like the hot hotel amenity for winter is a private ice rink. Hotels all over are going all Ice Capades and putting up rinks—even if they are in a warm-weather locales. So you Michelle Kwans and Brian Boitanos can lace up your skates and practice your double axel—or if you're like us, teeter and fall on your booties—even when you're traveling.

Find out where you can sleep and skate this holiday after the jump.

London: Beat This Attention to Detail: The Silent Drawers of the Langham London

juliab — 2009-11-11T10:32:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=49739743001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>We thought wed seen most things in the way of top notch/frivolous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Amenities">amenities</a> until we looked round the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Langham+Hotel+London/local/229">Langham London</a> post refurb. In particular, the suites. Obviously they have the frilly stuff, like a selection of books for your perusal and cut glass goblets in each of them. But here's the best bit: the Langham is so dedicated to you having a peaceful stay that theyve recessed the doors (which cocoons you from outside sounds, apparently) and soundproofed the chests of drawers. Yes, the drawers. Just in case your lady or gentleman friend is inconsiderate enough to hurl the drawer shut, theyve installed little springs in the