http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:50:00Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Baths http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/135744/820 <![CDATA[<p><object id="flashObj" width="486" height="412" classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/4862856001?isVid=1&publisherID=1321358962" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="@videoPlayer=33841011001&playerID=4862856001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object> <p><i>HotelChatter's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/eric rosen">Eric Rosen</a> recently spent some time in Austria and Germany. All this week, he'll be rounding up his hotel observations. Any tips, suggestions, questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know</a></i>.<p> <p>If you&#146;re anything like us, the first thing you want to do after a transatlantic flight is to wash all the grit and grime of airports and planes off your fatigued body. That&#146;s why, for <b>the first installment in our Austria-Germany Field Trip guide</b>, we&#146;ve decided EricRosen 2009-08-17T17:07:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/22/23949/440 <![CDATA[<p><p><i>All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/shiralevine">Shira Levine</a> will be filling us in on the emerging hot spot in Mexico--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/mx/NAYARIT"><b>Riviera Nayarit</b></a>. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/sanpancho_beach.jpg" class="top"><p>Just north of Sayulita is <b>San Pancho</b>, a beachtown even more chill exists, if you can imagine it possible. It&#146;s like where Cheech and Chong might ultimately pass out, while Sayulita would then be their party zone. There&#146;s a big push for potential vacation homeowners to buy here but at the moment, artists are particularly drawn to San Pancho as there is a 40-member collective and an annual music festival that rolls into town.<p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Cielo+Rojo/local/1435"><b> Hotel Cielo Rojo</b></a> is something of a gallery with an assortment of Mexican art and antiques. shiralevine 2009-01-20T14:18:04-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/19/121048/747 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/miramontenaughty.jpg" class="top"><p> Let's face it. When it comes to romance packages, chocolate-covered strawberries and champange just won't cut it anymore. Hotels need to get creative in wooing us to their establishments for some romantical downtime. Which is why the "amorous indulgences" at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Miramonte+Resort+And+Spa/ian/136116"><b>Miramonte Resort & Spa</b></a> outside Palm Springs, Calif. caught our eye. <p>The resort has designated the entire month of February as the <a href="http://www.miramonteresort.com/valentine.php">"28 Days of Love"</a> and a "naughty" package has been put together in honor of this month of love.<p>The NaughtyWELL packages gives lovers room accommodations, a 60-minute couples massage with custom chocolate body butter at the resort's WELL spa, the use of a private poolside cabana, a 30-minute Naughty bath experience (more juliana 2009-01-19T15:59:48-05:00 33.7194260 -116.33009 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/23/0246/4113 <![CDATA[<p><i>All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/shiralevine">Shira Levine</a> will be filling us in on the emerging hot spot in Mexico--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/mx/NAYARIT"><b>Riviera Nayarit</b></a>. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a></i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/nayarit.jpg" class="top"><p> There's a version of gentrification storming the tropical tourism world. In urban metropolis' you know things are a changing when an artsy bookstore and a health food store run by hippies opens up in the ghetto. <p> Just a few years ago, a previously undeveloped place like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/North%20America/mx/NAYARIT"><b>Riviera Nayarit</b></a> was a lovely stretch of 20 some Pacific Coast villages in Mexico and considered a secret surfer's haven with Rasta dudes and beach hippies. Now another $350 million has been invested into 35 projects on top of the initial $1.5 shiralevine 2009-01-19T14:31:30-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/