HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Cars

Boston: There's Nothing Subtle About the Langham's New Taxi

ASchechter — 2011-12-16T09:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/PinkTaxi_2.jpg" class="top">Though we don't know what exactly goes into converting a British car to fit fit US driving standards, we're grateful the work's already been done by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Langham+Boston/local/1624">Langham Boston</a>. Eager to show off their imported London-style taxi, the hotel has started a promotion which will award a plane ticket to London, plus a three-night stay at sister hotel the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Langham+Hotel+London/local/229">Langham London</a>, to anyone who spots the taxi on the streets of Boston and posts a photo onto the Langham's Facebook page. Sound easy? Well it's about to get easier. As you can tell from the above photo, the taxi has been painted a bright, though still rather elegant, shade of pink, in honor of the hotel's signature

Amsterdam: Above and Beyond Hotel Bike Rentals: Hotel Vespas

JetSetCD — 2011-11-14T16:33:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1InntelVespa_1.jpg" class="top"> We're not going to lie; this autumnal weather makes us want to do two things: drink lots of hot "seasonal" beverages and ride mopeds around on quaint cobblestone streets. Fortunately both of these can be had in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and even at your hotel if you choose the right one. For sure, we know two properties in the Dutch capital that rent Vespas right from the front desk: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-photos/full/455/Inside+the+Hotel+JL+No.+76+in+Amsterdam#2">Hotel JL No. 76</a> and <a href="http://www.inntelhotelsamsterdamcentre.nl/Facilities/Rent-a-bike-or-a-scooter.html">Inntel Centre</a>. Of course if you're unwilling to fork over around 40 Euro/day for the privilege of breezing by the masses of cyclists in the city, you can always join them with a bike rental. Know of any other hotels with Vespa

Napa: The Carneros Inn's Audi Partnership: Cars and Carafes in Wine Country

EricRosen — 2011-10-10T11:30:02-05:00

We don’t usually mix wine-country getaways with fancy cars—after all, we’d never advocate drinking and driving—but a recent experience at the tony Carneros Inn in Napa has us thinking that cars and carafes (with a driver!) might just be our new favorite mash-up. That’s because this luxury resort is one of only four in the country that has partnered with Audi to have a couple of primo vehicles that will shuttle guests around the property.

London: Inside the New Jaguar Suite at 51 Buckingham Gate

juliana — 2011-08-30T14:30:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jaguarsuite_bed.jpg" class="top"> Most hotels would be satisfied with just having a luxury Jaguar ride onsite to squire guests around town but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/51+BUCKINGHAM+GATE/local/3474">51 Buckingham Gate Hotel</a> in London has gone all out with the first-ever Jaguar Suite, set to open in September. The 1,832-square-foot, two-bedroom residential-style suite is the result of a new partnership between two TATA-owned companies, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/taj hotels">Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces</a> and of course, Jaguar. So what's inside? Well, Jaguar Design Director Ian Callum and his designers have taken materials from the cars--leather, metal and high gloss veneer--and worked them into the suite like the sleek wood panelling in the entry, the Jaguar damask that lines the bedroom walls, a clean-fuel fireplace that looks

Amsterdam: To Bike or To Scooter? That is the Amsterdam Hotel Question.

JetSetCD — 2011-08-08T16:29:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1JLrentsm_1.jpg" class="top"> It's <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Amsterdam%20Week">Amsterdam Week</a> over at our sister site Jaunted, so we're going a little Dutch ourselves. In Amsterdam, hotels don't just have one or two bikes available for rent. They have a whole rack ready and waiting out front. Biking is a way of life, it's how you commute, have fun, exercise and socialize. Therefore it's pretty easy to lay down the extra 13 Euros to take out one of the <a href="http://www.vondelhotels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=39&Itemid=56&lang=en">Hotel JL No. 76</a>'s bright orange Beicks and spend the day getting purposefully lost in Amsterdam's web of canals and bike lanes. The Beicks used are standard Dutch city bikes, with wider tires for navigating cobblestones and tram tracks, but outfitted with a big