HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Heaven

HotelChatter's 10 Favorite Things Found In Hotel Rooms

juliana — 2010-12-08T14:00:50-05:00

A few months back we talked about our pet peeves design-wise when staying in a hotel. But of course, there are a ton of things we love very much about hotel rooms. (There has to be, otherwise we wouldn't keep on coming back!)

So in this merry and joyous holiday season when everyone is ~~buying Oprah's list of~~ thinking up their "favorite things" we decided to compile a list of our 10 Favorite Things Found in Hotel Rooms.

Admittedly, this is a mix of amenities, furniture and technology but all of this plays into the overall design of the guestroom and more importantly, the overall hotel experience.

New York City: Sleeping in Lower East Side Peace at Thompson LES

Myra Ellen — 2010-03-29T16:03:03-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/thomplespoolview.jpg" class="top"> Today, we welcome our very own hotel Agent Zero, the first in what we hope to be a larger network of hotel spies. Her not-real name is Myra Ellen and she's our version of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/">Alex Goran</a> who travels once a week for business, usually along the Eastern seaboard. Every so often, she'll be dropping in with her latest hotel and travel observations. And awwaaaaay we go!<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/alex_upintheair.jpg">I stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Thompson+LES/local/31">Thompson LES</a> recently and experienced a Manhattan nighttime first: silence. True silence from about 11pm until maybe 7:30am. No street noise, no doors slamming or hallway clatter, no ruckus of any kind. I'm still bewildered by that and wonder if perhaps I

Huntington Beach: A Holiday Hotel Story to Warm Your Heart

jennm — 2008-12-23T10:50:35-05:00

<![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hbhyatt.jpg" class="top">When our friend told us this story, we just knew we had to share, because it's stuff like this that takes the chill out of a cold, cold day. One night, while on business in Huntington Beach, CA, our friend* proceeded to get absolutely wasted, lose her wallet and arrive at her hotel a sobbing, disoriented mess. It was in this state that the front desk of the <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Huntington+Beach/ian/183368">Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa</a> came to her rescue, calling every bar she had been to that night in search of her wallet, even calling the airline to see how she could board the plane for her flight home sans ID. (The wallet eventually

Half Moon Bay: We Dialed A Bath At The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay

egw — 2008-12-03T09:55:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="/files/5957/bath_buttled.JPG" class="top"> Staying at a luxury resort can sometimes feel like falling through a rabbit hole of helplessness. Even if you're accustomed to, say, setting an alarm clock or parking a car, why should you when someone is at the ready to do it for you? It's like being a baby who can drink. We thought we'd seen the best of this before we encountered the Bath Butler at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ritz-Carlton%2C+Half+Moon+Bay/ian/194200">Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay</a> in California. A Gatsby-esque mansion blown up to Size XL along the foggy coast, the property, which opened in 2001, advertises such amenities as a cart for returning joggers offering towels and water (chilled or room temperature?) and a bagpiper who plays on the

Seoul: Behind the Anti-View: Metro Hotel Myungdong Redeems Itself

JetSetCD — 2008-04-30T10:58:45-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/metrohotelext.jpg" class="imgborder">Have you heard about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/kp/Seoul">Seoul's</a> hotness? South Korea's hipper-than-thou capital is gaining street cred due to a recent opening of a 10 Corso Como, a Fashion Week growing quickly in international regard, and not to mention the popularity of Korean TV dramas around the world. The development of Seoul as a sort of new Tokyo (albeit slightly more affordable) is creating a distinctive thirst among tourists and locals alike: for luxury and high design. This is why, in a city where women wear high heels everywhere, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Metro+Hotel+Myungdong/local/985">Metro Hotel Myungdong looks</a> and feels so good. So it <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/14/2108/1092/hotels/Room_With_an_Anti_View_Aesthetically_Unpleasing_Architecture_in_Seoul">doesn't have the best views</a>, but then what is a great view in a city planned without much