http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T10:34:31Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Weddings http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/223324/61 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/justmarriedsand.jpg" class="top"><p> They say that weddings are recession-proof but if you're a bride with a tight budget, there's never been a better time to get married. Last week, we told you that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/10630/946/hotels/Get_Hitched_for_Free_at_Sonesta_St_Maarten_Resorts">Sonesta Resorts</a> on St. Maarten were offering free weddings to couples who book 10 or more rooms for a seven-night minimum stay. That included a free reception and bar, plus the use of a wedding coordinator!<p>But Sonesta isn't the only hotel doing this for brides and grooms.<p><b>Barceló Hotels & Resorts</b> is offering a <b>free wedding package</b> at its forthcoming Barceló Los Cabos Palace Deluxe in Mexico to couples who can meet a minimum of 25 room-nights. (The resort will open in December.) In fact, Barcelo has juliana 2009-10-27T15:12:17-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/22/10630/946 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/Sonesta_St._Maarten_Resorts___Weddingsm.jpg" class="top"></p> <p>Don&#146;t get us wrong, we&#146;re happily married, but something about the breeziness of a beach wedding sorta makes us want to tie the knot all over again. And at Sonesta St. Maarten Resorts, destination weddings just got even breezier.</p> <p>Both <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sonesta+Maho+Beach+Resort+&+Casino/ian/117682"><strong>Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sonesta+Great+Bay+Beach+Resort+&+Casino/ian/117681"><strong>Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino</strong></a> are doing their best to lure brides and grooms with free perks for any couple who books 10 or more rooms for a seven-night minimum stay.</p> <p>Their &#147;Free Wedding Package&#148; includes a wedding coordinator, wedding cake, corsage and boutonniere, official marriage license, 10 percent off select spa services at Sonesta Maho&#146;s Good Life Spa, a bride corsage and groom boutonniere, room KatieK 2009-10-22T14:28:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/114027/21 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/SandalsMSOweddings.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><p>If you&#146;re a home décor fanatic, and big fan of Martha Stewart, you&#146;d think you&#146;d want to throw yourself hook, line, and sinker into wedding preparations. But based on this new promotion from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sandals%20Resorts">Sandals Resorts</a> and Martha Stewart, it looks like there are plenty of nesting types whose passion for napkins and placeholders does not extend to destination weddings. (Hey, we don&#146;t blame them. If we were on a tropical island with a rum punch just a snap of our fingers away, we wouldn&#146;t want to be worrying about coordinating bouquets and boutonnieres either.)</p> <p>The new <a href="http://www.sandals.com/weddingmoons/weddings/collections/marthastewart/index.cfm"><b>Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart</b></a> &#147;experiences&#148; take the concept of an all-inclusive resort and a wedding reception package, and MsRebecca 2009-10-19T13:18:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/5/232233/147 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/englishpomeranc.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>Todd English, seen here with hotelier <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jason pomeranc">Jason Pomeranc.</a></i><p>Some folks may think celeb chef and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/14/9115/59473/hotels/Chef_Todd_English_Gets_Out_of_the_Kitchen_and_Into_the_Great_Jones_Hotel_">soon to be hotelier</a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/todd english"><b>Todd English</b></a> is mighty foxy but we're not one of them. We can't really explain why but it's probably because of his eyebrows. Just had to put that out there.<p>Still, he was named one of <b><i>People</b></i> magazine&#146;s <b>50 Most Beautiful People</b> in 2001 and he's been steadily expanding his restaurant empire. He even worked in a guest judge appearance on this season's <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2009/8/27/145714/856/vegas-travel/Quit_Yer_Crying_on_Top_Chef_It_s_a_Cooking_Show_Fer_Crissakes">Top Chef</a> (Olives at The Bellagio is his restaurant.) But women might be leery of English now that he left his bride-to-be, Erica Wang, at the altar over the weekend.<p> Was globetrotting gourmet 2009-10-06T16:57:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/25/10446/3112 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hilltopdreamladera.jpg" class="top"><p> While the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/23/23431/1731/hotels/Hotel_Bel_Air_s_Upcoming_Renovations_Mess_With_Bride_s_Dream_Wedding_Day_">Hotel Bel-Air</a> is definitely out as a venue for brides looking to get married before 2011, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ladera+Resort/ian/179170"><b>Ladera Resort</b></a> in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/country/lc?page=6">St. Lucia</a> is in. Coming in December, the hotel will step up their romance factor, allowing couples to say "I do" inside its new Paradise Pavilion. Okay, so the name is kinda hokey, but we&#146;re grooving on the visual, even if we&#146;re not quite ready to walk down the aisle. <p> Perched 1,100 above the sea, the open-air wedding venue sits along the property&#146;s rainforest ridge. Sounds lush and lovely, right? <blockquote><p> It&#146;s crafted in Ladera's signature rainforest style, with terracotta flooring, columns milled and richly polished from tropical greenheart wood, as globetrotting gourmet 2009-08-28T16:57:50-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/