HotelChatter - Tag: Ice Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T18:45:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Ice%20Hotels Aren't We Over This Ice Hotel Thing Yet? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/20/1552/66007 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/romantikigloo.jpg" class="top"><br><i>The "Romantik" suite. Please note the disco ball.</i> <p>We need to be careful with our money, people. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/ice hotels">Ice Hotel</a> craze was big and cool (har har) <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/10/1836/21138/hotels/Igloo_Tels_Are_SO_Winter_2006">back in '06</a>, but aren't we over that by now? Dropping big bucks to sleep in freezing cold temperatures is... well, sort of what we do in our poorly-maintained NYC apartments in the winter anyway. Not to be frigid (ha!), but this hotel trend &#151; and its baffling staying power &#151; is one, we must admit, we simply don't understand. <p>But the <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/winter_sports/article5939542.ece">Times UK</a> isn't over the ice hotel thing just yet &#151; they've <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/winter_sports/article5939542.ece">gone and reviewed</a> Germany's relatively new <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/12/15/163322/45/hotels/New_German_Ice_Hotel">Iglu-Dorf</a></b>, touting it as "the Jenna 2009-03-20T15:10:42-05:00 Saariselka: Igloo Sleeping in Finland Not Always All It's Cracked Up To Be http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/20/12759/1617 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Finland_Glass_Igloo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>When we <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/29/5041/05214/hotels/Igloos,_Rocking_Chairs_and_Singles_Weeks_at_Kakslauttanen">first heard</a> about the glass and ice igloos of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kakslauttanen+Hotel+and+Igloo+Village/local/433"><b>Kakslauttanen Hotel & Igloo Village</b></a> in northern Finland, we thought it sounded like a winter paradise. But we thought we'd better take off our rose-colored snow-goggles and check out the real lay of the snow-covered land up there.<p>If some of the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g667560-d293333-r23553734-Kakslauttanen_Hotel_Igloo_Village-Saariselka_Lapland.html">TripAdvisor</a> reviews are to be believed, then there are a few flaws in the igloo industry. While some guests are perfectly satisfied, quite a few mention problems with service. One guest mentioned "90% of [the staff] are not capable to communicate in English", which surprised us since we've always found Finns to be sickeningly multilingual. Another complained that there's no daily amandak 2009-01-20T17:11:22-05:00 Reykjavik: A New Ice Hotel: W Reykjavik in Iceland http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/25/124326/384

Tipster Kal B sent another Starwood hotels tip our way: plans for a W Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The W will be part of the Icelandic National Concert-Conference Center and Hotel which will house the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, according to this presentation report. (Note: The link opens a PDF).

There's not much here about the hotel except that it will have 400 rooms. The concert hall center is expected to open sometime in 2009. Somehow we are more excited for W Reykjavik then W Hoboken.]]> juliana 2008-02-25T12:49:09-05:00 Saariselka: Igloos, Rocking Chairs and Singles Weeks at Kakslauttanen http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/29/5041/05214 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/kakslauttanen.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>You might not be able to pronounce it, but you probably would enjoy a holiday at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kakslauttanen+Hotel+and+Igloo+Village/local/433"><b>Kakslauttanen Hotel and Igloo Village</b></a> in far northern Finland. If you go in winter, you can sleep in an igloo made from snow (yeah, you might think they're all made from snow, but just wait a second). The snow igloos have a constant temperature of between 21 and 27 degrees F, so combined with the thick sleeping back they give you, you should survive the night.</p><p>But if you're more into comforts, you can try their special <i>glass</i> igloos. Kakslauttanen says these glass igloos are "based on our wild idea and vision" and they're made from a "very special" thermo glass. amandak 2007-03-29T09:00:28-05:00 Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier: Chillin' at the Ice Hotel Gets Cold But Never Old http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/7/3400/08967 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ice_hotel_bedsleigh.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Quebec's <a href="http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/index.en.php"><b> Ice Hotel</b></a> hosted a Boots'n'All <a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/07-01/surviving-a-night-at-quebecs-ice-hotel-quebec-canada.html">reviewer</a> recently who smugly explained that she'd survived the cold better than most of the other guests. While we're sometimes not sure why people pay good money (up to $500) to sleep on a bed made of ice in the middle of winter, the idea is certainly novel enough to attract a decent amount of curious holidaymakers. How's this sound for a way to spend a night:</p><blockquote><p> I opted for the dry sauna, wore my long johns under the fleece robe we'd been issued. I also took my outer clothes to warm them by the stove. I ran pell mell back to the room and stuffed the hot clothes amandak 2007-02-07T10:35:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/