http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-09-05T13:13:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Intercontinental%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/15/13407/0461 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/michaelphelpsvictory.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>We know you've read this in 400 different places but: <b>Michael Phelps</b> eats <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/news/nationalnews/phelps_pig_secret__hes_boy_gorge_124248.htm">12,000 calories</a> a day. This has been mystifying people all over the world this week, giving folks a nice little piece of commentary to add to watercooler recaps of the Olympics. <p>UK journalist Will Pavia <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4541753.ece?token=null&amp;offset=12&amp;page=2">decided to try out</a> the Michael Phelps face-stuff-fest while over in Beijing covering the Olympics. <p>He took on the challenge at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Beijing+Financial+Street/local/1314">InterContinental Beijing</a></b>, and while we're certain there are more than a few places to score yourself 12,000 calories worth of food in the city, we now know for sure that the staff won't gawk at you or act like your multiple sandwiches and Jenna 2008-08-15T14:01:05-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/14/152445/400 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ICHBeijing_ext.png" class="imgborder"> <p>Ever wonder what all those journalists are doing over in Beijing while they're covering the Olympics? No? Well, we did. And it turns out: they're all chillin' at the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Beijing+Financial+Street/local/1314">InterContinental Hotel</a></b>, which is attached to the Olympic Main Press Center. <p>An <a href="http://blogs.indystar.com/woods/2008/08/beijing_olympics_city_within_a.html">IndyStar.com </a>correspondent described the scene: <blockquote><p>Our hub is the Main Press Center, which is effectively its own city. It has a bank, post office, general store, merchandise store, barber shop, cafeteria, transportation desk, exercise room, lockers, showers and library. <p>It is attached to the Intercontinental Hotel, and an easy path to the venues is through the pristine lobby.</p></blockquote> <p>So, like, every journalist covering the Olympics is just walking through the lobby of the hotel? Jenna 2008-08-14T15:46:39-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/11/143751/416 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/PABarclayIntercontinental.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Here's a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/special/Paula-Abdul-Hotels"><b>Paula Abdul Hotel </b></a>for the books: the<b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+The+Barclay+New+York/local/798"> Barclay Intercontinental</a></b> in Manhattan. You know what kind of hotels we're talking about -- we officially define them as "old luxury hotels still coasting by on favorable press from the 1980s and early 1990s; old-looking from the inside and out. A few of them may have had some minor up-keeping done but not necessarily for the better." <p>Check out this shot of a room at the Barclay from our recent stay in Manhattan: those curtains! The yellow bedskirt! And, one thing you can't get from the pic: the overwhelming musty smell in the room, which smelled sort of like our college bathroom's shower stall that we Jenna 2008-08-11T14:37:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/28/142622/786 <![CDATA[<p><i>A while back we let you know that <b>Amy Langfield</b> from <a href="http://www.newyorkology.com"><b>NewYorkology</b></a> was taking a European vacation and she was concerned about her lodgings in Prague. Well, we know how that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/2/20472/19706/hotels/NewYorkology_Gets_a_Family_Suite_in_Prague">all worked out</a> and now she's giving up the lowdown on her trip. Here she details her stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Budapest/local/880"><b>Intercontinental Hotel</b></a> in Budapest. Consider this Part 1.</i><p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AGlC6xMEdmc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AGlC6xMEdmc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="399" height="299"></embed></object><p>We were on the club floor and got a pretty good deal since we booked a package that got us a city tour package. <p>And yes, the cruise was cheesy, but it was worth it for the VIP entry to Parliament with our excellent guide Andrea, who was juliana 2008-07-29T17:02:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/23/11945/4061 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/viewfromroomnight.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Word on the street is that hotel stays in Spain are on the decline and since tourism happens to be the country's second-largest economy driver, according to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL2252556120080722">Reuters</a>, why not help a <i>hermano</i> out by booking a room? Here, we've even selected one for you... <p> We've never heard of or been to Murcia, a city on the eastern coast of Spain, far, far, away from the tourist attractions of Madrid and Barcelona, but what the small city lacks in sightseeing, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Mar+Menor+Gol/ian/265334"><b>InterContinental Mar Menor Golf Resort &amp; Spa</b></a> makes up for. <p> The hotel has a nine-hole golf course, an ESPA spa, two pools, a kids club and six restaurants. All rooms have balconies with jennm 2008-07-23T12:04:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/