http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T18:50:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Jerusalem%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/4/152414/0810 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/mamillaguestroom.jpg" class="top"> <p>Jerusalem's gettin' itself a fly new posh hotel (uh, when's the last time we started a story off like that?) According to the New York Times' <a href="http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/new-luxury-hotel-opens-in-jerusalem/">"In Transit" blog</a>, the big J is set to welcome <b>Mamilla Hotel</b> later this month, a 194-room hotspot inside a building designed by Moshe Safdie &#151; who also, apparently, designed Columbus Center in NYC. <p>Per the Times: <blockquote><p> According to Jerusalem law, all new construction in the city must involve the use of Jerusalem stone, a light-colored local limestone, various forms of which have provided the principal building blocks of older buildings, walls and alleys since ancient times.</p></blockquote> <p>The hotel, obviously, incorporates the stone in the minimalist design, and inside Jenna 2009-06-04T15:27:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/6/11450/61974 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palacejerusalem.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>While <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Waldorf-Astoria%20Collection"><b>Waldorf-Astoria Collection</b></a> keeps plucking new properties left and right, the renovation/re-construction is actually being started on the luxe chain's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/18/125723/651/hotels/Hotel_News_Briefs_Waldorf_Astoria_Collection_Snaps_Up_Property_in_Jerusalem">Jerusalem property</a>.<p>WAC decided to renovate the historic Palace Hotel (built in 1929) and turn it into a 220-room hotel with 30 residences on site. Harry over at <a href="http://www.jerusalemite.net/blog/2296/waldorf-astoria-chain-links-jerusalem-to-luxury">Jerusalemite</a>, a Jerusalem Culture Guide, tipped us off as to what's been happening as of late:<blockquote><p>The structure has been completely gutted, with the detailed outer walls, now a mere facade, serving as the only remnants of the original building. Despite its decrepit appearance, the former Palace Hotel is one of Jerusalem's most beautiful buildings, with numerous carvings designed as an amalgamation of Moorish, Roman and Arab architecture.</blockquote></p><p>The hotel juliana 2008-06-06T11:17:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/8/111642/4324 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bush_kingdavid.jpg"> <p>No matter what your political persuasion, if you're a U.S. president heading to Jerusalem, there's one place to say: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+King+David+Jerusalem/ian/141134"><b>The King David</b></a>. Sure enough <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipy4q-dPUgE49yMSLoCm_N_3pFLAD8U0FDHG0">George W. Bush is staying there</a> on his first official visit to Israel. <blockquote><p>Bush will be staying in a suite at the King David hotel that costs $2,600 a night -- for guests who are not president of the United States. Assistant General Manager Benny Olearchik would not disclose how much the Americans are paying to stay at his hotel, one of Israel's most expensive.<br><br> Bush's entourage already has taken up more than two-thirds of its 237 rooms, and will take over all of them once he arrives himself, Olearchik said. Unlucky Tim L. 2008-01-08T14:26:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/