http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T05:35:40Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Lebanon%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/26/75211/622 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/IntercontinentalBeirut.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Some of us would be more than happy to oblige our employer's request to live in a five-star luxury hotel for a while ... but the unfortunate parliamentarians of Lebanon who are currently holed up in the lovely <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Intercontinental+Phoenicia/local/992"><b>Intercontinental Phoenicia</b></a> are definitely not in that category.</p><p>For the last month, 40 members of the Lebanese parliament have been living at this Intercontinental in Beirut in a quest to choose the next president of Lebanon. Four members of the parliament have been killed since the assassination of the former prime minister in 2005, so they're playing it safe, and aren't even allowed near the hotel windows (which overlook the Mediterranean Sea) for fear of a sniper.</p><p>Fortunately the government amandak 2007-11-26T09:17:58-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/