http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T07:53:29Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Luxury%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/132913/59 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/mountnelson.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>This week, a combination of wanderlust and hotel lust led us to research the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mount+Nelson+Hotel/ian/141143"><b>Mount Nelson Hotel</b></a> in Cape Town, South Africa, which a roving <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/25/11503/0347/hotels/The_Cape_Town_Hotel_Scene_Dine_in_Style_at_the_Mount_Nelson_Hotel">HotelChatter correspondent</a> briefly had the chance to visit last year. We deemed Mount Nelson worth a second look from afar, because of the consistent buzz it garners for its exaggerated sense of luxury. Then again, if it weren't exaggerated it wouldn't be lust-worthy, would it? <p>Fat cats who travel to areas of the world deemed "exotic" aren't usually in the game of roughing it. Maybe they've come for a safari, but they better be welcomed home at the end of the day by plush linens at the very least. <p>No Heidi Atwal 2009-11-20T16:40:00-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/1550/4266 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/PeninSH1.jpg" class="top"> <p>We can talk about <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Art%20Basel%20Hotels">Art Basel Miami</a></b> hotels and <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/christmas%20hotels">hotels for the holidays</a></b> all we want, but we can't ignore one of the biggest hotel openings of autumn, that of the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Peninsula+Shanghai/ian/324788">Peninsula Shanghai</a></b>. It officially welcomed its first guests back on October 19, and yet it's already like a landmark on Shanghai's Bund&#151;the street of shops, other high-class hotels, and historical buildings right at the bend of the Huangpu River. <p>The main thing to know about this Peninsula is its relatively low starting room rate: <b>$295</b>. With it, if you can score the deal (and we recommend searching for dates far into the future), you'll be sitting pretty in a room with the feeling JetSetCD 2009-11-20T15:30:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/152610/35 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/sanclementelobby.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Who says you can&#146;t spend Valentine&#146;s Day in a luxury hotel on a Venetian island? Not us! We know it&#146;s not even Thanksgiving yet, but our minds are already in February, thanks to a new promotion from <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Leading%20Hotels%20of%20the%20World"><b>Leading Hotels of the World</b></a>. <p>Their <b>Save the Date</b> deal is designed to encourage early-bird reservations (LHW are <i>so</i> not fans of this pesky last-minute booking trend), and if you can commit to early 2010 dates now, there are deals to be had at more than 70 Leading Hotels around the world. </p> <p>Romance, too, if you go with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/San+Clemente+Palace+Hotel+&+Resort/ian/211063"><b>San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort</b></a> in Venice. Once a monastery, the hotel takes up an entire private MsRebecca 2009-11-18T15:44:29-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/2031/7327 <![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/city/Perth"><b>Perth, Australia</b> </a> is the most isolated city on earth--seriously, we checked it and it&#146;s 1,700 miles from the nearest large city, Adelaide--but on a recent trip, we were surprised to find that there's plenty of luxury hotel options for you to try out.<p> Our brother site, <a href="http://www.jaunted.com">Jaunted</a>, gave us <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/13/12717/3024/travel/Five+Reasons+To+Visit+Perth">Five Reasons to Visit Perth</a> earlier this year and we finally made it out there earlier this month, courtesy of Tourism Western Australia.<p>About three hours southwest of the city (by car) lies an up-and-coming wine region and surfer paradise, the <b>Margaret River</b>. That&#146;s where you&#146;ll find these four luxury properties that, though about as far from the rest of the world as you can possibly get, EricRosen 2009-11-18T12:49:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/13/13194/593 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/leelagoa.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Goa, India is an attractive resort state associated with equal parts bohemianism and luxury frills. Spirituality seeking backpackers enjoy it just as much as their richer-than-rich counterparts, who have a good number of opulent hotels to choose from as the tourism industry has taken off over the years. <p>The Leela operates a family of high-end hotels in some of the country's most popular destinations, among them Bangalore, Udiapur, and Goa, of course. It's the latter that we're focusing on in this installment of "This Week Hotel in Lust," with plenty of near-royal touches to qualify among the ranks of last week's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Villa+D+Este/ian/109341">Villa D'Este</a> in Italy. And we do mean "royal"&#151;they've had the audacity to include the Heidi Atwal 2009-11-13T15:24:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/