http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T09:26:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Luxury%20Resorts http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/12/14224/9566 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/viceroysnowmass1.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Now that ski season has hit its peak (very punny, we know), it's the perfect time to check in with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Viceroy+Snowmass/local/1567"><b>Viceroy Snowmass</b></a> to see if the resort is living up to its name. <p>A handful of <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g33651-d1546255-Reviews-Viceroy_Snowmass-Snowmass_Village_Colorado.html">TripAdvisor</a> readers have chimed in with reviews, all of which praise its service, chic quotient, and over-the-top luxury amenities. We're hearing a lot of what we expected: gourmet food, cool bath fixtures, and obsessively clean&#151;it is a Viceroy, after all&#151;but we were surprised to hear one user describe it as having an "<b>LA style 'boutique' feeling</b>." <p>Just how "LA" is the Viceroy? So La-La that there's "<b>[t]rance music...piped in EVERYWHERE you go.</b>" That's wildly different than the Overlook Heidi Atwal 2010-01-12T14:51:52-05:00 39.2054146 -106.94911 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/1/7/132716/9186 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/voguewerbowy.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>Vogue</i> fashion spreads have been shot in some of the world's most glamourous locales: Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Utah%20Hotels"><b>Utah</b></a>. Wait a sec&#151;<i>Utah</i>? Before you poo-poo what might seem like a strange location choice, take a look at one <a href="http://www.thefashiontime.com/2009/12/go-west-daria-werbowy-in-us-vogue-january-2010/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed">editorial layout</a> in the magazine's January issue. <p>It features Canadian model Daria Werbowy in various designer states of dress (and undress), sporting YSL dresses and practicing yoga inversions with the desert's <a href="http://www.amanresorts.com/amangiri/home.aspx"><b>Amangiri</b></a> resort providing the backdrop. As we previously reported, Amangiri is an uber-zen retreat whose rooms run upward of $3,300 for the most cushy accommodations.<p> Essentially, it's buried deep in the middle-of-nowhere, but if you're a socialite whose grown tired of skyscrapers and the Heidi Atwal 2010-01-07T16:35:28-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/21/13523/079 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/amangiri1.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Mention zen meditation and Sanskrit names, and canyon country (the Utah-Arizona border, to be exact) isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But when it comes to choosing between an ashram and pilates classes at a resort, we'll take what's behind door number two, thanks. <p>With last week's opening of the <a href="http://www.amanresorts.com/amangiri/home.aspx"><b>Amangiri</b></a> (which in Sanskrit means "peaceful mind"), the choice between East and West has become non-existent. The 34-guest suite resort has landed smack dab in the middle of towering rock formations and national parks, made possible by an Act of Congress that legally allows for the swap of private and Federal land. <p>The Amangiri belong to the Amanresorts family of Singapore, also known for Heidi Atwal 2009-10-21T16:13:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/7/73157/1338 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/BrilliantResortChina.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>A new addition to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World stable has a name which hopefully turns out to reflect the resort and not be ironic: it's called the <a href="http://www.slh.com/brilliant/"><b>Brilliant Resort and Spa</b></a> and it's due to open this fall in Yunnan Province, China. It seems like everything about China is growing rapidly, and luxury hotels and resorts seem to be just another facet of its booming economy.</p><p>Yunnan is in the south-west corner of China, west around the border from Hong Kong and Macau. The Brilliant Resort lies next to the Yang-Zong Lake, surrounded by mountains, and consists of 23 lake-view villas with their own jacuzzi and garden area. You also get butler service thrown amandak 2007-10-09T09:40:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/10/11838/8585 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ll_fiji.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The luxury <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/LikuLiku+Lagoon+Resort+/local/228"><b>Likuliku Lagoon Resort</b></a> in Fiji didn't quite make its planned opening in February, but finally on April 15 just gone its doors opened to guests. These guests, it should be mentioned, should be couples only. That's the stated target audience, so don't forget your partner.</p><p>Reviews from some of the first guests are overwhelmingly positive. From a simple "we can't wait to return" right through to a "we wept when we left", there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Likuliku. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly, the food is fantastic, and the location is heavenly. And one couple mentioned how pleased they were to have warm chocolate cookies delivered to their room every day. amandak 2007-05-10T09:09:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/