http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:52:45Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Malaysia%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/9/171245/3322 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ritz_KL.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Once again, we check in on the Amazing Racers' latest pit stop. As usual, we leave every detail and ever pregnant pause of Phil's up to our sibling <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RITZ+CARLTON+KUALA+LUMPUR/ian/142036">Jaunted</a> while we take a look at which hotel we would choose to stay in at each pit stop.<p>This week, the crew landed in Malaysia where they could gobble cookies or "apply batik to fabric". We, on the other hand, would rather stop in at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/RITZ+CARLTON+KUALA+LUMPUR/ian/142036"><b>Ritz-Carlton</b></a> in Kuala Lumpur, mainly because it's a Ritz we can afford. Rooms average about $183 a night and are extremely spacious. You also can order your butler around, relax in the hotel spa, or around the pool, shop at the luxury juliana 2007-04-09T17:23:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/19/23339/5107 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/datai_pool.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>We reported very briefly on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/THE+DATAI/ian/134373"><b>The Datai Langkawi</b></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/1/22/181530/461/misc/The_Job_of_Your_Hotel_Dreams%3EThe%20Job%20of%20Your%20Hotel%20Dreams%3C/a%3E%20%5BHotelChatter%5D%3Cbr%3E%3Cp%20class=">a while back</a> when a top hotel inspector added the place to his top hotels list.<p>But now we want to take a closer look. For starters, the Datai is located within a tropical rainforest on the northwestern tip of the island of Langkawi (off the coast of mainland Malaysia). So already you have an amazing location to work with.<p>Inside the hotel, there are four different types of accommodations--deluxe rooms, pool villas, superior villas and suites--yet all of them have at least a bedroom and a living room area, along with technological amenities like a BOSE stereo system and get this, <b>complimentary high-speed internet.</b><p>More about the hotel can juliana 2007-03-20T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/19/1232/74321 <![CDATA[<p><i>This week we decided to take a look at some of the newer hotels that have opened up in Malaysia and Singapore, which we know is bit of a random decision. But we're always trying to broaden our hotel coverage, so if you know of a can't-miss hotel in either country (or really, anywhere for that matter), hit us up on the <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>tipline</b></a> with your suggestions or questions.</i> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tunehotels.png" class="imgborder"/><p>First up is <a href="http://www.tunehotels.com"><b>Tune Hotels</b></a> chain, which is expected to open next month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and with four other locations in the country expected to open by 2008.<p>The man behind Tune Hotels is Tony Fernandes who helped bring low-cost aviation to Malaysians through AirAsia. His vision juliana 2007-03-19T09:10:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/24/44416/6034 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/russiandolls.png" class="imgborder"/><p>Prefer a cozy 20-room hotel or a massive 200-room resort? How about 2,000 doors with guests sleeping behind them? A blog in the <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i> recently discussed the notion of <a href="http://blogs.smh.com.au/travel/archives/2007/01/image_of_first_world_hotel.html">whether size matters</a> in the hotel world. It all started out with a description of staying in a 4000-room Las Vegas hotel:<blockquote><p>I needed a map to find my room and it took a lengthy and brisk walk along never-ending corridors to get between it and the hotel lobby. I carried water and sandwiches just in case I got lost.</blockquote></p><p>But how about the <a href="http://www.genting.com.my/en/pixaround/firstworld/default.asp"><b>First World Hotel</b></a> almost an hour out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--the SMH blogger believes it needs 32 receptions desks to handle its 6,118 amandak 2007-01-24T10:10:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/21/212426/18 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/orangutan.jpg"><p>Most hotels don't put a monkey on the front of their brochure: but then most hotels aren't at the gateway to the largest orang utan sanctuary in the world, <a href="http://www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk/sepliok.php">Sepilok</a>, where a conservation program encourages orang utans to come and go as they please. (Yes, the proper way to spell the name is with a space like Orang Utan. Or at least according to this zoo.)<p> They don't come as far as the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1935&amp;EM=VTY_LM_kotakinabalu_1935"><b>Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu</b></a> hotel, despite the enquiring orang utan faces in their advertising. This hotel is right in downtown Kota Kinabalu, a 2.5 hour flight from Kuala Lumpur and the perfect base for exploring some great parts of Malaysia.<br><br> KK's the capital of amandak 2006-11-22T09:41:36-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/