http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-09T01:24:08Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Maldives%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/27/142725/81 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.<p> In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/annabel/stories">Annabel </a> escape the bitter chill of London. Enjoy.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tajexoticamaldives.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> As the London days get shorter and the winter chill begins Annabel 2007-11-29T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/6/125332/1401 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hilton_maldives.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Luxury hotels are getting more and more creative/insane with the hotel amenities that they can offer for their high-paying guests and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Maldives+Resort+&amp;+Spa+Rangali+Island/local/636"><b>Hilton Maldives</b></a> is no exception. <p>The hotel has picked up a nearby desert island (Huruelhi) and keeps it reserved for guests who want a "Robinson Crusoe" type of adventure for a day. <p> Never mind that the resort is already set on two bridge-linked islands. Or that the place has enough to keep you entertained with 10 restaurants and bars, an undersea restaurant, two spas, the infamous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/7/10/63133/6642/hotels/Try+130+Cheeses+at+the+Hilton+Maldives">cheese "closet"</a> with 130 cheeses and all sorts of water activities from snorkeling to deep-sea fishing.<p>Still, if you want more the hotel will send you out to juliana 2007-08-06T12:56:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/21/6940/55313 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/naladhu_maldives.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Will the Maldives ever reach saturation point when it comes to accommodation? Maybe, but certainly it hasn't yet. Another new resort has just hit the list of idyllic island resorts with the opening of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Naladhu+Maldives/local/395"><b>Naladhu</b></a>. It's pretty small: just one small island containing nineteen "houses" (why use the term "house", when you can have bungalow, cottage or any number of exotic names)? Each house is named after a plant from the Maldives, so you'll be able to tell your place apart from your neighbor's.<p>Like far too many Maldivian island resorts, Naladhu employed a copywriter for their website who was just far too free with their use of adjectives. So the marketing tells us this about Naladhu:<blockquote><p>Free-flowing spaces. amandak 2007-03-21T11:43:26-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/16/85557/8228 <![CDATA[<p> <i>As winter storms brew here in the Northeast, our search for the perfect overwater bungalow is intensifying. Know an overwater bungalow resort hotel we need to check out? Hit us on the <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">tip line</a>.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/baros_sea_villa.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> We have covered <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Baros+Maldives/local/249"><b>Baros</b></a> <a href+'http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/30/161541/96/hotels/When_The_Brits_Go_Maldives">before</a>, however, when searching the world for the perfect overwater bungalow, neither the Maldives, nor Baros can be ignored. <p> Here is what we have learned over the years of telling and aggregating hotel stories--Londoners know their hotels. <p> That said, when discretionary holiday takers from the UK head for an over water bungalow experience many head to Baros. Not only do they head there, but they also return--a big deal when you are dropping markj 2007-02-16T09:10:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/17/33257/3561 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/w_maldives.jpg"><p>We've raved on before about the idyllic beauty of the Maldives' <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1585"><b>W Retreat and Spa</b></a>, and this week the <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i> did the same. Let's start with the negatives: it's outrageously expensive. But when you get past the money issue, it's nothing short of perfect. As SMH's Erin O'Dwyer begins:</p><blockquote><p> There's nothing quite like drinking champagne in the bath. Especially if that bath is in a villa, on a coral reef, in the middle of the Indian Ocean.</blockquote></p><p>She goes on to explain being met with fancy cocktails and a silent golf buggy to drive her to her villa, where relaxing music was playing as she arrived, and fudge and special Rocky Road chocolate were waiting for her amandak 2007-01-17T09:30:06-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/