HotelChatter - Tag: Mandarin Oriental

Miami: NFL Drops Mandarin Oriental for Super Bowl

MsRebecca — 2009-08-20T11:17:04-05:00

Football season hasn’t officially kicked off yet, but already NFL execs are scaling back the Super Bowl splurge. The Miami Herald reports that the league recently dropped 17 hotels in Miami and Miami Beach for the February 7 event. The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell is the only property being sacked actually named in the article, while the Doubletree Grand downtown was named as one of the hotels whose reservation numbers were cut significantly.

Central: Hong Kong's Landmark Mandarin Will Have a Swanky Easter Buffet

JetSetCD — 2009-04-06T11:18:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/MObarHK.jpg" class="top"> Although any excuse for a fancy hotel buffet or high tea service will do, there is nothing like Easter for bringing out all the trimmings. Stop into any nice hotel in the United States this upcoming weekend and you're sure to catch the chefs covered in egg dye and the diners swathed in pastels. What about if you are abroad and have a hankering for some traditional Easter noshing, however? In Hong Kong, leave it up to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Landmark+Mandarin+Oriental/ian/233357">Landmark Mandarin Oriental</a> to save the day with an Easter weekend lunch, brunch buffet, and afternoon tea buffet. On April 11 and 12 only, the 648HKD ($89) lunch at the Landmark's Amber restaurant involves more than just five

London: G20 Taking Care of Business at London's Mandarin Oriental

JetSetCD — 2009-04-03T13:11:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/G20Mandarin.jpg" class="top"> April's Fools Day may be long over, but memories of the dinner that "Naked Chef" Jamie Oliver cooked for the G20 leaders in London that night will remain forever...or at least until it's all digested. After a filling meal that focused on fresh and "British" ingredients, Nicholas Sarkozy and posse headed back to his hotel, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mandarin+Oriental+Hyde+Park/ian/108769">Mandarin Oriental</a>, for a little after dinner mint and negotiations regarding that lovely little tax haven of Macau. When not holed up in meetings with other G20 leaders, what do you suppose Sarkozy did with his time spent in the grand environs of the Mandarin? We like to think that he balanced all the wine-drinking and rich meals out by