http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T11:30:52Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Movenpick%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/4/4234/21575 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Moevenpick_Logo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Fans of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Movenpick%20Hotels"><b>Mövenpick Hotels</b></a> should be happy this week: the Swiss-based hotel chain have just launched a new website which should make it quick and easy for potential guests to make bookings and get all the info they want from Mövenpick using their cell phone.<p>The newly optimized <a href="http://www.moevenpick-hotels.com/">www.moevenpick-hotels.com</a> is ready for perfect viewing whatever you're using &#150; the geeky tech people that did it say the site is now ready to be viewed from 5,000 different mobile devices across the world, so if your phone doesn't bring this site up beautifully, you're pretty damn unlucky.<p>The site is available in both English and German, with photos of the various Mövenpick hotels and resorts across the world, amandak 2009-09-04T09:10:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/29/94329/4205 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Bollywood_on_TV.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Can't satisfy your thirst for Bollywood entertainment? Never fear, it's spreading faster than swine flu. The <b>Acentic</b> digital TV people have set up a deal with Shemaroo Entertainment (a "leading Bollywood content house") to get more gleeful song-and-belly-dance onto your hotel room television. <p>They say they've recognized that there's a high demand amongst hotel guests for this kind of programming, although we don't remember putting Bollywood requests on any guest suggestion forms ourselves.<p>The South Asian video-on-demand content will include Bollywood films, yoga instructional videos and Indian documentaries. Acentic has deals with hotel chains like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Intercontinental%20Hotels"><b>Intercontinental Hotels</b></a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Marriott%20Hotels"><b>Marriott Hotels</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Movenpick%20Hotels"><b>Movenpick Hotels</b></a> across the Middle East, Europe and Africa, so there's a high probability you'll amandak 2009-04-29T16:40:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/63012/0355 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/movenpickcrete.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>About eighteen months ago we mentioned that the former <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/14/225247/11/hotels/M_venpick_Makes_A_Move_Into_Crete">Candia Maris</a> resort on the beautiful Greek island of Crete was being taken over and turned into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Moevenpick+Resort+Crete/ian/265162/"><b>M&#246;venpick Resort and Thalasso Crete</b></a>. In fact, they've spent a good two years doing renovations and are finally open for business.</p><p>With all that time passing we're figuring the new resort won't resemble the old one very much. The M&#246;venpick people are advertising the new Crete resort as being upscale and modern, with some particular cultural characteristics, including an:</p><blockquote><p>exquisite combination of typical Greek hospitality and the traditional Swiss passion for efficiency, reliability, punctuality and precision.</blockquote></p><p>They have a huge seawater spa known as the Aegeo Spa Center which includes a amandak 2008-04-23T09:23:25-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/21/8053/96312 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/berlinmpick.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>This weekend, the <i>New York Times</i> <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/travel/20check.html">recommends</a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Moevenpick+Hotel+Berlin/ian/216597"><b>M&#246;venpick Hotel Berlin</b></a> as a choice pick for "hipsters on a budget." While we don't know anyone who actually likes to be identified as a hipster these days, we do know that the Times seems to have uncovered something worth looking into. <p> Despite its penchant for trendy guests, the author notes that the hotel isn't in the coolest part of town. No matter, because S-Bahn and U-Bahn stops are just blocks away and Potsdamer Platz and Tiergarten Park are within walking distance. Rooms are chic and comfortable and come equipped with TVs, on-demand video and wireless. The Times bottom line: "What you give up in location, you jennm 2008-04-21T09:50:56-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/