HotelChatter - Tag: New Mexico Hotels

Taos: Like Staying In A Museum (In A Good Way): Inside the Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos

juliab — 2012-01-31T13:48:26-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/mabeldodgeluhanfront.jpg" class="top"> If youre going to northern New Mexico and you have any kind of artistic or cultural sensibilities, you need to stay at the Mabel Dodge Luhan house. As the name would suggest, its the former home of Mabel Dodge Luhan who was not only a writer, but a facilitator and gatherer of art in Taos. This is where pretty much anyone literary or artistic whos traveled to New Mexico has stayed. DH Lawrence spent loads of time here, and even painted the windows of one of the bathrooms with bright murals (today, some rooms still have access to that bathroom). Georgia OKeefe, Ansel Adams, Dennis Hopper, Carl Jung the list of illustrious guests is long

Taos: Checking Out A Room With Four Views In Snowy Taos

juliab — 2011-12-28T14:45:01-05:00

Spotted in New Mexico today: one of the raddest hotel rooms, view-wise, that you may ever have the pleasure of staying in.

This is the Solarium room at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. It's rad for a couple of reasons - firstly, because it's the only house with three stories in Taos, so you can see for miles, and second, because it's the old sun roof when it was an actual house, so it's glass-walled on all four sides. Which makes for some truly killer views of Taos and the mountains around it - particularly when it's snowing, as it is now.

Las Cruces: Virgin Galactic Wants a Luxury Hotel Near Spaceport America

juliana — 2011-05-10T09:02:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/2011_04_25_JA___VirginGalacticFifthFlight.jpg" class="top"> While we're still waiting on an ETA for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/virgin hotels">Virgin hotels</a>, it looks like <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/virgin galactic">Virgin Galactic</a>, the division of Virgin that's pioneering space tourism, is getting in on the hotel game in a way.Virgin has said the area around Spaceport America outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico--where they plan on putting their sky rockets in flight--is in need of a luxury hotel. The smaller ones already present just aren't up to snuff. After all, their passengers are folks who have forked over $200,000 for the ride to space and will need some luxury accommodations before and after their journey to the final frontier. But instead of building their own Virgin Galactic-branded hotel, Virgin is

Albuquerque: Get Free Lime-Pepper Chips with Your Drink at Hotel Parq Central's Lounge

Jennifer Kester — 2010-10-15T12:45:55-05:00

We love sidling up to the bar with a cocktail and munching on some nibbles—especially when they are free. But forget peanuts or some other trifling snack. We're digging the complimentary spicy housemade potato chips at the new Hotel Parq Central's Apothecary Lounge in Albuquerque.

We visited the fourth-floor rooftop lounge on its first day of food service and couldn't put down the thick-cut chips. Our favorite of the addictive snacks were the lime-pepper chips. The chips are very peppery with a punch and would pair well with a margarita.

Albuquerque: Indoor Water Parks Are Somehow Still En Vogue as Radisson Albuquerque Opens 'Splashtastic'

MsRebecca — 2010-02-26T10:22:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/waterparkNM.jpg" class="top">If you don't have kids or consider "fun parks" the least fun thing on the planet, you'll want to file this news under "Another place to avoid when traveling." But if you have rugrats you need to occupy, or you're a big, waterslide-lovin' kid yourself, rejoice! The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Hotel+Albuquerque/ian/260840">Radisson Hotel Albuquerque</a> has a new waterpark, opening on March 12, just in time for spring break. If you're not familiar with the waterpark concept, firstly: commiserations. Waterslide collisions are the stuff childhood is made of. The Radisson's set up includes all the waterpark staples: indoor and outdoor slides, an activity pool, wading pool, hot tub, lazy river, tipping bucket, and the most unfortunately named thing we've heard of