http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:51:16Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Novotel%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/3/29/13284/4852 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/hipmunkotel.jpg" class="top"> <P>Do you use <a href="http://www.hipmunk.com">Hipmunk.com</a>? All the cool people do. And by "cool people," we mean us, because we just had a resounding success with our first hotel booking on the travel search website. Hipmunk recently began as another way to search for affordable airfare, but their <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/1/20/13550/3312/travel/Hipmunk.com+Displays+Flight+Options+Not+by+Price+or+Time%2C+but+by+%27Agony%27">creative methods</a> of doing so caught our attention quickly. Even more recently, they've added a hotel search option to the site, where their smiling chipmunk mascot is all about finding you a hotel stay by "ecstasy," or price combined with location and ranking. <P>Ours was not an easy challenge. Find us a cheap hotel nearby the airport in <b>Zurich, Switzerland</b>. Zurich&#151;nay, all of Switzerland&#151;is one of the notoriously highest JetSetCD 2011-03-29T16:29:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/13/20417/0820 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/novotelfreewifi.JPG" class="top"><p> After the buzz wore off from our stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/13/202359/313/hotels/Inside_Le_Meurice_in_Paris">Le Meurice</a>, we traveled over to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Novotel+Paris+Gare+De+Lyon/ian/143802"><b>Novotel Paris Du Gare Lyon</b></a>, right next to the train station, where we were due to catch an early morning train the next day. <p>Being a budgety Novotel, we didn't expect to be amazed by anything but we were surprised by the free WiFi throughout the hotel. It was especially heaven sent after getting thwarted at Mickey D's and having to shell out 20 Euros at Le Meurice. The network was super fast and we had no problems signing on.<p>We did, however, find our room utterly depressing with drab (although new and modern) decor, teeny pillows, scratchy sheets juliana 2010-09-14T15:49:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/2/55749/36518 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/sofitelrio.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>Stay at the Sofitel Rio, and you can join the A Club.</i> <p>When we first heard about the <b><a href="http://www.a-club.com/en/">A Club</a></b>, we wondered whether it was anything like the A-Team. We hoped it had something to do with Bradley Cooper. Alas, the two aren't related. But we couldn't be too bummed because the <b>A Club is actually the new loyalty program for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Accor%20Hotels">Accor Hotels</a></b>, and we love hotel loyalty programs just as much as A-Team's pretty Face. <p>A Club gives you rewards at more than 2,000 hotels worldwide, including the Sofitel brand. For every dollar or Euro spent at a Sofitel a Pullman, a Gallery Novotel, a Suite Novotel, a Mercure and an Adagio hotel, you'll Jennifer Kester 2010-08-02T10:45:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/13/71047/3075 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/accorvietnam.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>No time to twiddle your thumbs on this one: today is the last day of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Accor%20Hotels"><b>Accor</b></a> sale on various hotels in gorgeous <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Asia/vn"><b>Vietnam</b></a>.<p>Similar to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/17/03140/2002/hotels/Accor_Tempting_Us_With_Three_Day_Sale_in_Oz_Kiwiland_and_Asia">Australasia-wide sale</a> Accor had going a few months ago, this one just runs for a few days, and the rates they're offering are up to <b>50% off </b>standard. <p>The deals work like this: at every <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Novotel%20Hotels">Novotel</a> in Vietnam &#151; that includes the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Novotel+Dalat/ian/181985"><b>Novotel Dalat</b></a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Novotel+Nha+Trang/ian/277181"><b>Novotel Nha Trang</b></a> &#151; the rates are just $45 a night across the country. At fancier Accor properties like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Mercure+La+Veranda/ian/249493"><b>Grand Mercure Phu Quoc</b></a>or the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/La+Residence+Hotel+And+Spa/ian/235126"><b>La Residence Hue</b></a>, there's a flat rate of $75 a night in amandak 2009-07-13T08:59:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/17/03140/2002 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Accor_Logo.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Accor%20Hotels"><b>Accor Hotels</b></a> in the Asia Pacific are getting ready for a three-day sale--they say there'll be a million rooms in 250 hotels up for grabs at rates discounted by more than 75%. The sale runs from February 24 to 26 and is for stays between April and July.<p>This region includes Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and includes a bunch of hotel chains that are all branded to Accor: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Novotel%20Hotels">Novotel</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Mercure%20Hotels">Mercure</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Ibis%20Hotels">Ibis</a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/All%20Seasons%20Hotels">All Seasons</a> are among them.<p>Right now at the <a href="http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/promotion/specials/coming-soon.shtml">super sale website</a> all you can see is a tantalizing "Coming soon", but we'll be there early on February 24. We're after an Adelaide hotel room in May and we'll let amandak 2009-02-17T10:31:00-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/