http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T15:17:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Pestana%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/1/142257/8163 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/rafayelfish.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>River views from Hotel Rafayel</i> <p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/q_n_a.jpg"><i><b>HotelChatter Questions:</b> In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>Send it along</b></a>. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away below.</i> <p>We at HotelChatter are an accommodating breed and we always want to help rather than question, which was useful this morning when this reader question popped into our inbox: <blockquote><p>Vauxhall, London: where should I stay with two kids and a bosswife (this summer)? Hotel? House/condo rental?</blockquote></p> <p>So instead of asking &#147;why the hell Vauxhall?&#148; juliab 2011-02-01T14:22:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/19/05216/2472 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/pestanachelsea.jpg" class="top"> <p>Hey, maybe there is something to be said for the Battersea area becoming the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/21/85042/858/hotels/An_Eco_Hotel_For_London_s_New_Left_Bank">fash new stretch</a> of London&#146;s South Bank. First, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/24/16346/9298/hotels/Hotel_Rafayel_And_Its_Cupcake_Shop_Gets_a_Thumbs_Up_From_TripAdvisor">Hotel Rafayel</a> has been getting rave reviews, and now it&#146;s the turn of the new <b>Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa</b>, which opened 1 March. <p>It&#146;s technically under soft opening now, but by the looks of it, it&#146;s pretty much there already. <p><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g186338-d1657540-r58884989-Pestana_Chelsea_Bridge_Hotel_Spa_London-London_England.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT">TripAdvisor</a> only has six reviews so far, but they&#146;re all rave ones, talking about top notch soundproofing and comfy beds (and they don&#146;t smell too much of PR guff either). We&#146;re also particularly keen on the trippy wallpaper (we&#146;re assuming that it&#146;s not actually padded &#150; that would be juliab 2010-03-19T09:10:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/26/235756/682 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/fosshotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Budget Travel magazine recently ran a feature on <a href="http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content//article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700906.html">39 Affordable Hotel Chains Only Locals Know</a>. "Only locals" might be stretching it a bit since more than a few Americans have stayed with Barcelo, Riu, and Fiesta Americana without going any further than Mexico. We did find quite a few new names in here ourselves though. Care for a night at the <a href="http://www.fosshotel.is/en/index.php"><b>Fosshótel</b></a>? <p>That chain is in Iceland as it turns out. (Moby Dick Pub at Fosshótel Húsavík pictured here.) Many of these chains stick close to home, in fact, which probably makes them both a better value and easier to manage. These include Dedeman in Turkey, Amari in Thailand, and Ginger in India. <p>Others have Tim L. 2007-08-27T10:30:01-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/