http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T07:02:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Royal%20Hotel%20Stays http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/18/73826/0369 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Firefly_Hotel_Mustique.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>So where do a prince and his special girlfriend go when they're utterly sick of being followed around? Apparently, the answer is Mustique Island in St Vincent &amp; The Grenadines where Prince William and Kate Middleton recently spent two weeks enjoying each other's company without too much media around.<p>A bunch of celebrities own villas on this very private island, or you can stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Firefly+Hotel/local/1316"><b>Firefly Hotel</b></a> with its five unique rooms. If Wills crashed here it would have been in the Royal Palm room, which at current off-peak rates goes for $950 per night (including all meals and your own golf cart for getting around). <p>They also would've had their own iPod and docking station amandak 2008-08-18T11:19:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/2/202159/1435 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palace_brunei.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> No longer will His Royal Highness <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jefri_Bolkiah">Prince Jefri Bolkiah</a> of Brunei be enjoying a complimentary stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+New+York+Palace/ian/109318"> <b>New York Palace Hotel</b></a>, formerly the Helmsley Hotel and Prince Jefri's last remaining valuable asset. <p> Following a royal 10-year battle between HRH Prince Jefri and his older brother His Royal Majesty Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, a recent New York court ruling has awarded control of the iconic Manhattan hotel to the Brunei Government. <p>Seems the Sultan and his small oil-rich nation have accused the royal younger sibling of misappropriating $14 billion from its Treasury. And while Jefri already claims to have returned billions of dollars in property to Brunei, including ownership of the mytwocents 2008-03-03T09:15:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/26/144029/05 <![CDATA[<p><img src=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/serena_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><br><br> <p> This past weekend, <b>Queen Elizabeth II</b> stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kampala+Serena+Hotel+/local/995"><b>Kampala Serena Hotel</b></a> in Uganda during her three-day visit for the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting.<p> Why did Lilibet herself select the hotel? Perhaps she was curious to see the results of the 18-month renovation project and redesign by architect Jon Cavanagh. The former Nile Hotel reopened in November 2006. The exterior of the 65-room hotel now resembles the landscape of the country, minus the impoverished people. A new manmade waterfall spills into a stone pool, surrounded by miniature lakes and 17 acres of indigenous vegetation, birds, and butterflies. <br> <p>Most likely, the Queen chose the hotel because it is connected to the conference center ced138 2007-11-27T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/7/233016/255 <![CDATA[<p><img src=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/princewilliam.jpg" class="imgborder"><br> <p>A standard fairy tale: A regular, yet beautiful, girl meets a handsome prince. He woos her and whisks her away to a magical place where they live happily ever after. Meet <b>Kate Middleton</b>, the realization of every sexist childhood fantasy. Her sweet, gorgeous, and ripe-for-engagement boyfriend, <b>Prince William</b>, has rented out the entire <b><a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Desroches+Island+Resort/ian/242465">Desroches Island Resort</a></b> during Christmas week in December. <p>The hotel is the only one on Desroches Island in the Bahamas, and it suits the fantasy "paradise" setting any little girl would imagine. Lovers can walk up and down the 10-mile private beach before retiring to their king-size bed and stocked suite. All but one of its 20 rooms will be uninhabited ced138 2007-11-08T12:10:10-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/16/6407/79359 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/newwhite_lion.png" class="imgborder"/><p>We know that people will always remember where they were and what they were doing when they found out Prince William had broken up with his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton. But no one needs a getaway now more than Wills himself.<p>Holidays in the hills in the west of Wales are not at the top of everyone's list but the tempting <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/New++White+Lion+Hotel/local/485/"><b>New White Lion Hotel</b></a> might just change that even for Prince William whose family owns Wales or something like that.<p> Situated in Llandovery, this new--since January--designer hotel has just six rooms, but each is specially designed to reflect a particular character or legend from Welsh culture. For sheer curiosity value, the Llewelyn Ap Gruffydd Fychan room, named amandak 2007-04-16T09:51:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/