http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T07:14:53Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Saudi%20Arabia%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/29/53945/2643 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Park_Hyatt_Jeddah_Pool.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Park%20Hyatt%20Hotels"><b>Park Hyatt</b></a> group have just added a new hotel in Saudi Arabia, with the <b>Park Hyatt Jeddah</b> opening up for business. As well as a five-star hotel there are also a Red Sea marina, club and spa in the complex so it sounds like a good vacation hotel, but they're also looking to get business travelers with fancy meeting facilities and a location close to Jeddah's financial district. <p>Creating this resort involved <b>reclaiming land from the Red Sea</b>, but Park Hyatt promises that they made sure to "retain the delicate surrounding marine life", and we sure hope that's true. Of course, the result is that the place has great views over the Red Sea and amandak 2009-07-01T10:16:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/13/75352/3395 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/Reception_Lobby_b.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Raffles%20Hotels">Raffles group</a> is still <a href="http://www.raffles.com/EN_RA/LeftFooterNavigation/Media_Room/Press_Release/06052009.htm">planning to open</a> another exclusive-sounding hotel, and it's going to be in the holiest Islamic city of them all. The <b>Raffles Makkah Palace</b> is due to be opened in November 2009.<p>If you're on a pilgrimage, this is the ultimate in luxury stopovers: Apparently the Raffles will be just a three minute walk from the Kaaba within the Al Masjid al Haram, the spot where everyone will be headed.<p>The hotel itself will occupy the 11th to 26th floors of the Abraj Al Bait Complex, and is slated to include 198 suites. Something that impresses us no end is that there'll be an average of three staffers per suite and 24-hour butler amandak 2009-05-13T08:56:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/19/132857/348 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/luthanspahotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><blockquote><p>For a country that goes to such great lengths to segregate unrelated men and women, it took Saudi Arabia a long time to hit on the idea of women-only hotels.</blockquote></p><p> So begins this Reuters <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1954726520080319">article</a> about the <a href="http://www.luthanspa.com/en/about_us.htm"><b>Luthan Hotel &amp; Spa</b></a>, owned by 20 Saudi princesses and businesswomen, who believe the property is meeting a very big demand in the city of Riyadh. <p> Reuter's reports that the rooms, which start at $93 a night, are "delicately adorned" with incense candles, rose-red fabrics and bas-reliefs of cherubs. What's more, every person employed by the hotel, right down to the bellhop, is a woman, allowing for those of the female persuasion to pamper themselves away from "the jennm 2008-03-19T15:24:31-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/