http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T09:45:21Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Seth%20Sherwood http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/4/111612/8793 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/danhostel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We knew things would go awry with New York Times reporter Seth Sherwood's review of Copenhagen's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Danhostel+Copenhagen+City/local/1097"><b>Danhostel</b></a> once he likened the idea of a "five-star hostel" to that of "gourmet fast-food" and "luxury trailer park." <p> Though Sherwood didn't hate the place, he seems pretty ambivalent about it, and with good reason. While the locale is good (described as "the edge of the Copenhagen city center"), the rooms are so barren Sherwood says his "felt like a prison cell designed by Ikea." <p> That's not the hotel's only trait reminiscent of bygone college days. Sherwood says bathrooms resemble closets (though perhaps unlike most dorm bathrooms, these were very clean) and that the basement offers a television lounge jennm 2008-02-04T13:36:34-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/27/113238/25 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_fox.jpg"><p>This week, the Grey Lady checks in on the <a href="http://www.hotelfox.dk."><b>Hotel Fox</b></a> in Copehagen, which <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/4/4/111420/0521/hotels/Hotel_Fox_Copenhagen_Lifestyle_Pad">opened back in April 2005,</a> the same time Steve Wynn was unveiling his Las Vegas masterpiece.<p>The story behind Hotel Fox is that it was once an aging hotel that Volkswagen decided to spruce up by hiring 21 "artists, illustrators, graphic designers, graffiti writers and other forward-looking creators to decorate its 61 rooms." &nbsp;And each artist did so using their own personal style, which means every room in the hotel is distinctly different.<p>Reviewer Seth Sherwood was placed in Room 510, a small room (out of the S, M, L and XL room categories) designed by a German illustrator who lined the walls with &nbsp;"humanoid" juliana 2006-11-27T11:32:38-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/