HotelChatter - Tag: Snapshots

You Know You're at a Hotel in Amsterdam When...

JetSetCD — 2011-08-02T09:00:01-05:00

Yep, this is Amsterdam: weed and hash are tolerated, tourists indulging in such are tolerated...but the tourists with serious cases of the munchies need somewhere to sleep at night, right? Enter Amsterdam's hot hotel scene.

This is pretty much just a huge tease for next week here on HotelChatter, which will feature a slew of Amsterdam hotel photo galleries and more, but do know that this sign is not kidding. When you come to this city of canals and "coffeeshops," there's one big rule: what happens in the coffeeshop stays in the coffeeshop, especially certain things that would make Cheech & Chong quite happy, but your hotel very much not.

[Photo: HotelChatter]

What Is This Libyan Hotel Really Asking?

ASchechter — 2011-07-15T08:55:02-05:00

We found ourselves, once again, tittering in the corner after discovering this sorely mis-translated hotel sign from Libya. Canadian-British journalist @DougSaunders recently shared the photo via Twitter, and we felt compelled to repost it. Not that it's right to make fun of linguistic barriers—but, well, they said the word "kink."

Unlike last week's mess of a hotel sign, we're pretty sure we know what the hotel getting at here. Equally appealing is the caption provided by Doug Saunders, who writes under the photo, "My Libyan hotel seems to know me too well." Don't get too comfortable there, Doug!

Coronado: It's Officially Sandcastle Season by the Hotel del Coronado

JetSetCD — 2011-05-09T17:17:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1Coroncastle.jpg" class="top"> The famous red-roofed <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+del+Coronado/local/86">Hotel del Coronado</a> may have quite the storied historyThomas Edison dealt with the electrical installation, Marilyn Monroe's Some Like It Hot was filmed here and author L. Frank Baum wrote much of The Wizard of Oz on one of the roomsbut these days some of the coolest creativity is happening outside of its walls down on the beach. While wandering barefoot in the smooth sand, watching the nearby navy base's helicopters fly over, we stumbled upon a sandcastle. It's not just any sandcastle, however; this is a work of art by Billy Pav, aka "<a href="http://thesandcastleman.com/">The Sandcastle Man</a>." For over thirty years, he's been building intricate designs solely from the sand, water and

Düsseldorf: New and Neat Melia Hotel Düsseldorf Open Now

amandak — 2009-11-05T14:19:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Melia_Hotel_Dusseldorf.jpg" class="top"> Popped into our Hotelchatter Flickr Pool recently (thanks, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14167012@N03/">jochenb</a>) were some pics of a new hotel in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Sol%20Melia%20Hotels">Sol Melia Hotel</a> group: the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Melia+Duesseldorf/ian/328554">Melia Hotel Düsseldorf</a>, Germany. It's just opened up last month and is certainly lookin' neat and tidy, if the photos are anything to go by.More info about the new Melia: it's right in the center of Düsseldorf, and it's opposite the Hofgarten, famous for being the oldest public park in the whole of Germany. And it's close to shopping and sightseeing districts, and most conveniently, just a ten-minute drive from the airport.The Düsseldorf Melia has some opening offer rates starting with their basic double room at 99 ($145) or 139 ($205)

Marriott Hotels May Have a Thing for Fugly Carpeting

juliana — 2009-08-27T17:45:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/marriotthuntvalleyfug.jpg" class="top"> We know, we know. You don't need to tell us again that hotels pick dizzying carpet patterns for their guest rooms, hallways and meeting rooms to hide stains and the signs of wear and tear they undergo but seriously, there are better ways to go about it. Marriott, we're talking to you. A <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2009/7/28/155939/925/3">commenter</a> on our post over the fugly carpeting going inside the eagerly awaited <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/28/155939/925/hotels/Is_There_Time_for_JW_Marriott_at_L_A_Live_To_Reconsider_Their_Carpeting_"> JW Marriott at LA Live</a> pointed us in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhaithaca/1393539301/">direction</a> of another Marriott offender--<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Baltimore+Marriott+Hunt+Valley+Inn/ian/106387">The Marriott Hunt Valley</a> near Baltimore. Good lord, we just got the spins. Is this really necessary?In other noteworthy comments: · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/hotel-ian-136116/1">A bad stay at the Miramonte Resort & Spa</a> · <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/comments/2009/8/25/162436/903/1">Spa