http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T09:44:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Spa%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/23/122029/97 <![CDATA[<p><i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><p> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/broadmoorkillerview.png" class="imgborder"> <p>The five-star <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Broadmoor/ian/151627">Broadmoor </a></b>in Colorado Springs, CO boasts 700 rooms and killer views from almost all of them -- and, frankly, Jenna 2008-10-23T12:21:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/29/61357/8977 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Spa_sign.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>A recent survey carried out by the <a href="http://www.healinghotelsoftheworld.com/">Healing Hotels of the World</a> group says that hotels with a holistic approaches and a focus on health and wellbeing are, basically, doing good for everyone. Healing Hotels members usually offer services like spas, meditation, yoga, life coaching and healthy eating, and we've never heard people complain that somewhere had too many spas (although we're not quite sure if getting analyzed by a life coach is quite what we want on our holiday).</p><p>The survey also found that a hotel focused on these kinds of add-ons also makes for a better working environment:</p><blockquote><p>Hoteliers reported deeper commitment from their employees when the whole philosophy of the hotel revolved around wellness and amandak 2007-05-29T09:20:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/7/1990/67595 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/dart_marina.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>It seems there are more than just funky artist communities and sensible beaches in south-west England: Devon also boasts a fancy spa resort in the form of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dart+Marina+Hotel/local/343"><b>Dart Marina Hotel</b></a>. Recently refurbished (aren't they all), Dart Marina sells itself as being located on "one of the most spectacular estuaries in Europe", and since most people aren't sure what an estuary really is, who's gonna call them on this? With one of those over-adjectived websites, we always get a little bit sceptical that the food might be slightly less than "extraordinarily tasty" and the spa facilities not quite as "unsurpassed" as they claim.</p><p>And when we get hold of last weekend's <a href="http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/mar/04/cornwall.hotels.uk">Guardian review</a> it turns out our amandak 2007-03-08T09:05:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/22/34253/7637 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/como_shambhala.png" class="imgborder"> <p>When it's not enough to provide benefits for the holidaymaker's body like herbal wraps, ayurveda, fancy massage therapy and yoga galore, you have to start dealing with your guests' minds. That's the message we're getting from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Como+Shambhala+at+Uma+Ubud+/local/290"><b>Como Shambhala at Uma Ubud</b></a> on Bali, which has just started offering the services of a counselling psychologist.</p><p>It'd be nice if being on holiday was mental therapy enough, but perhaps some people have trouble adjusting to the lack of tightly scheduled routine, the excess of time spent lying by the pool or the presence of delicious foods prepared by somebody else. It mightn't be long before psychological travel becomes the new catch phrase of hotel and spa stays.<p> amandak 2007-02-22T10:12:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/5/95846/83863 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/sanctuary_arizona.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><br> According to plenty of hit or miss celebrity dailies, Britney Spears checked into <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Sanctuary+On+Camelback+Mountain/local/127">Sanctuary @ Camelback Mountain</a></b> on New Years Day to recover from the "exhaustion" caused end of 2006 antics that we are all too familiar with.<p> Sanctuary is luxe spa hotel which accommodates both hotel guests and local resident members. Sometimes these two groups end up fighting like the Hatfield's and the McCoy's (usual arguments: locals think they own the place, those from away act better than the locals--blah, blah, blah). What both groups agree on are that the facials and other spa treatments offered here are amongst the best in the biz.<p> Oh, and one recent negative review from a tipster that came markj 2007-01-05T10:01:58-05:00 33.523818 -111.95808 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/