HotelChatter - Tag: Surf Hotels

Honolulu: Waikiki Edition's Surf And Bikini Boot Camp Will Whip Your Butt Into 2011

MsRebecca — 2010-12-08T09:00:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/WaikikiEdition_Surf.jpg" class="top">If you're like us, the holiday cocktails have been flowing since Halloween. Then there's the matter of all that overly-indulgent, incredibly rich winter food. We're still a few weeks away from Christmas but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Waikiki+Edition/local/1703">Waikiki Edition</a> is thinking New Year already. Specifically, what its guests will look like in bikinis come 2011. Gulp. But wait--the hotel is here to help, not judge. Its first four-day Surf and Bikini Boot Camp starts on January 13. And with a renowned nutritionist (Corey Coopersmith) and two-time World Longboard Champion (Daize Shayne Goodwin) behind the itinerary, you know they mean business. The fact that the hotel is in such a pretty part of the world--and is getting good reviews since opening

Nosara: Seek Out Cute Surfer People at The Harmony Hotel

globetrotting gourmet — 2009-07-01T16:10:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/26601/The_Harmony_Hotel.jpg" class="top"> Nosara is located in Costa Ricas North Pacific province of Guanacaste, about 160 miles west of San Jose, best reached via a short flight on <a href="http://www.natureair.com/">Nature Air</a>, followed by a short taxi ride. The village is a surfers paradise and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Harmony+Hotel/ian/256821">The Harmony Hotel</a> has one of the areas best stretches of beach and surf breaks just outside its back door. Playa Guiones is a near 4-mile swath of white sandy beach with year-round waves and long left and right beach breaks.Since we hadnt been on a surfboard in ages, we asked the staff where we should go for a refresher, since it seemed like surfing savviness was a job requisite at Harmony (as well

Huntington Beach: Zimzala Restaurant Opens at the Shorebreak Hotel

EricRosen — 2009-06-17T09:39:53-05:00

Though it had a “soft” (that is, an unannounced) opening on May 12, Zimzala Restaurant at the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach is now open for business...and for press.

Part of the Joie de Vivre family of hotels that we seem to be writing about more and more these days, the Shorebreak is meant to be a surfer-chic haven of beachside relaxation in one of California’s premier surf destinations. Rooms have paintings of surfers, seascapes, and, of course, killer views of the beach and pier, not to mention a few surfboards lying around.

Huntington Beach: The Shorebreak Hotel Will Open This Spring for Surf Bums

juliana — 2009-01-06T16:57:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/shorebreak.jpg" class="top"> We've always recommended <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/jdv%20hotels">JDV Hotels</a> when visiting the San Francisco-area but the options in the Southland were few. However, now Chip Conley and co. are readying a property in surferdom, Huntington Beach, called <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Shorebreak+Hotel/local/1424">Shorebreak Hotel</a>. (Secretly, we wish this was called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/">Point Break Hotel</a> and it was located in Malibu.)The hotel won't be open until sometime this spring but here's what it will include: <blockquote>Opening in Spring 2009, Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach, California the original Surf City USA is a showcase of modern hotel design at the cusp of lifestyle trends. Shorebreak Hotel draws its inspiration from Southern Californias cultivated yet laid-back surf culture, combining four-star touches with a penchant for

Rincon: Cubicle Dreamin': Surf's Up in Puerto Rico

NatalieWW — 2008-01-17T09:20:01-05:00

<![CDATA[ Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>. In this episode, Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/natalieWW/stories">NatalieWW</a> dreams of hanging 10. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/surf787.jpg" class="imgborder"> Here in our cubicles, we're definitely getting cabin fever. All I can dream of is