HotelChatter - Tag: Sydney Hotels

Get $99 Rooms Down Under as Summer Approaches

amandak — 2009-10-26T09:14:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Urban_Hotel_Australia.jpg" class="top"> While northern hemisphere hotels are busy promoting their winter sales, Down Under hotels are advertising summer specials, and there's a particularly good one on offer from the Urban group of hotels, represented in the three major east coast cities.The three places - <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Urban+St+Leonards+Accor+Hotel/ian/179651">Urban St Leonard's</a> in Sydney, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Urban+St+Kilda+Accor+Hotel/ian/267230">Urban St Kilda</a> in Melbourne and the Urban Brisbane - have got together to organize a half-price summer sale. The deal is that if you make your booking this week (before Saturday, October 31), you can get your room for A$99 ($91) a night instead of the usual average of A$199 ($180). The sad thing is that the Aussie dollar is pretty strong right now, so if you're

Sydney: Sydney's Shangri-La Upgrades Its Cafe Mix Restaurant

amandak — 2009-09-25T09:08:48-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/viewfromshangrilabar.jpg" class="top"> Sydney's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Shangri-La+Hotel,+Sydney/ian/131394">Shangri-La Hotel</a> already serves up drinks in a bar we approve of - its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/16/3205/84802/hotels/Shangri_La_s_Blu_Horizon_Bar_Rocks_The_Rocks">Blu Horizon Bar</a> which has amazing views over Sydney Harbour and the Opera House. Downstairs, the all-day dining spot <a href="http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/sydney/shangrila/dining/restaurant/cafemix">Café Mix</a> has just had a revamp and earlier this month relaunched with a new look and a new menu.The new look includes extra seating and Café Mix now seats over two hundred guests. You can get nearly anything you want here: there's Indian, Japanese, Chinese and Australian cuisine, plus (something we really like) a dessert buffet which includes a chocolate fountain.To celebrate the new look there's a special on every Friday night until October 16. It's a seafood buffet

Sydney: Get a Taste of the Healthy Life on Hilton Sydney's Health Retreats

amandak — 2009-05-28T09:02:29-05:00

If you're looking for a vacation that's healthier than the average overindulgent getaway, here's a suggestion: the Hilton Health Retreat which they run four times a year at the Sydney Hilton. The next retreat is coming up soon, from June 12 to 14, so get packing for Oz fast and you'll come away feeling pretty good – or pretty exhausted.

The Hilton Health Retreat is a pretty full-on weekend, led by an expert nutritionist and a fitness pro. You have to undertake a fitness and nutrition assessment before you even get there, so those two experts can set about planning all the right activities for you.

Sydney: 'Ruddy Good' Deals at Aussie Hotels Mean 'Ruddy Good' Things

amandak — 2009-04-09T10:01:36-05:00

Down in Australia, the government's decided to prop up the economy by giving most tax-payers a A$900 bonus, and with the money starting to arrive in everyone's accounts, hotels are among those trying to tempt people to spend their bonuses. And in Sydney, the "stimulus package" deals are a-flying freely.

For non-Aussies, the names of the deals probably seem a bit odd. You have to know that the Prime Minister down there, who is (in a sense) the guy who's giving out the money, is named Kevin Rudd; and that in Aussie slang,"ruddy" is kinda like the Brits' "bloody." You following?

Sydney: The Establishment Hotel Woos Us With Cookies

juliana — 2009-03-11T17:07:00-05:00

If donuts are the new cupcakes, then cookies are the new turndown mint. It's no secret that we at HotelChatter love cookies. If you didn't, well then see our reaction when someone mentioned taking away our cookies.

Thanks to our sweet tooth, we were delightfully surprised to see that the hip Establishment Hotel in Sydney's Central Business District offers cookies at turndown.

And it might be really strange to hear us say this but it's almost as if Doubletree Hotels knew all along the power of the cookie long before the rest of the hospitality world caught on. Imagine that: Doubletree, the hotel cookie pioneer.