http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T22:32:12Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Trinidad%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/18/75643/0425 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/obamahyatttrinidad.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Trinidad/ian/262216"><b>Hyatt Regency Trinidad</b></a> has been open not much more than a year, but it's already being trusted to host <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barack%20Obama">Barack Obama</a> and a bunch of his friends when the <b>Summit of the Americas</b> heads to Trinidad in April.<p>This is the fifth time that leaders of the 34 member nations will meet up, and this time round they'll be discussing important stuff like human prosperity, energy, security and environmental sustainability--all on the ocean-front location in Port of Spain.<p>The hotel is actually (but not surprisingly) completely sold-out during the summit, which runs from April 17 to 19. Now we just wonder how the hotel's general manager decides who gets the Diplomat Suite and who gets the amandak 2009-03-18T09:16:23-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/14/13219/9838 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hyattrinidad2.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/6/13930/01659/travel/Getting+Dirty+With+The+Crews+In+Trinidad">Jaunted</a> opened our eyes last week to the party central that is <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/browse/Central%20America%20And%20Caribbean/tt"><b>Trinidad and Tobogo</b></a> when Carnival rolls into town. The festival, which celebrates several religious and cultural events (in the form of nearly naked dancers), takes place this year on February 25 but Trinidad and Tobogo will actually start kicking off the celebrations in a few weeks.<p>If the debauchery of Mardi Gras in New Orleans has gotten a bit tiresome for you and you can't quite make it to Rio de Janeiro, then this could be the easiest way to try out Carnival. For a safe, reliable choice in Trinidad and a way to earn up to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/9/105348/0305/hotels/Hyatt_s_Gold_Passport_Giving_Members_Up_to_20_000_Bonus_Points">20,000 bonus loyalty points</a>, consider the juliana 2009-01-14T13:33:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/11/10/9939/9277 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/hyatt_regency_trinidad.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>The east coast is starting to really feel like fall--or worse yet, winter--and just like clockwork, the <em>New York Times</em> used their travel section this past weekend to go ga-ga for the Caribbean. In addition to an article gushing <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/travel/09carib.html?em">39 reasons to go tropical</a> this year, they wrote a mostly positive review of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hyatt+Regency+Trinidad/ian/262216"><strong>Hyatt Regency Trinidad</strong></a> in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.</p> <p>The hotel opened last January, and the <em>NYT</em> reports that the obligatory opening kinks seem to be mostly smoothed out by now. That equals a solid addition to the sparse Trinidad hotel scene, particularly for business travelers, where travelers have long lamented Trinidad&#146;s outdated hotels and inflated prices. Rooms start at a reasonable $179, the KatieK 2008-11-10T10:47:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/