HotelChatter - Tag: Turkey Hotels

Van: Second Earthquake In A Month Topples The Bayram Hotel In Turkey

ASchechter — 2011-11-10T09:15:01-05:00

The Bayram Hotel in the city of Van, Turkey, survived last month's 7.2 earthquake with just "some cracks and a damaged elevator," according to a report by AJC. But another quake last night, this one of a lesser magnitude, rocked the city again, bringing down about 25 buildings.

So far, seven have been declared dead, though dozens are still missing. In some cases, the victims were actually journalists who had traveled to the city to report on the wreckage from last month's earthquake, which killed 600. The Bayram Hotel, along with another unnamed hotel, were occupied during last night's quake, and rescue workers are still working to locate guests buried beneath the rubble.

Morgans Hotels Expanding Delano Internationally and Adding Another New York Hotel

pbb — 2011-02-14T10:10:41-05:00

Morgans Hotel Group isn't waiting for the Mondrian Soho to open on February 22 to get moving on its next projects: the brand has signed on to manage three new hotels, including a Delano Cabo San Lucas and a Delano Aegean Sea in Turkey.

Antalya: Someone Forgot to Pay the Electricity Bill at the World's Luxest Luxury Hotel

juliana — 2010-12-23T12:34:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/mardanpalace_lightsout.jpg" class="top"> We're gonna need more candles!Here's another example of why those hotel star ratings and hotel awards sometimes don't mean all that much. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Mardan+Palace/local/4607">The Mardan Palace</a> in Turkey, which is a seven-star hotel that beat out the Burj Al Arab and the Dorchester for the title of "leading luxury hotel" from the World Travel Awards, has had the power cut off because of unpaid bills.The hotel is currently using generators to power up its 546 rooms and has only three weeks to pay off nearly $2.6 million in debts. However, the general manager has assured the press that the hotel will clear up the power snafu: <blockquote>Aksam [newspaper] quoted the hotel's manager, Cumhur Ozen, as saying the

Antalya: The Hotel Missoni is Hungry for Turkey, Opening a Hotel in 2013

JetSetCD — 2010-12-06T09:00:49-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/2010_12_missrobe.jpg" class="top"> Edinburgh...Kuwait...Oman...Brazil. The list of current and under-construction <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/missoni%20hotels">Missoni Hotels</a> is an exotic one, and today we can add another city to the list: Antalya, Turkey. 2013 will bring a Missoni Hotel to the Turkish Riviera, and although this one will follow the pattern of the other Missoni by having the interior personally designed by Rosita Missoni, its exterior will differ greatly. It's going to have a celebrity-designed golf course! Hotel MIssoni Belek, Antalya is bringing in Swedish golf champ Annika Sörenstam to create the 18-hole course, which will be just one of the attraction in the development around the hotel; there'll also be a country club, shops, residential villas and an olive grove. That last bit

Datça: This Turkish Hotel Wants You to Go Nude at The Pool

MsRebecca — 2010-04-27T11:01:57-05:00

But um, wouldn't sliding down that waterslide kinda hurt?

It's not April Fool's Day, is it? OK, just checking. We've heard of hotels that encourage guest nudity, you see, but never have we seen them in Turkey. Which makes sense, since the Adaburnu G�lmar Hotel—opening on May 1st—bills itself as "the first naturist hotel in Turkey."

It makes a little more sense when you realize that the, um, service, was designed for foreign guests—god bless those British and German tourists who just can't keep their clothes on.