http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:36:36Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Versace http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/28/193854/037 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/VillaByBartonG_ext.jpg" class="top"><p>What we we were really hanging out for was the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/14/91756/1195/hotels/The_Villa_by_Barton_G_Now_Serving_High_Tea_with_Versace">afternoon tea service</a> that kicks off at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Villa+By+Barton+G/local/654"><b>The Villa By Barton G</b></a> on November 1. But since we were in town last week, we asked for a tour of the property anyway and were pretty happy with our consolation prize: laying eyes on that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/29/10114/4929/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_With_The_Fancy_Schmancy_Double_King_Bed"><b>double-sized king bed</b></a> in the suite that Donatella Versace used to sleep in when she visited her brother Gianni. (RIP).<p> Yes, our hints weren't quite obscure enough to stop people guessing that the massive bed indeed belongs to the former Versace Mansion, now super-exclusive guest home, restaurant and event space, The Villa By Barton G.<p> Take a spin through our gallery MsRebecca 2010-09-30T09:19:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/16/33856/530 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/palazzo_versace.jpg" class="top"> <br><i>An image of the original <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Versace/ian/208462">Palazzo Versace Hotel</a></b> on Australia's Gold Coast.</i> <p>Oh, good lord: the folks behind the new <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/5/25/11102/2100/hotels/Versace_Hotel_Coming_To_Dubai">Palazzo Versace Hotel</a></b> (yes, like the design house) coming to Dubai in 2010 have announced plans for a refrigerated beach. <p>Oh yes, we mean it. Allow us to clarify: by "refrigerated beach", we mean an outdoor beach that guests will go to &#151; one of the last truly fun, free things to do in this world &#151; will have a network of pipes beneath the sand's surface that contain a coolant, making the sand a lovely, cool temperature on top, thereby ensuring that no hotel guest's feet are uncomfortable as they frolic about in the Jenna 2008-12-16T09:55:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/27/141944/882 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palazzo_versace.jpg"><p><i>And now we present you with the second edition of our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/8/165924/9897/hotels/Original_Boutique_Hotels_The_Hazelton_Toronto">Original Boutique Hotels</a> series. Enjoy.</i><p>Nowadays, it's all the rage for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/fashion%20hotels">fashion designers</a> to create hotels. But just remember that Donatella Versace was one of the first designers in the boutique hotel game with the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Palazzo+Versace/ian/208462"><b>Palazzo Versace Hotel</b></a> on Australia's Gold Coast.<p>Of course, in the words of the all-knowing Heidi Klum in the fashion world, "One day you are in and one day you are out." Thus the Palazzo Versace had to make some changes.<p>The hotel has just wrapped up a AUD $5 million renovation--its first since opening more than seven years ago. Label-loving guests will now find new bedding and upholstery as well as updated ChristineM 2008-08-27T16:47:43-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/