HotelChatter - Tag: WASP Hotels

Sen Monorom: Dining With Horses: The Nature Lodge Lives Up to the Nature Part of Its Name

ced138 — 2009-09-15T17:16:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/Nature_Lodge_22.jpg" class="top"> Last year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Cambodia%20Hotel%20Guide">Claire Duffet</a> gave us the low-down on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Siem%20Reap%20Hotel%20Guide">Siem Reap Hotel Scene</a>. But this year, she's taking us off the beaten path to some of Cambodia's Remote Hotels. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a>Mondulkiri is one of our favorite places in Cambodia. Just south of Ratanakiri in eastern Cambodia, the two provinces make up the country's remotest and most rural region, where ethnic minorities and waterfalls abound. Mondulkiri's capital, Sen Monorom, is set atop a plateau, making it the coolest and most comfortable place in the hot, sticky Southeast Asian nation. Instead of wet jungle, you get rolling hills, sparse trees, and instead of hardened city residents, you get lovely locals

Kep: Knai Bang Chatt brings WASPy to SE Asia

ced138 — 2009-09-11T08:58:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/Knai_Bang_Chhatt.jpg" class="top"> Last year, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Cambodia%20Hotel%20Guide">Claire Duffet</a> gave us the low-down on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Siem%20Reap%20Hotel%20Guide">Siem Reap Hotel Scene</a>. But this year, she's taking us off the beaten path to some of Cambodia's Remote Hotels. Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Let us know.</a>While visiting Keps many hotels, its quickly apparent that the seaside town--as opposed to sprawling, seedy Sihanoukville--wants to be upscale and subdued. Refreshingly for Cambodia, development here for the most part, seems slow, careful, and planned. One hotel owner told us he was banned from building on the road where King-Father Sihanouks old mansions are located. We were happy to hear it. Listed among Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List 2007, and with rates that start at US$110

Newport: Bauble-Ogling Instead of Leaf-Peeping at The Viking

ChristineM — 2008-09-19T09:30:30-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/vikingbubbles.png" class="imgborder">Let's face it: Leaf-peeping can get a tad tedious. Which is why we there was a certain twinkle in our eyes when we heard about the jewelry component--namely two handcrafted Angela Moore bracelets--of the "Baubles, Bubbles and Best Friends" package available at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Viking-A+Noble+House+Hotel/ian/136608">The Viking Hotel</a> in Newport, Rhode Island, not far from the other leaf-peeping locales in New England. The chilled bottle of champagne and $100 spa credit that are also included aren't too shabby either. For a total cost of $399 per room, nightly, the hotel also tosses in a tour of three of Newport's famed mansions, which we suspect is where the "best friend" bonding part of the deal comes in (we could do

Falmouth, Cornwall: A "Civilized" Green Hotel for Brits in the Country

amandak — 2008-07-09T09:30:13-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/budockvean.png" class="imgborder"> The Green Travel Award nominations at the UK Times often include some of those rustic, roughin' it, super-green types of eco-hotels where you can't flush the toilet or need rubber boots to get to the dining hall. But recently they suggested something much more civilized: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Budock+Vean+Hotel/local/1277">Budock Vean Hotel</a>, a country hotel near the Helford River in Cornwall, southwest England.The Budock Vean (which has a kind of a subtitle: "The Hotel on the River") is a 59-room four-star hotel, complete with a 9-hole golf course, swimming pool, sauna, spa and tennis courts, but it's also good at being green. For example, it is careful to support local industry: 80% of the hotel's expenditure goes in to the

Pebble Beach: Bagpiper Entertainment at the Inn at Spanish Bay

juliana — 2008-07-07T09:15:12-05:00

You don't need to pony up the dough for a room at the expensive Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, Calif. to enjoy the beautiful coastal view and a sunset serenade from a Scottish bag piper at dusk.

We hit up the hotel's Lobby Lounge on Saturday night where vacationing golfers and their families gathered around one of the four fire pits on the back terrace. Here you can take in the killer views of the Pacific Ocean and the second hole of the Links at Spanish Bay.