It's crazy, we know, but it's already time to plan for New York Fashion Week. The good news is that this upcoming NYFW is our personal favorite, since it's the fall/winter collections (layering, deep colors!) and it won't be hot and steamy outside as it usually is during the September shows.

If you've always wanted to attend a Fashion Week runway show as an invited guest, now is your chance. Via a Tablet Hotels contest in partnership with Oscar de la Renta, you could be headed to NYC for 5 nights at the Tribeca Grand and seats at the OdlR show. ]]> JetSetCD 2012-01-06T16:15:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/27/155647/32 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Hotelinsta.jpg" class="top"> <P>Know what's crazy boring and frustrating? Trying to decide whether or not to stay at a hotel by looking at their tiny, staged room photos on a website. This is why we do our best to get in and give you some massive <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/photo%20gallery">photo galleries</a> to flip through, but <b>now hotels are taking it upon themselves to get creative by using the iPhone photo sharing app <b>Instagram</b>.</b> <P>To put it plainly, Instagram allows its users to post their own shots (most taken on the fly, via iPhone) applied (or not) with filters to jazz it up the visual oomph. The community is crawling with design, travel, architecture, photography and foodie geeks, which makes it a perfect JetSetCD 2011-12-27T17:31:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/5/151146/537 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/MetoutsideBkk.jpg" class="top"> <P>It's hot in <b>Bangkok</b>, and often unbearably humid. <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/3884">The Metropolitan Bangkok</a></b> knows this, which is why there are refresher towels waiting just inside the entrance to the lobby. Which is why there's an expansive indoor fitness facility complete with his and hers spa hottubs. Which is why there's a resort-quality outdoor swimming pool. Bangkok's urban tropical environment mean that guests at The Metropolitan are here for a multitude of reasons, from business to a getaway. <P>We were there as your usual tourists to Thailand, taking in every bit of the place and we've <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/4/1332/75174/hotels/Inside_a_Metropolitan_Room_at_The_Metropolitan_Bangkok">already shown you our Metropolitan room</a>, but we also managed a peek into the Penthouse and COMO Suites while we were at JetSetCD 2011-10-05T16:24:41-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/10/4/1332/75174 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/MetBkmain1.jpg" class="top"> <P>So everyone who's everyone knows <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Metropolitan/local/3053">The Metropolitan London</a></b> and its modern interiors, members-only Met Bar and prime location, but do you know it's got a sister site in <b>The Metropolitan Bangkok</b>? It's true; there's a sleek white hotel sitting a little off bustling Sathorn Road that also lights the logo of The Metropolitan, and it's just as cool, just as comfortable with two <i>huge</i> differences. <P>Big difference number one: this Metropolitan is a world away from London in Bangkok, and you'll know it through Thai elements in the rooms and an award-winning Thai restaurant, called nahm, which serves things like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/30/133741/942/hotels/Things+You+Just+Can%27t+Get+from+Room+Service%3A+Durian+Ice+Cream">durian ice cream</a>. <P>Big difference number two: the room rates are very affordable, but of JetSetCD 2011-10-04T19:04:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/20/11170/8570 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/viceroybali_tablet.jpg" class="top"><p> We keep pretty good tabs on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/viceroy hotels"><b>Viceroy Hotels</b></a> but we were stunned today when we opened our weekly <a href="http://www.tablethotels.com/privatesale">Tablet Hotels private sale</a> newsletter to see <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Viceroy+Bali/ian/246341"><b>The Viceroy Bali</b></a> was on sale through December, starting at $292 a night for a garden view villa. <p>Just as we were getting all worked up about this (how could we not have known about Viceroy Bali? @&#*@!!), the Tablet description essentially handed us a brown paper bag to blow into: <blockquote><p><b>No relation, apparently, to any other Viceroy, in Los Angeles or anywhere else</b> &#151; the Viceroy Bali is a one-off, a family-owned hotel, a rarity at the high end of the resort market. The location is juliana 2010-09-20T12:19:52-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/