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Dublin Hotels
Taking a Closer Look at U2's Clarence Hotel
February 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM | 0 Comments
Who's the best person to open a luxury hotel? A trained hotelier fresh from hotel-school? An old dog who's been working his way up the management tree of the Four Seasons? Nope - we say the people who know most about what makes a good luxury hotel are the people that actually stay in them. Celebrities.
It seems like Abba star Benny Andersson's making a success of his Hotel Rival in Stockholm. And Richard Branson's just-opened super-luxury ski-chalet looks set to join his Necker Island fantasy playground and other hotel ventures.
So what about the cheeky chappy Bono and his mates from the band U2, who run the boutique Clarence Hotel in Dublin, Ireland?
Ski Hotels
Richard Branson's Latest Hotel Venture: The Lodge at Verbier
Where: Verbier, SwitzerlandFebruary 18, 2008 at 10:33 AM | 0 Comments
Celebs often rely on their name and reputation to get away with a third-rate film or a tuneless song.
But can they do the same with hotels?
Richard Branson's latest venture, opened in December 2007 after a $7,256,000 renovation, is the super-luxury ski chalet The Lodge in the elite resort of Verbier, Switzerland. You won't find many guests blogging their experiences, though, because with next year's prices set at anything between $83,000 and $140,000 a week for the nine-room chalet, guests aren't really in the blogging market.
So let's see what you get for your money....and see whether you think it's worth it.
Stockholm Hotel Guide
Stockholm Hotel Scene: Thank You For The Rival Hotel
February 15, 2008 at 8:50 AM | 2 Comments
Once again, our roaming correspondent Monica Guy is summing up a hotel scene for us. This time, she's checking out hotels in Stockholm. Got a question or suggestion about Swedish hotels? Send it our way.
We can't talk about hotels in Stockholm without talking about the hotel everyone's talking about - the Hotel Rival.
The first thing everyone will tell you is that the Hotel Rival's owned by former Abba star Benny Andersson. He's not the only celebrity to own a hotel - Clint Eastwood owns the Mission Ranch in California, Bono owns the Clarence in Dublin and Cliff Richard has the Arora in Manchester, complete with, er, Cliff-themed rooms. But by all accounts Benny seems to be doing the best job of it.
Anyone who's anyone has stayed at the Rival....we're the exception that proves the rule, although we did peer in through the window.
Guatemala Hotels
Killer View :: Francis Ford Coppola's La Lancha
June 7, 2007 at 10:02 AM | 0 Comments
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
[Ed. Note: HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel reports from Guatemala.]
Celebrity Scoop
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott: Having a Baby, Opening an Inn and MySpacing
March 2, 2007 at 1:06 PM | 2 Comments
We are just completely overwhelmed at this moment. It was shocking enough that Tori Spelling and her tatted hubby Dean McDermott were simultaneously opening a B&B and having a baby. Now, we learn the duo's inn/reality TV show, "Tori and Dean: Inn Love" has a MySpace page and they are blogging on their MySpace page to boot.
Here's what Tori recently wrote about some of the renovations happening to the B&B.
I'm the most indecisive person in the world so I'm feeling very overwhelmed! I called my friends Mehran, Scout, and Suzanne to come help me. Hopefully they'll be here in a couple of hours and help alleviate the stress I'm feeling. So far today I picked the carpet type and color for each room and had a mishap with the painters. Apparently, there was a little Mis communication about color. They painted what's to be the blue room ceiling blue as well when it was supposed to be left white. Now, they have to repaint white and thatll cost extra. That stresses me out cause we are on a tight budget and we have a time deadline
So things aren't going smoothly, but hey Tori's done a better job than Nicky Hilton and we give her props for that.
And we found out that the B&B Tori and Dean are renovating is the old Oak Creek Manor B&B in Temecula's Wine Country which is in Northern San Diego county. With the opening gala happening tomorrow, March 3, we may just have to check it out.
Related Stories:
· From 90210 to 92028: Tori Spelling, husband will run Wine Country bed-and-breakfast on reality TV [North County Times]
· Tori Spelling and Tatted Hubby to Open a B & B [HotelChatter]
· The Hotel Name Game [HotelChatter]
Celebrity Scoop
Tori Spelling and Tatted Hubby to Open a B & B
February 7, 2007 at 12:28 PM | 0 Comments
When this story came out last Fall, we chose to ignore it. Afterall, we were knee-deep in another batch of celebrity hype from Nicky O.
But it seems that Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott are indeed going ahead with their pithy $800,000 inheritance from Aaron Spelling and opening up a B&B in Southern California. And they are doing it all in front of cameras.
Oxygen TV (is this the Oprah network?) will be following the duo in their B&B venture as well as they're parenting venture since Tori is expecting a baby boy next month. The show's title? "Tori and Dean: Inn Love."
We are not sure everyone will want to tune in each week to watch Tori Spelling, a pregnant Tori Spelling at that, or even watch a D-list celeb couple try to open a B&B. It's just boring.
On the bright side, we actually don't think there will be too much hype for this inn. Tori and Dean will probably be able to open it in time since they are working on a filming crew's scheudule. As for running the place, well, that's a different story. The show premieres March 21.
Related Stories:
· Tori Spelling to star in new bed-and-breakfast Oxygen reality show [RealityTV World]
· Inside Tori's Baby Shower [Eonline]
