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In The UK, Hotel Showers Come With Their Own Instructions

Where: United Kingdom

In the ever-expanding universe of Twitter, there is one particular trend @HotelChatter happens to quite enjoy: candid hotel room photos. These Twitpics range from stunning views to anti-views to celebrity tomfoolery and everything in between. And we can't get enough of 'em! Every week, we will feature one "Twitpic of the Week" to commemorate our favorite hotel-themed snapshot. Got a favorite of your own? Want to show off your sweet suite? Send it in!

We pulled this hotel bathroom snapshot from @helenzaltzman, who was staying in one of the UK Principal Hayley hotels. Whether all 24 European properties contain bath mat instructions like these, we cannot be sure. For their sake (and yours), we certainly hope the answer is yes.

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This is Not Your Average Hotel Bathtub

Where: 6/11 Decho Road, Bangkok, Thailand, 10500

So you're staying in a "design hotel" and you've been upgraded to a suite. You walk into the bathroom expecting a large, luxurious white soaking tub and you come face to face with...this.

This is a traditional wooden tub, found in each of the bathrooms at the 13-room boutique Luxx Hotel in the center of Bangkok.

You've got a couple options with this sort of tub. You can take a regular stand-up shower, a sit-down bath, or fill the thing up with hot water, letting the water spill over the edges onto the floor as you lower yourself in for a good soak. The floor of the bathtub is set with something of an infinity drain, so it's all good. Now if only the vintage aspect of this tub could be paired with the modern comforts like a bathroom TV...and we'd be all set.

[Photo: HotelChatter]

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Soak in Lake Michigan from The Deep-Soaking Tub at The Park Hyatt Chicago

Where: 800 N. Michigan Ave [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60601

We're not only suckers for a killer view here at HotelChatter, we're suckers for a deep-soaking tub with a killer view, a few of which we've lusted after here.

But the other week when we were in Chicago we got to soak in the views of Lake Michigan while doing some soaking of our own in the tub at the Park Hyatt Chicago.

This here is the view from the hotel's Lake Suite, an enormous suite on the 16th floor with prime views of the Water Tower and in the distance, Lake Michigan. And yes, you can even see this view while sitting in the suite's oversized tub, thanks to a set of sliding wood doors that open out to the bedroom.

Further setting the mood are trio of candles and a vessel of bath salts. Even better, the entire hotel has free WiFi so you could actually peruse your iPad while soaking if you want. (We didn't trust our clumsy selves to do that.)

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Social Hubs? Disappearing Tubs? Which Trend Do You Love (Or Hate) The Most?

Nothing gets the HotelChatter debate going faster than a mention of the uber-controvertial—and increasingly common—toiletry dispensers popping up these days. But according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), that's just one of the trends guests are now seeing.

The article starts by tackling the beast that is hotel fees—something we know a little about. And with our ear firmly on the carpeted hotel ground, we can safely bet this is a "trend" hated by everyone. But disappearing bathtubs? Colorful lobby couches? Locally-sourced food and drink options? These can't all be bad, can they? Click below to see the full list, and weigh in with your own "love it" or "hate it" of hotel trends.

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Like It's Raining from the Ceiling: Sky Lodge Park City’s Waterfall Bathtubs

Where: 201 Heber Ave [map], Park City, UT, United States, 84068

While hanging out in Park City this week, we spent a few nights right in the heart of town at the The Sky Lodge and got the chance to luxuriate in one of their freestanding waterfall bathtubs...and you know how we love a good bathtub.

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How We Got This Killer View from The Bathtub at Trump Soho

Where: 246 Spring Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10013

As you know from our post yesterday on these nightstand lamps, we spent a night at the Trump Soho. But what we didn't tell you is how we came to spend a night in a suite with this killer view from the bathtub. Allow us to do so now.

We did our usual compare and contrast of the hotel's website and other booking sites and found that a king deluxe room was going for the rate of $419 everywhere. Not content with just booking a room without any perks, we thought maybe we could do a Josh Flagg except that Trump Hotels are not part of American Express' Fine Hotels and Resorts. However, they are a part of Preferred Hotels and Resorts, of which we happen to be a member.

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The Ritz-Carlton Shows Off Their Ritziest Bathrooms

Ritz-Carlton Hotels have never really been our first choice for hotel accommodations (too pricey or too stuffy) but their newer international properties have us reconsidering, thanks to the bathrooms. Seriously.

We love a good soak and the Ritz-Carlton tubs in Phulay Bay, Shanghai, Jakarta and Shanghai Pudong fulfill our wet dreams, so to speak.

Admittedly, these bathtub photos are gussied up with Photoshop and dramatic lighting (which do not come with your hotel stay) but we can't help but want to go to there. See what we mean below. Now, anyone like to put some money in our coffers for a Ritz getaway?

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Splish Splash, Here's Where You Can Take a Bath at The Andaz 5th Avenue

Where: 485 5th Avenue [map], New York, NY, United States, 10017

When the Andaz 5th Avenue last summer, we were eager to step into one of those trippy showers which are some of the biggest showers we've ever seen in a hotel before. (And they come with foot tubs!)

But if you want to do some soaking at the Andaz 5th Avenue, there's only one option--book a Splash Suite.

These Tony Chi-designed rooms feature a deep-soaking, free-standing bathtub (with C.O. Bigelow bath salts)--and they are the only rooms in the hotel that have bathtubs. The 715-sq.ft. suite also includes a very large sitting area, a separate bedroom, views of the New York Public Library across the street, and of course, the Andaz shower. Wouldn't want you to miss out on that foot tub action.

This being winter in New York, the suites can be had for just $745 a night. It's a soak your wallet won't forget!

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Hotel Indigo Shanghai May Have The Prettiest Hotel Rooms We've Ever Seen

Where: 585 Zhongshan East Road , Shanghai, 2 Huangpu , China, 200010

C'mon. Just look at that. Can you believe it's a hotel room? Well it is and it belongs to the just-opened Hotel Indigo Shanghai on The Bund, a brand-new 184 room hotel in the city's most luxe nabe.

Aside from having such pretty rooms (and with hard wood floors!), furnishings that we covet for own apartment and killer views of the river and the city, the Hotel Indigo Shanghai has a spectacular rooftop space complete with a steakhouse and bar called Char, where the nightlife is sure to go off.

Back down on earth, the hotel also has a fitness center with an indoor swimming pool, a multi-functional restaurant/living room space that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and plenty of places for business travelers to get their work done. They even have something called "Me" sanctuaries to escape in.

But we're still obsessed with the guestrooms and we just have to show you the view from the bathtub!

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Sit, Soak and Stare from The Tub at the W Hong Kong

Where: 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon Station, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

A while back we put together a photo gallery of Hotel Bathtubs with Killer Views and while we loved the photos, we've been a bit negligent in updating this totally relaxing feature. So we're going to be much better about that moving forward, starting with the W Hong Kong.

We've already dropped our jaws over the death-defying views from the rooftop pool but it turns out you don't have to leave the privacy of your own room to soak in (heh) the sights. Jaunted editor and HotelChatter contributing editor JetSetCD snapped this shot from one of the hotel's Marvelous suites. As you can see, those Harbour views are all yours. Unfortunately, the checkout bill will be all yours too--to the tune of $1,000 a night.

Know of more hotel tubs with killer views? Send 'em to us or better yet, upload your photos into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool!

[Photo: JetSetCD]

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Inside the Hotel Palomar Philadelphia

Where: 117 South 17th Street [map], Philadelphia, PA, United States, 19103

We just had our favorite kind of weekend: a long one spent in a hotel with a giant bathtub and an excellent city view. So where were we? On the 22nd floor of Kimpton's Hotel Palomar Philadelphia, the chain's first Philly hotel and a semi-new one at that, since it only opened back in October 2009.

We stayed for two nights—one of them a gift from a party and the other paid for by ourselves—in a King City View room with Spa Tub, which starts around $250 per night.

Check-in: Located just off of the ritzy shopping strip of Walnut Street and like a two minute walk away from Rittenhouse Square, the Palomar occupies an enviable location. We actually walked straight to it from Philadelphia's 30th Street train station after taking a bus in from New York; that took no more than twenty minutes. The hotel itself is in the "Architects' Building," a vintage structure directly across the street from the Sofitel. Comparing the two, the Palomar makes the Sofitel look like a crummy office block built during the Cold War in East Berlin.

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Twenty-Two Stories Above Philadelphia, We're at the Hotel Palomar

Where: 117 South 17th Street [map], Philadelphia, PA, United States, 19103

What are we doing twenty-two stories high above Philadelphia? Sleeping at the newish Hotel Palomar, naturally. On a weekend escape from New York, we headed down to the City of Brotherly Love for our own loves: baseball and food. And since temperatures here are reaching a humid 92-degrees, there's never been a better time to return from a Phillies-Reds game to central air conditioning and free Arnold Palmers in the lobby.

We'll have the full hotel review for you tomorrow, but enjoy the video tour of our room above—a King City View with Spa Tub, which runs $250 and up per night, although other rooms here go as low as $149. And like the Hotel Palomar Chicago, Philly's Palomar is on the conservative end of the Kimpton Hotels chain, but that doesn't mean that the Kimpton-standard free wine receptions in the evening are any less neighborly. See what we mean tomorrow. [Photo and video: HotelChatter]