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Kempinski Hotels Add Syria, Kazakhstan and Indonesia to Hot List
October 31, 2008 at 10:05 AM | 0 Comments
HotelChatter's AmandaK gives us the latest on Kempinski Hotels.
Last week we mentioned that the Kempinski Hotel group seem to be on some kind of path to world domination with new hotels planned for more than a couple of corners of the globe.
We’re pretty intrigued by some of the exotic destinations that Kempinski has picked out for its coming-soon hotels. And we’re not sure if the chosen spots are an indication of future hot-spots for tourists and business travelers or whether Kempinski are just randomly throwing darts at a world map and then opening up hotels where they land.
Hotel Openings
Kempinski Ramps Up World Domination Plan Starting in Prague
October 21, 2008 at 9:50 AM | 0 Comments
The German Kempinski chain looks like they're starting up a plan of world domination.
This month they opened the Kempinski Hybernská Prague, but there are so many more on the way.
First things first: the new Prague Kempinski has normal nightly hotel rates going but also have a lot of one and two-bedroom suites that you can rent for longer stays, so the business market is obviously top of the list here.
But tourists won't mind being close to Prague's coolest way to cross the river, Charles Bridge, either. The tech side is good too with free WiFi and a "media panel" where you can hook up your iPod.
They've got opening rate specials around a hundred euros cheaper than normal rack rates; a superior room, for example, is going for €238 (US$320) now but €304 (US$410) later.
Hotel Upgrades
Could Wearing a Nice Suit and Asking for a Non-Smoking Room Get You An Upgrade? Maybe.
February 22, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
That seems to be the case with what happened to Flickr member Ramones Karaoke (a nickname of course) who has a great collection of business hotel shots. Or as he calls them "Faceless Business Hotels of the World."
Ramones spent a night near the Munich airport and here's what went down:
They ran out of no smoking rooms on a day I was wearing a nice suit and looking hassled, so I got upgraded at the Munich Airport Kempinski into a 'Junior Suite' - what on earth a 'Senior Suite' must be like I cannot guess - the Junior has more toilets than my house, a walk-in wardrobe, 2 TVs, great toiletries in the bathroom.
Flippin' heck.
Granted it was at an airport hotel but whatever! This kind of upgrade should make the layover feel a little more comfortable. The only thing that bummed Ramones was the lack of WiFi, meaning he had to stay glued to the desk instead of lounging on the bed. Still that's way better than the desk/bed combo at TuneHotels.
Click here for the full glory of the suite shot as well as peruse Ramones snaps from other "Faceless Business Hotels of the World."
