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Mint Hotels Freshen Up with Their First Hotel Outside of the UK
Mint Hotels have been pretty busy in the last year. Not only have they rebranded and opened a second London location, but they've also made the decision to open a very special ninth hotel in their chain. The newest Mint will be located in Amsterdam, the very first one outside of Britain.
The website states that the hotel is opening April, however bookings are currently being taken from May 1st, which hints that May could be a safer bet.
As well as 553 rooms and suites, the hotel will feature City Caphe—a British restaurant—and the Eastside Dock Bar, plus Mint’s signature Skylounge with floor to ceiling windows, outside terrace and roof top gardens of course. From the look of the renderings, the latter will boast some pretty ace views over the canals and historic city center. You see, the hotel is situated on Eastern Dock Island, opposite Centraal Station, and what with all of those trains nearby we really hope they've done something towards sound-proofing.
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Are Things Still Fresh At The Mint Hotel?
It's been two weeks since the Mint Hotel, Tower of London opened its doors, so we thought we’d check in to see how things are going.
The hotel opened on December 20th and it looks like it's all going very well. So far there haven’t been any press reviews of the hotel but there has been three TripAdvisor reviews which are all pretty sweet. All three praise the hotel with one user stating "Overall... cannot find a single fault!”
SkyLounge the hotels rooftop bar and garden, with views over the Thames and Tower Bridge seems to be going down a treat. On NYE the bar was packed with revelers watching the fireworks and incase you missed them they were some fireworks! Check out the view pictured -- we're guessing this will be the place to do cocktails this summer.
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A Fresh New Hotel Is Opening in London, The Mint Hotel
Budget business travel brand City Inn have now re-branded themselves as Mint Hotels in preparation for their newest London hotel. Mint Hotels...sounds fresh?
The first Mint Hotel will be located at the Tower of London and is set to open on December 20. Yay! Just in time for Christmas. The hotel will have 583 rooms, a complimentary video library, free WiFi and yes, the iMacs in the rooms will remain. But it’s the suites we're liking the sound of.
The Thames suites have views over the River Thames and the Tower of London, a living room, dining area, separate bedroom and bathroom. But there is only two of these in the entire hotel, so you’ll need to book well in advance to bag one.
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The Citizen Hotel is Now Using Mac Minis in the Guestrooms
And we thought hotels having iMacs in the guestroom was cool. The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, a Joie de Vivre property, has begun offering Mac Minis that are hooked up to 42" flat screen TVs in the guestrooms.
The Mac Minis will serve as "one-stop media portals" that connect not just to the internet but also videos on-demand and guest services. The service is called Joie Connect:
Joie Connect offers the best of video on demand, as well as easy access to browse the Internet, find area attractions, read news feeds and much more. Essentially, the new media centers will enable guests to do everything they can do on their own computers, from checking e-mail, Twitter, or Facebook to downloading music on iTunes, movies from Netflix or HULU.
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Order a Pillow Fight Via Room Service at the Bermondsey Square
While the Ace is struggling with the whole opening on time thing, across the pond, the Bermondsey Square Hotel is about to open its doors right on schedule.
The first boutique bed-down in southeast London's trendy Bermondsey hood, the hotel is causing quite a stir among the media. But not because of the in-room iMacs, wet rooms or the rooftop suites complete with hot tubs peeking out at the Gherkin on the other side of the river. Oh no.
What's getting the Brits hot under the collar is the room service menu. Sex toys? No. Importable guests? Certainly not. No, for a mere £10, you can order a pillow fight via room service. And it's totally genuine: place your order and two members of the staff will come up, dressed in PJ's, bearing pillows. You choose one to fight, and one to referee. Kinky. We think.
Publicity stunt? Of course. But a fun one? Definitely. According to the hotel, several would-be guests have already rung up asking about the service. Let's just hope guests don't start demanding any weird "extras."
Opening rates from £89.
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A New-Style Hotel in the Old Latin Quarter
Finding a decent hotel in Paris without shelling out a mint of euros has gotten harder and harder, even in the economic downturn. That’s why it’s so exciting to come across a new entry like the Hotel Sorbonne right in the shadow of the Pantheon in Paris’s fifth arrondisement.
The hotel’s façade is still undergoing a bit of renovation, so rooms in the front can be a little noisy, but this is Paris, what are you doing sitting around in your hotel room anyway? Besides, the cleaning should be done any day now, so go ahead and book it. And if you need a further incentive, um...look at what's on the desk in the hotel rooms. Yeah, we're thinking the same thing. Oooh la la.
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Live It Up Like a Bostonian at The Inn at St. Botolph
Ah, Boston. Home of the Red Sox, delish clam chowder, heavy accents and... not you. Ever wondered what it would feel like to live like a Bostonian? An ultra-pampered Bostonian, even? Check out The Inn at St. Botolph, where you can live like a local, in a kickass brownstone and everything — and you can bake your own Boston Cream Pie in your own suite if that makes you happy.
The "little sister" to the XV Beacon, the Inn has 16 suites with kitchenettes and no major distractions to take your focus away from your semi-authentic temporary run as a Bostonian: no restaurants, no minibar, no traditional front desk, and keyless entry to your room. The Inn calls itself an "edited service" hotel, which means the emphasis here is less on service and more on the spaces and amenities. Translation: don't expect any porters or bellmen at your beck and call.
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Mama Shelter is the Mother of All Geek Hotels
Paris' newest Philippe Starck-designed hotel, Mama Shelter, may just be the mother of all geek hotels (get it? Mama? Mother? Har har).
No, but really: the new hotel, located in the Saint Blaise quartier (which is the 20th arrondissement and on the edge of Paris), has 174 "digital" guest rooms that sort of give us of a trippy NYLO-meets-geek-chic vibe — with a techie twist.
French company DirectStreams has outfitted every guest room with an iMac — which, in itself, is nothing particularly groundbreaking given the number of hotels that are throwing iMacs into guestrooms nowadays — but Mama Shelter's actually act as comprehensive multimedia centers: a single terminal that offers every in-room digital service you're gonna need (HDTV, music, radio, CD, films, DVDs, Internet, etc.)
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What's Inside The Rest of the SLS Hotel
This is part three of a three-part series.
Today we are rounding up everything else left in the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills for you to check-out.
Altitude: Continuing the guests-only service is the rooftop pool area called Altitude on the 6th floor. This was specially created for the hotel as the old Le Meridien pool was located at ground level. The roofdeck area is a seriously serene oasis for guests. There's a reflection pool only about six inches deep as well as a regular-depth, infinity pool. Cabanas surround both pools and the entire roofdeck gives you great views of the city.
Starck-inspired design is here too. Most striking is the giant frames and mirrors that line the edges, thus in effect serving as a stylish fence.
While the area is hotel guests and VVIPs-only, there is a rental cost for the cabanas--about $250 for half a day. Food service from The Bazaar kitchen is available up here and there are plans for a small bar.
Keep Reading for More of What's Inside SLS below.
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The Good Hotel Has iMacs in The Business Center
Yesterday we told you about the Good Hotel from JDV Hospitality which strives to give back to the local community by allowing guests to volunteer during their stay. The hotel also has a program in place that gives employees time during the day to volunteer for an organization of their choice.
Well, today we have another reason to love the Good Hotel--brand-new iMacs in the business center. Check 'em out. Technically, these "business stations" are part of the lobby but it's still cooler-looking than the business center of the 1990s. And just like internet access in the guestrooms, the use of these bad boys is free.
More on The Good Hotel after the jump.
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Where To Find Hotels with iMacs
We all know there are two types of people in this world: Mac users and PC users. And if you're a big traveler, you'd better hope you're a Mac user -- or get to learnin'.
The Mac Blorge blog reports that Apple's Enterprise Sales Group has been installing thousands of Apple products--like iMacs, Mac minis, Mac Pros, and Xserves--in hotels (and even aboard cruise ships) as hoteliers are increasingly seeking to stand out from their competitors by offering thoroughly modern guest experiences.
So, the big question: where can you find hotels today that are offering up iMacs for guests to use? Keep reading to find out.
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Fontainebleau Takes Its Love Affair With iMacs to Vegas
A couple weeks ago we told you about Fontainebleau Miami Beach undergoing major renovations for Fall of 2008. Part of the plan is to go "paperless" in the hotel and include iMacs in every room.
Once we wiped those tiny beads of perspiration from our flush faces and got our hearts to slow down to a resting pace, we told you about how the iMac initiative is part of a larger green push by the hotel to save money, ahhh, we mean the environment.
We also mentioned how Fontainebleau is opening up a 3,889 room grand Vegas property, and guess what?! OMG, more iMacs in all the rooms!!
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