The Faena Hotel + Universe in Buenos Aires has unveiled some new "over the top" suites to its hotel rooms--the F Suite, Tower Suite, and Imperial Suite.
Pictured above is the F Suite which is a 1,291-sq.ft residence located on the 6th floor of hotel. It has two bedrooms, three bathrooms, living and dining rooms, a kitchen, a library and panoramic views of the Faena Art District, embankment and city center of Buenos Aires.
One of the bathrooms sports a rain forest shower and Jacuzzi and the hotel continues to hold onto its geek status by outfitting the room with three 42-inch plasma screens.
Each year we release our Best and Worst Hotel WiFi Lists and in 2007 we decided to add an international component. Using our far-flung contributors and our own experiences, we kicked off a list of hotels with good and bad WiFi policies from Australia to the Argentina.
For those looking to surf the web at this hotel, you should be more than satisfied. The entire property has a strong internet connection, 802.11 present throughout, and a healthy bandwidth well into the megs. Topping that, you can work poolside even using VOIP while you sip an açaí smoothie. If only all international hotels would offer the same service.
Page Six reports that rocker Chris Cornell, formerly of Audioslave, and his wife were staying at the upscale hotel when their hotel room was flooded. What?? How does a hotel room far away from a beach get flooded? Here's how:
A pal of Cornell's said, "after performing in front of a sold-out 20,000-capacity arena*, Chris returned to his room and was relaxing with Vicky when the walls started trembling, like in an earthquake. Then, Chris smelled something burning, and suddenly, the entire entrance of the hallway collapsed and gallons of freezing cold water entered the room. Within a matter of moments, Chris and his wife were up to their knees in water . . . They finally scrambled out but lost a lot of stuff."
Yikes! A rep for Cornell said the couple lost about $30,000 worth in valuables. Hopefully, the Faena will be able to recuperate that for them. Still no word on exactly why this place flooded.
* Chris' pal sure knows about how to promote his sold-out 20,000-capacity arena performance.
Here's a theory for which we have no evidence. The rise in expensively tricked-out design hotels is in direct correlation to the disinclination of contemporary rock stars to smash, trash, and throw entertainment systems through the windows of said hotels.
In the early 1970s hotels had to insure themselves against fire, flood and Acts of Keith Moon. That's all gone now, along with kaftans with metallic trim and Minimoogs. A pity.
But wait! Perhaps all is not lost. We have received exclusive reports of hair-raising, hellraising behaviour by Coldplay during their recent stay at Buenos Aires' Faena Hotel + Universe (they played three gigs in BA two weeks ago). The information comes from Florencia Vrljicak, the Faena's lovely PR manager:
The Cold Play stayed at the Faena for a whole week. They left Alan [Señor Faena, the eponymous owner] a guitar!!! Signed by all the members of the band and an incredible letter saying (amongst other things) they did not want to leave. They really had a good time and enjoyed the hotel very much. After the shows, we usually prepared barbecue in the Mercado's patio. They enjoyed that place particularly. They were supposed to leave on Friday for Brazil, but extended the stay for two nights. There is so much I can tell... One day Chris asked to use the piano we have at EL TEATRO to compose. And he played alone all night until 1 am. The guitar is incredible! And the letter is so nice I am keeping it in my cork board!
And that's not all. Sources from lower down the hotel's food chain have muttered darkly to us about 'generous tipping', 'a complete lack of arrogance' and, most disturbing of all, 'normal human being-like behaviour'.
Someone needs to get these boys into rehab, and quick.
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Each year we release our Best and Worst Hotel WiFi Lists and in 2007 we decided to add an 
