HotelChatter

Celebrity Scoop

Nicolette Sheriden and Michael Bolton Join the Bad Celebrity Hotel Guest Club

January 7, 2008 at 1:48 PM | 0 Comments

We all thought Nicolette Sheriden looked great for a 40+ woman prancing on the beach in St. Barths during her vacation over the holidays with fiancee Michael Bolton but apparently someone that looks so good on the outside isn't so nice on the inside.

Or so says the hotel staff at the Hotel Taiwana. Page Six reports that Nicolette and Michael were a "bloody nightmare". One staffer said:

"They kept trying to get deals on the room and boat rentals," our source said. "They wanted a bigger boat. And he's a vegetarian - they looked all over the island for food to accommodate him." The two flew back to LA Saturday. Sheridan's rep did not return a call.

Hmmm...sounds like Michael Bolton was more of a diva than Nicolette. But with rooms starting here at 950 Euros, we kinda can't blame them for asking for a deal.

[Photo: Egotastic]

Christian Liaigre

Le Sereno: Leave Your OCD At Home

March 1, 2007 at 12:03 PM | 0 Comments

Ok, you know we usually shy away from staged marketing photos. It isn't like we have an aversion to good photos--Noah takes great, real hotel photos for us. However, the above photo illustrates why we like to use hotel issued photos as a last resort.

C'mon. We all know if you are lucky enough to check in to the Christian Liaigre (Club Med Bora Bora, The Mercer in New York) designed Le Sereno in Saint-Barthélemy you are going to flop on the bed in sheer ecstasy, leaving your bags strewn throughout the room along the way--why do they have to prop those bags up there? Besides, the room looks great regardless, just leave the bags out of the shot.

Furthermore, if do happen to be OCD enough to neatly line your perfectly packed burlap bags at the end of the bed before enjoying the room, then we hope the person unlucky enough to travel with you brought plenty of rum.

Our advice to the person traveling with this type of pedantic traveler? Head out to that couch type thing you see in the insert above, down a bottle of rum and flirt heavily with the young, friendly, beautiful staffers that grace this 37-villa seaside resort.

The villas include plasma-screen TVs, iPods, Wi-Fi, and Ex Voto Paris bath products.

The beach isn't one of the nicest on the island, but the resort is--we are sure your OCD partner, who meticulously lines up luggage at the end of hotel beds upon arrival, is already complaining about the beach, instead of enjoying the beautiful resort. See why we don't usually use these type of photos? They conjure up all kinds of visions.

Related Stories:
·   St. Barts Travel Stories [Jaunted]

Sponsored Links:
·   Le Sereno Rates [TabletHotels]