If you’re ever in Tokyo and looking for a cheap place to spend the night, one of the many capsule hotels located throughout the city are your best bet. There’s usually a capsule hotel located close to a train station, primarily for businessmen who miss the last train home and don’t want pay the high fare for a long taxi ride home.

Tomorrow morning the first hotel by Sinclair Beecham, the founder of Pret-a-Manger, will open in Hoxton London.
Described as where Urban living meets country lodge lounging, while the new hotel boasts roaring fires and cool cocktails, what makes Hoxton Hotel stand out is its refreshing approach to hotel pricing.
Everywhere you look in Beecham’s hotel there are […]

I’m not sure whether to believe this report or not, but apparently Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher are planning to launch a hotel chain in America.
A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “The plan is to open as many hotels as possible by the end of 2007 and name each venue Supernova Heights, after […]

A friend recently recommended this site to me and I couldn’t resist posting it.
Unusual Hotels of the World is an online guide for travellers interested in staying somewhere truly different. From underground hotels, undersea lodges and treehouses to cave hotels if you’re for somewhere slightly different to stay this the website […]

Just when you thought hoteliers had exhausted every accommodation possibility, Travelodge have announced plans for a mobile room concept.
Described by Travelodge as “palatial”, the Travelpod comes in a sealed 6 metre (19.6ft) wide by 2.6 metre (8.5ft) high, clear polycarbonate glass box, which can be delivered to music festival sites off the back of a […]

As travel goers look for ever more luxurious retreats, Forbes has compiled its list of 2006 Most Luxurious Spas. Check out the full list here.

Marriott Hotels announced this week that they are trialing a new check-in service which will enable travellers to check-in via mobile telephone.
In a collaborative effort with Intel Soloution Services and Microsoft Marriot, in effect travellers who download the right software onto wireless enabled mobile phones will be able to check themselves in automatically and collect […]

After 34 years as a hotel inspector for the AA, Fred Chrystal is about to notch up his 5,000th night in a different hotel room.
Travelling from hotel to hotel, Mr Chrysal inspects hotels, guesthouses, B & B’s and pubs to see if their services meet AA’s hotel rating standards. Read the full story at […]

Last week Trip Advisor announced their list of top 10 Qurikiest Hotels as voted by their community of users.
The top ten list is as follows:
1. Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada, Quebec, Canada
2. Malmaison Oxford Castle, England, U.K.
3. Imperial Boat House, Ko Samui, Thailand
4. Fantasyland Hotel & Resort, Edmonton, Canada
5. Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, Manaus, Brazil
6. […]

A hotel shaped like a Crocodile View photo from Google Earth
This is theGagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn is a located in the centre of the world heritage listed KAKADU National Park in Australia.
This should be the start of trend - Bulldog shaped hotel for London anyone?

Ian Schrager is to blame - turning hotel bars into hip and trendy and night spots, now we have hotels launching MySpace Pages. W Hotel, has launched what I think must be the first MySpace Page for a hotel, extending their carefully calibrated brand of high-end hotels close to its logical conclusion. […]

I’ve posted several times before about the rise and rise of China as both a tourist destination. As the world’s most populous nation gets ready for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, its sister city Shanghai demonstrates the sheer scale of expectation upon a boom in international travel. Check out this stunning photo […]

After debuting at No. 1 in the 2004 World’s Best Awards and taking second place last year, Singita Private Game Reserve once more heads the Travel + Leisure’s 11th annual readers’ poll for the best hotels in the world.
Located in the heart of the world-renowned Sabi Sands, Singita boasts an impressive location […]

My whole blogging career has been building up to this moment. Blogging about the Knightrider himself: David Hasslehoff.
It seems the Hoff met his match at the Sanderson Hotel’s Phillipe Starck designed bathroom . Check out full details of Hasslehoff’s shaving shenigans below ( via NY Daily News)
Turns out that The Hoff was shaving […]

The Beatles only ever toured together in Japan once, but that hasn’t stopped the Capital Tokyu Hotel where the band stayed in 1966 announcing plans to turn their suite into a Beatle prilgimage site. Restoring the room to its original decor, the Capital Tokyu Hotel is now charging 440,000 Yen […]

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the U.S. hotel industry will achieve a new record number of occupied rooms per night of 3.277 million this summer. Since 2000, U.S. hotel supply has increased by 7.7 percent with occupancy levels for the July 4th five-day weekend will be 72.8 percent.
To put things into perspective the CIA Factbook […]

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Hotelchatter.com, never one to miss the opportunity to trump up the lifestyle of the rich and famous has gone one step further with their new Google Semi-Stalking mashup which tracks celeb sighting at hotels throughout Hollywood.
George Clooney beware.

For all you lovers out there, Forbes Travel published an interesting article last week listing the top ten luxury honeymoon destinations. As the price of weddings continue to grow, it is unsurprising that honeymoons are becoming an evermore lavish affair.
Americans spend a total of $8.6 billion annually on their honeymoons, and that […]

Following my recent post which featured the world’s most expensive hotel room for a single night- after reserving a luxurious bungalow at the Chateau Marmont for the majority of last year, Teen star Lindsay Lohan is alleged to have racked up an impressive £500,000 hotel bill while staying at Hollywood’s most expensive hotel […]

Hyatt Resorts have announced the launch of “HyaTTeen Suite 16”, a new program offering teens the ultimate Sweet 16 sleepover party at participating Hyatt Resorts in continental U.S.A., Hawaii and the Caribbean.
Hotels have never really been able to take advantage of the huge teen market, quite simply because most younger teenagers tend not […]

Oh yes, I love these sorts of hotel superlatives, and they don’t come any bigger than $37,200 per night. To be clear that is $37,200 FOR ONE NIGHT’S ACCOMMODATION at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes.
For that you get four bedrooms, a private terrace with jacuzzi and sweeping views of the Mediterranean, so […]

In an attempt to lure tourists to the MacDonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh, the hotel is offering deluxe guests the option to hire a £90,000 Lamborghini during their stay for free.
Visitors interested in exploring the highlands in style can take advantage of the package for £600 per person. Purchasers of the […]

Ostfriesland Hotel (sadly no website!) has introduced an innovative/crazy new billing policy at its hotel where their guest’s nightly rate will be determined by their … weight - to be exact half a Euro per kilo, which means I’ll be paying a very reasonable 37.5 euros.
Juergen Heckrodt, owner of the hotel business model relies on […]

You’re unlikely to ever stay in one, but apparently they make business sense for big businesses who claim can actually make a saving by booking a hotel’s presential suite over a meeting room and bedroom. If you’ve ever been intrigued by how much it must cost to book the biggest and best room at […]