Hotwire Hotel: 5* Berlin (Charlottenburg-Ku'damm) - Please help ID

[hopeland]

Looking for some help in identifying one - or possibly more - listing in Berlin.

Getting different search results depending on the browser and number of adults selected. Can't tell if this is all the same hotel or different listings.

Basics:

Berlin, Germany

8/4/13-8/7/13

5* Charlottenburg - Kurfurstendamm

Listing C2: Using Chrome browser, 2 adults

Price: $82

Amenity List:

Pet friendly

Indoor pool(s)

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities (self-service)

High-Speed Internet Access

Spa Services

In-room accessibility

Accessible bathroom

Handicapped parking

Roll-in shower

Ratings/Reviews: 85% Recommend, 5.0 Overall Satisfaction, Only 1 review, not very revealing

Listing F2: Using Firefox, 2 adults

Price: $82

Amenity List:

Pet friendly

Indoor pool(s)

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities

High-Speed Internet Access

Spa Services

Ratings/Reviews: 85% Recommended, 5.0 Overall Satisfaction, currently Hotwire has a new interface for Firefox which doesn't list reviews

Listing C3: Chrome, 3 adults

Amenity List:

Pet friendly

Indoor pool(s)

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities

Golf Nearby

Tennis Nearby

Spa Services

Ratings/Reviews: 75% Recommended, 4.0 Overall Satisfaction, visible review mentions "old style German" and "old fashioned hotel". Another review mentions "rooms a bit small"

Listing F3: Firefox, 3 adults

Price: $134

Amenity List:

Pet friendly

Indoor pool(s)

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities

Golf Nearby

Tennis Nearby

Ratings/Reviews: 75% Recommended, 4.0 Overall Satisfaction, no reviews visible but description reads: "Classic 5 Star Luxury Hotel on Kurfuerstendamm"

So, given all of this info, are all of these listings for the same hotel or not?

The easier one to guess is the C3 hotel. Due to the reviews, my first guess would be Louisa's Place, followed by the Steigenberger. Louisa's Place seems to fit the old fashioned description, but I think the rooms are somewhat large, so maybe Steigenberger is a better guess.

It seems clear that C2/F2 are the same hotel, but is it the same hotel as C3/F3?

[thereuare]

I'm guessing the searches for 2adults are the same hotel and the searches for 3adults are the same hotel... and you're probably not seeing the full amenity set for the FireFox searches.

HOTWIRE has a new interface which is not currently showing the complete set of amenities at the usual point of the search process.

Try the following:

• use this link to search HOTWIRE
  
• from the search results page click the offer for this hotel
  
• on the next page click BOOK NOW (no worries about purchasing by accident since no credit card information is entered up to this point)
  
• on the left side of the page click the 'See all amenities' link

If you follow the above, do you now see the same set of amenities for each of the searches with 2 adults and each of the searches with 3 adults?

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.

[hopeland]

Thank you. Yes, the full amenity list shows up on the Book Now page. That's kind of annoying.

Some good things about the new interface, but the lack of reviews and not displaying the full amenity list is a big thumbs down.

Anyway, today the same hotel is showing up for all searches. The 85% recommended one.

[thereuare]

Basics:

Berlin, Germany

8/4/13-8/7/13

5* Charlottenburg - Kurfurstendamm

Listing C2: Using Chrome browser, 2 adults

Price: $82

Amenity List:

Pet friendly

Indoor pool(s)

Fitness Center

Pool(s)

Restaurant(s)

Business Center

Laundry Facilities (self-service)

High-Speed Internet Access

Spa Services

In-room accessibility

Accessible bathroom

Handicapped parking

Roll-in shower

Ratings/Reviews: 85% Recommend, 5.0 Overall Satisfaction, Only 1 review, not very revealing

Best guess for this property would be the Hotel Palace Berlin.

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases.

Let us know how it goes or if we can be of further help.

[hopeland]

Could be right. I hadn't thought of that one. FYI, the Palace Berlin shows up as a 1* on MAPS and HOTELS.com.

For the other hotel (the old fashioned 75% one) I think I'm actually leaning towards that being the Kempinski Hotel Bristol.

Will have to decide if I want to spring for the Palace or take the Pullman Schweizerhof deal. Or keep my backup plans.

Thanks for the help.

[thereuare]

Actually, MAPS and HOTELS.com has the Hotel Palace Berlin as zero stars indicating that PRICELINE doesn't rate this property (at least not on the retail side)

Let us know whatever you decide to do or if we can be of further help.

Thanks for using the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board.