Hotels & Resorts
Resort welcomes entrants in September marathon
Travellers looking to get a running start on securing lodging for the fourth annual Kauai Marathon on Sept. 2 will find special marathon rates from the Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation. Rates start at US$145 per night for a one-bedroom condominium with a two-night minimum stay, and the property's proximity to the start and finish lines means participants and spectators can secure convenient accommodations for the race. "The Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation not only anchors the race starting line, we're also only steps from the finish line. No other location is more convenient for participants and...
Boutique luxury on Manhattan Beach, LA
The Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach of Los Angeles is a premier luxury boutique hotel, now offering new packages like the Getaway package. It includes a stay in a deluxe spa room, dinner at The Strand House and a couple's massage. At US$595 per night, it also includes a beach breakfast buffet, use of the hotel's beach cruiser bicycles, WiFi and access to the nearby Equinox Gym at no additional cost. The Shade is located just two blocks from the beach, and is surrounded by upscale dining and shopping in the heart of downtown Manhattan Beach. The hotel's interior features stainless steel and...
New conference centre for Fairmont Scottsdale
Determined to give guests a distinctive Southwest meeting destination, the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has broken ground on a new conference centre. It will add 4,800 square metres of indoor meeting space to the new Palomino Ballroom. Set to debut in November, the US$20 million conference centre will give the resort a total of 14,000 square metres of event space. This makes it the largest meetings resort in the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts portfolio worldwide....
Starwood teams up with Bentley
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has launched a global partnership between Bentley Motors and the St. Regis and The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts. The partnership underpins the heritage and excellence of the brands, creating signature experiences for guests, residents and customers with driving programs, special events, brand initiatives and house fleets at flagship hotels around the world. As a hotel brand created for "a new generation of luxury travellers,"the St. Regis brand has selected Bentley as the house fleet in hotels and resorts around the world, from The St. Regis Singapore...
Best Western Premier now in Brazil
Best Western International continues its expansion in South America with the addition of the chain's first Best Western Premier hotel in Brazil, the Best Western Premier Majestic Ponta Negra Beach. The five-star hotel, adjacent to Ponta Negra, the most famous beach in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, offers guests 135 rooms and 15 suites - including several with sweeping views of Ponta Negra Beach. Guest and hotel amenities include free Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast, ocean view rooms, cocktail lounge, outdoor pool, 24-hour room service, concierge service, and meeting and conference facilities....
Breezes Runaway Bay sold, resort remains open
SuperClubs chairman John Issa has announced the sale of Breezes Runaway Bay to Sagicor, operators of the Jewel Dunn's River Beach Resort and Spa. SuperClubs and Sagicor are working together to ensure a smooth transition of ownership with no interruption to service. The property will be rebranded to The Jewel Runaway Bay Resort effective June 1. The employees of the hotel will all receive redundancy packages from Breezes and be available for re-hire by the new operators. SuperClubs now operates Breezes Resorts - Breezes Grand Resort & Spa Negril in Jamaica; Breezes Bahamas; Breezes Búzios...
Peddlers make electricity at Hotel Grand Pacific
In a "first"for Victoria, BC, members and guests of the Victoria Athletic Club at the Hotel Grand Pacific can now harness their workout energy output to create electricity in a clean, green way. Using a pod of 10 SportsArt "Green System"machines, including specially designed treadmills and elliptical trainers, energy is converted at a rate of 75% and then transferred back to the electricity grid to help power the athletic club. This is calculated to save the facility about $3,000 in electricity costs per year. The application is a world's first, as these machines not only send electricity...
SwissÒtel Chicago completes $10 million renovation
The Four Diamond SwissÒtel Chicago has completed a $10 million renovation of its lobby and meeting space. The lobby now features a modern design with natural elements and an earth tone palette that reflect the hotel's Swiss heritage. This natural feel is set off by attention grabbing splashes of colour, dramatic art, and lighting elements like the artistic rainstorm created by thousands of dangling glass bubble fixtures, and backlit glass panels, etched with Chicago's skyline, sit just behind the innovative check-in area. Located in the lobby, Amuse is the hotel's latest food and...