Category: Hotel

  • Opera Lover’s Dream at Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

    Opera Lover’s Dream at Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

    When it comes to Europe, vising the region’s grand opera houses is usually a must-do item on any opera lover’s travel list.

    Now the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest has created a new dining experience that will redefine how travelers to Budapest experience the Hungarian State Opera House.

    Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

    The Opera House, one of Europe’s most beautiful Neo-Renaissance buildings, is considered to be one of the best opera houses in the world, with acoustics similar to such famed venues as La Scala in Milan and the Paris Opera House.

    Hungarian State Opera House

    The horseshoe-shaped, 1200-seat auditorium is now available for exclusive private dinners, which can be accessed by guests of the Four Seasons Hotel.

    The onstage private gourmet dinner includes a Four Seasons limousine ride to the Opera House, where guests can enjoy a grand entrance into the opulent foyer with its vaulted ceiling, grey marble columns and sweeping staircase.

    Dinner, an exquisite five-star meal created by Executive Chef Leonardo Di Clemente, is served in the middle of the grand stage.

    While enjoying gourmet dishes such as sea bass with black olives and veal fillet Rossini style, guests will be entertained by musicians and singers who provide entertainment in a combination of music, theatre, and dance.

    The experience is available exclusively to individual guests and groups of the hotel or the Gresham Restaurant.

    Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
    + 36 1 268 6000
    rfp.budapest@fourseasons.com
    www.fourseasons.com/Budapest

    Hungarian State Opera House
    www.opera.hu/en

  • Loews Ventana Canyon Opens Butterfly Garden and Desert Tortoise Exhibit

    Loews Ventana Canyon Opens Butterfly Garden and Desert Tortoise Exhibit

    Arizona’s distinctive natural landscape and wildlife are now more accessible than ever at Loews Ventana Canyon, which has recently opened a new butterfly garden and tortoise exhibit.

    The resort, recognized as an environmental leader for its design and preservation of its desert surroundings, is the first Arizona resort or hotel to feature certified butterfly and desert tortoise exhibits.

    Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

    “This is just one way we are embracing nature on our property and giving guests an up-close-and-personal experience with our local flora and fauna,” said Brian Johnson, Managing Director of Loews Ventana Canyon.

    “In addition to enhancing our beautiful surroundings, these new features offer something that’s unique, educational and fun for visitors to help them connect to Tucson’s wild side.”

    Butterfly Garden

    Located just steps from resort’s pool, the 1,500-square-foot butterfly garden, certified by the National Butterfly Association as a national butterfly garden and a monarch flyway, features 20 types of plants to attract more than 60 species of butterflies.

    The resort partnered with the Southeast Arizona Butterfly Association to develop the garden and identify plant species such as Mojave milkweed, Arizona foldwing and Arizona milkweed that are most enticing to butterflies.

    butterfly garden

    Tortoise Exhibit

    In addition to the garden, two desert tortoises now reside at the resort in a new 800-square-foot tortoise exhibit that was certified by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

    The exhibit, built by the resort landscaping staff in consultation with the museum and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, is part of the museum’s Tortoise Adoption Program to benefit the welfare of captive and wild tortoises and turtles.
    Loews Ventana Canyon

    The 398-guestroom Loews Ventana Canyon Resort features two Tom Fazio-designed PGA golf courses, a kid’s camp, a full-service spa and fitness center and many nearby hiking trails.

    Loews Ventana Canyon
    800-234-5117
    www.loewshotels.com/ventana

  • Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort to Open July 2

    Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort to Open July 2

    Adding to its Japanese portfolio, Hilton Worldwide has announced that it will open the nine-story, 346-room Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort on July 2, 2014.

    Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort is located next to the popular Mihama Town Resort American Village, one of Okinawa’s largest entertainment, retail and dining districts. Resort guests can enjoy many seaside activities, including snorkelling, scuba diving, surfing, or they can explore local attractions such as Naha city, the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, as well as several nearby World Heritage sites. A complimentary hotel shuttle also delivers guests to Araha Beach, which features attractive walking trails and a large “pirate ship,” where children can play.

    Featuring 346 contemporary rooms, most with sweeping ocean views, the resort is home to three swimming pools–a lagoon pool that incorporates a baby and children’s pool with two waterslides, a pool featuring a cascading waterfall and bar, and a 17-meter heated indoor pool.

    Adding to its Japanese portfolio, Hilton Worldwide has announced that the nine-story Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort will open on July 2, 2014. // (c) 2014 Hilton Worldwide

    Guests can enjoy traditional Okinawan cuisine made with local ingredients at the Shinka restaurant or dine on authentic Italian cuisine at Corrente. The Mahru lobby lounge, offering light refreshments and fine cocktails, is the perfect place to chill out.

    The hotel houses a 450-square-meter Grand Ballroom, which can accommodate up to 400 guests, and is ideal for special occasions and large conferences. Five other function rooms provide versatile options for weddings, parties and other occasions. For perfect relaxation, the hotel offers a spa and a 24-hour fitness centre.

    Hilton HHonors members can earn and redeem points with each stay. This property is offering 5,000 additional HHonors points per stay for guests staying for a minimum of three consecutive nights between Aug. 1, 2014 and Dec. 27, 2014.

    Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort
    www.hilton.com

  • Como Hotels & Resorts to Open Miami Beach Location in December 2013

    Como Hotels & Resorts to Open Miami Beach Location in December 2013

    COMO Hotels and Resorts will open its first US property, Metropolitan by COMO, Miami Beach, in December.

    Singapore-based COMO Hotels and Resorts, owns, among other properties, two other Metropolitan hotels in London and Bangkok as well as the the private island resort of Parrot Cay by COMO in the Turks & Caicos.

    The new 74-room Metropolitan by COMO will occupy an original 1930s building in the heart of the city’s Art Deco District, with direct access to the beach and a private swimming pool.

    Located on Collins Avenue and 24th Street, the property has views that stretch across the Atlantic to the east or the Intracoastal Waterway to the west, flooding rooms with light.

    Interiors are by the Italian designer Paola Navone, who preserved the hotel’s Art Deco heritage and contrasted it with an urbane, contemporary spirit in shades of peppermint green and dusky grey, with surfaces of cool white marble and shining chrome.

    The hotel will feature two restaurants. The Traymore, the headline restaurant, will showcase Floridian seafood, with an emphasis on fine dining and traditional service; the poolside restaurant will be more relaxed, with wood-baked pizzas and easygoing pick-up food to enjoy during the day.

    The Met Bar will offer premium spirits and Champagnes, while the rooftop COMO Shambhala juice bar will be a space to revitalize with a bespoke juice blend after a workout, beachfront run, or massage.

    The COMO Shambhala Urban Escape will feature four treatment rooms and a rooftop hydrotherapy pool. A daily schedule of complimentary yoga and Pilates will also be available to guests, reflecting the company’s commitment to wellness.

    COMO hotels focus on wellness, cuisine, adventure, culture, service and design, while trying to uphold a strong, sustainable approach towards the people and places where they operate.

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