The other week we popped into the Viceroy Palm Springs and saw Audrey and Frank waiting for us at the koi pond by the entrance. And by Audrey and Frank we mean white and black bicycles with Audrey Hepburn and Frank Sinatra's photos on them. The bikes are courtesy of...
June 04, 2013
Heres one of those sales where our heart starts beating, we say throw caution to the wind (and take a quick look at our calendar) and BOOK it! Starting today and ending 9/19 at 11:59 PST, the Viceroy Hotel Group is having a 48- Hour Sale. You can save...
September 18, 2012
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Today we're focusing on deals especially for Labor Day. If you haven't booked your hotel room yet, now maybe you can. And who knows? You might just find what you're looking for. (But don't forget to tell us about your...
August 22, 2012
Are these people so happy they have a hotel room to return to once the concert ends?While the festival passes for the 2012 Coachella Music Festival don't go on sale until Friday, there is no doubt that if you want to attend, then you better start making your travel...
January 11, 2012
We are counting down to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, trying to shape up like the annoying red-clad woman in the Target commercials. Okay, not really. There's no need to train our fingers to fly across the keyboard to snatch up great hotel deals because there are a bunch...
November 24, 2010
Mother's Day is next Sunday, May 11 and if you were thinking of picking up all the usual gifts for mom on her big day like flowers, chocolates, that latest New York Times bestseller, we say get a little more creative. Afterall, moms like to have fun too. (Or at...
April 24, 2008
A lot of hotels talk about giving back to their local communities so it's always nice to see this type of involvement actually happening. Kor Hotels is the latest hotel group to do so. This past Saturday, The Viceroy Palm Springs was in action at the city's "Desert AIDS Walk."...
October 29, 2007
We told you earlier this week about the midnight massages at Jumby Bay that give couples a chance to unwind together. Now, it seems like luxury treatment at hotel spas is one of fall's big trends. The newest (and tastiest) addition? The pumpkin wrap at Estrella Spa at Viceroy...
September 27, 2007
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next month, Kor Hotel Group, getting in on the marketing-meets-charity craze in the hotel industry we told you about last week, launches the second year of its "Think Pink" campaign.During this promotion, guests staying at a participating Kor hotel can choose a...
September 17, 2007
Tuesday night we hit up the Estrella Spa Soiree at the Viceroy Santa Monica. While the Viceroy doesn't have its own spa on site (it does however offer in-room treatments), its sister property The Viceroy Palm Springs runs the Estrella Spa which brought up some therapists and mini-spa treatments specifically...
July 26, 2007
[Ed. Note: This is the Bad Rate in our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature. The rates listed here were valid on April 17, 2007 and is subject to change. Enjoy.]We guess if you were headed to the desert for a relaxing weekend (or perhaps a last-ditch attempt at saving a failing...
April 17, 2007
The Kor Hotel Group aims to please with doting service and servants at guests' becks and calls. Enter the Migo phone, a little four button mobile phone used to summon service at their every whim at the Viceroy Palm Springs.Available at the hotel's Presidio and Regency Pool areas, these little...
November 03, 2006
The Viceroy Palm Springs may have been a glamorous Hollywood hideaway back in the 1930s but lately the sleek boutique has gotten some not so great reviews. Indeed, one of our readers confessed that a recent stay had some of the worst service ever experienced, largely due to the lack...
February 06, 2006
dontaskme posted a cool photostream on the Viceroy Palm Springs. dontaskme's bottom line: It hasn't got the nightlife and atmosphere of their hotel in Santa Monica but that's not the point. This is a place to chill out in the sun. Here is what else we learned about the...
November 17, 2005
Since this Northeast humidity wave is still going strong, we figured why not point y'all to a place where today's forecast calls for temps of 111 degrees--and you wonder why Palm Springs offers killer summer hotel deals. Don't worry, they say it is a dry heat, whatever that means....
July 20, 2005