HotelChatter - Dana Point

Drive a Bentley Up the California Coast Courtesy of St. Regis

justluxe — 2013-06-07T14:30:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/117511/stregis3.jpg" class="top"> Here's the latest happening in the luxury hotel world as told by <a href="http://www.justluxe.com">JustLuxe.com.</a> Got a question about luxury hotels, the travel biz, and where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it in</a> and we'll have JustLuxe answer it. Just waiting for the financing to come through on your new Bentley? Arent we all. Well in the meantime, allow this <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fantasy%20Friday">Fantasy Friday</a> post to guide you one step closer to being behind the wheel of this ultimate luxury car, and out on the open road. But where to take this baller-status vehicle? Well, since it belongs to St. Regis as part of their Grand Tour Aficionado Package," wed say wherever they allow. Lucky for you, its on a

Green Hotel Jobs: 'Naturalists' At the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel

EricRosen — 2011-08-16T11:47:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/18481/189599_10150178686079575_129566299574_8589974_4508228_n.jpg" class="top"> All this week, HotelChatter contributor Eric Rosen will be talking with the people who perform some of the coolest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Jobs">Green Hotel Jobs</a> out there. He reached out across the globe to talk to the dynamic folks who do everything from breeding fish to teaching indigenous survival courses, and everything in between. Today we travel from one coastal environment (Hawaii) to another (Laguna) to talk to one of the naturalists at the <a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LagunaNiguel/Default.htm">Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel</a>. 30-year-old Will Steinreide, a Dana Point native who, after working with Jean-Michel Cousteaus Ambassadors of the Environment (AOTE) on Catalina Island, now leads AOTE-partnered guest activities and programs at the Ritz-Carlton. In the role, he gets to take guests on

Best News Ever: The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Has a Cheese Cave

EricRosen — 2010-05-11T16:34:17-05:00

We have no shame in admitting that we’re kind of huge fans of cheese—whether it be mild or strong, creamy or sharp, cow, goat or sheep. Even lactose-intolerant people love cheese, so why shouldn’t we, with our perfectly healthy digestive systems, enjoy the vast array of dairy-based goodness that’s out there?

That’s why, when we heard about the Cheese Cave at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, we sped down the coast to the OC to learn more about this place which, to us, sounded like a little slice of heaven. A little slice of rich, cheddary heaven.

Golf, Gourmet Food, And...Cougars at the St. Regis Monarch Beach

EricRosen — 2010-03-16T15:25:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/St_Regis_Pool.JPG" class="top"> Theres no shortage of luxury resorts on the Orange County Coast, or the California Riviera as some fancy folks call it, but during a recent stay at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/St.+Regis+Monarch+Beach/local/773">St. Regis Monarch Beach</a>, we wanted to know what set Californias only five-star, five-diamond resort apart from the pack. Um...aside from being California's only five-star, five-diamond resort that is. Situated just north of Dana Point, the hotel has the <a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LagunaNiguel/Default.htm">Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Montage+Laguna+Beach/local/1657">Montage Laguna Beach</a> for neighbors, but the St. Regis is situated on a links-style golf course (think St. Andrews) with an unobstructed view of the sea, and has its very own private beach, where guests can frolic during the day, and dine

Chef Michael Mina Dishes on Stonehill Tavern at St. Regis Monarch Beach

EricRosen — 2010-03-02T16:08:06-05:00

During a stay at the St. Regis Monarch Beach resort outside Laguna Beach, we stopped by Michael Mina’s restaurant there, Stonehill Tavern, for a quick sit-down with the famous chef-impresario.

While speaking with him, we found out about the exciting new changes in store for the restaurant now that it has a new executive chef, Brian Black, who comes to Stonehill after stints at Mina’s other restaurants and then at Loft at the Montage Laguna Beach just down the road from the St. Regis.