It’s time to relive all those adolescent afternoons spent wandering around Raging Waters to win some hotel prizes. Two of the KSL Group’s Southern California Properties, La Costa Resort & Spa and Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, have started a "Summer’s Sliders Cup Race" that offers hotel guests prizes for the fastest time down the resorts’ 100-foot water slides.

Sliders Cup races take place at each resort every Thursday and Saturday at 5:00pm, and run June 18-September 7. Prospective competitors will be separated into age groups: 7-10 years, 11-14, 15-19, and 20 and over. So all you college kids home for the summer, time to really shine and put your parents’ friends to shame.

]]> EricRosen 2009-06-23T15:07:15-05:00 33.7432470 -116.40711 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/25/85415/2842 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Agua_Caliente_Resort_California.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>It's no surprise to us that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Agua+Caliente+Casino+Resort+Spa/ian/267588"><b>Agua Caliente Resort Hotel</b></a>, part of a casino complex in Rancho Mirage, California, has a bunch of dazzling lights. The surprising bit is that the whole lighting system in the new hotel is so high tech and at the same time, clean and green.</p><p>The fiddly details are that the hotel have used special LED cove lighting on 14 floors and this lighting has a bunch of advantages: it lasts longer, so they don't need to get staff up to change light bulbs, and it's easy to choose different light "colors" with this technology so you can get the atmosphere you're after. </p><p>On top of that the lights are also amandak 2008-07-25T09:13:07-05:00 33.8149220 -116.40808 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/3/155641/8860 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ritz_ranchomirage.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>The newest Ritz Carlton in Southern California is set to be the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ritz+Carlton+Rancho+Mirage/local/743"><b>Ritz Carlton Rancho Mirage</b></a>, near Coachella Valley which will open in December 2007.<p>Never mind that the real Clinique La Prairie has taken the Ritz-Carlton brand to court for opening what they say are <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/11/162224/924/hotels/Ritz_Carlton_Spa_and_Others_Not_Associated_with_Clinique_La_Prairie">knock-off La Prairie</a> spas in their hotels, the Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage will have its very own La Prairie spa. <p>Judging from the description, the spa will be pretty spectacular and it should be since the 24,000 sq.ft. spa cost $25 million to build:<blockquote><p>The spa structure will be nestled into the hillside, tucked into the earth on multiple levels. &nbsp;The entrance will be artfully screened by a low wall and vine-covered trellises, juliana 2007-08-03T16:07:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/1/26/15139/2398 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/img_0385_2.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p><a href="http://www.ritzcarlton.com">Ritz-Carlton</a> is taking over the legendary <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lodge+At+Rancho+Mirage/ian/118250"><b>Lodge at Rancho Mirage</b></a> in California's Coachella Valley, with hopes that the first phase of the massive construction project be completed by December 2007. <p>According to the official press release, Ritz will sink about $500 million into gutting and renovating the place into a 244-room resort with an internationally-branded spa and of course, 154 luxury residential units.<p>While the press release dished out all the sordid construction and design details (sample line: "The hotel's fa&#231;ade will be transformed through the integrated use of multi-hued stone and rich, highly-saturated colors that mirror the inherent beauty of the area's desert surroundings."), a tipster emailed us the real dirt: <blockquote><p>It appears they have demolished juliana 2007-01-26T15:19:29-05:00 33.767678 -116.45617 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2003/12/20/164412/57 <![CDATA[<p>For fans of the ABC TV hit "The Bachelorette," <a href="http://weddings.about.com/cs/justforfun/a/tristaandryan.htm?terms=trista%20ryan">Trista & Ryan's wedding</a> was all the rage. For those of you who didn't tune in, the outdoor extravaganza was held at <a href="http://ranchomirage.rockresorts.com/">The Lodge at Rancho Mirage</a> near Palm Desert.</p> <p>Now you can "Live like a millionaire for a weekend at The Lodge at Rancho Mirage" with their <a href="http://ranchomirage.rockresorts.com/specialsinfo.asp?specialid=155">Millionaire Fantasy Package.</a> </p> <p>Who wouldn't want three nights with unlimited use of a Ferrari F360 Modena or convertible Porsche 911 Carrera? Naturally, deluxe spa treatments and a catered, candlelight dinner in their secluded gazebo are par for the course. But if you've never had a rose petal bath or had to choose between Christal and Dom&#151;then you haven't lived.</p> jenleo 2003-12-22T09:08:09-05:00 33.772439 -116.42373 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/