HotelChatter - Tucson

Are Teen Lounges The Newest Hotel Trend?

juliana — 2011-05-03T16:32:10-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Blur_040.jpg" class="top"> This might be the perfect place for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0">Rebecca Black's</a> follow up to her <s>mocked hit</s> smash single, "Friday." Over Easter weekend, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/JW+Marriott+Starr+Pass+Resort+and+Spa/local/4021">JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa</a> in Tucson opened their new Blur Lounge, a teens-only place where kids can socialize with each other and try out the latest cool gadgets like iPad2s, Playstations's 3Move game system and Xbox 360. There's also a movie area with a 46 LCD HDTV and a library of DVDs. We call dibs on High School Musical 1, 2 and 3!Even though the place isn't quite as sexy as the Atlantis' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/3/144617/6508/hotels/Atlantis_is_Starting_Kids_Early_on_Their_Club_Habits_with_New_Teen_Club_Crush">teen nightclub, Crush</a>, the Blur lounge will host a "Poptail Hour" every Saturday night from 6pm

Forget Liposuction! Just Take a Trip to The Miraval Resort

Jennifer Kester — 2010-07-29T13:23:15-05:00

If you're going to follow Kim Kardashian's Twitter advice and steer clear of plastic surgery, the Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa offers another option. The resort is partnering with integrative medicine trailblazer Dr. Andrew Weil for a new health and wellness program.

So instead of doing lipo, Miraval will teach people about weight management and how take charge of their overall health in a program that will launch in August.

It's Not Because of Climate Change That You Can Ice Skate in the Desert

Jennifer Kester — 2009-12-10T09:39:41-05:00

The JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa may be smack-dab in the Sonoran Desert, but the hotel isn't letting the arid climate stop it from ushering the holidays with a winter wonderland complete with a 30-foot tree, sledding and ice skating.

The hotel will open Arctic Pass, an outdoor 1,500-square-foot synthetic ice rink and the first of its kind in Southern Arizona, when it kicks off its wintertime festivities on December 18. Santa will be in attendance, ditching the reindeer and arriving by helicopter at 8:30 p.m. After posing for pictures with the guy in the big red suit, hit the ice.

JW Marriott Starr Pass Gets a New Sports Bar (Just in Time for Football Season)

Jennifer Kester — 2009-09-10T08:55:01-05:00

If you're ready for some football, spend the season opener at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa's new Catalina Sports Bar and Grill in Tuscon, Arizona.

Formerly dubbed Catalina Steakhouse, Catalina Sports Bar and Grill was reopened on Sept. 4 with a new casual tavern-style look, menu and focus on sports fans. Watch the kickoff from one of seven HDTVs and guzzle some beer from local breweries like Barrio and Thunder Canyon. If you visit during happy hour, daily from 4 to 6 p.m., all pints of draft beer cost $2.50, glasses of selected wines are $3 and all cocktails are $5. There are also daily specials available.

JW Marriott Starr Pass Featured in 'Away We Go'

Jenna — 2009-07-28T12:17:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/krasinskiaway.jpg" class="top"> Guh, did you see 'Away We Go' with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph? It looked promising and Garden-State-esque, and it definitely delivered lots of cute moments with generous shots of John Krasinski's face, backed by some pretty acoustic music and a whole lot of scenery changes. The movie is the story of a young couple (Krasinski and Rudolph) who goes on a journey across the country to search for a place to raise a family. And in the scene where they go to Arizona to see Verona's sister, did anyone else manage to catch the hotel the couple dropped by? You know, where they had drinks on the patio and Krasinski's character awkwardly sorta-fell off the