Need an excuse for a vacation some place warm but don't want to feel like a slacker? If you've got a spare few grand, why not hit up the Wailea Fantasy Tennis Camp at the Four Seasons Maui?

The four-day tennis bootcamp will give guests/students the chance to train with pros including Tom Gullikson, Lindsay Davenport, Michael Russell and Corina Morariu--and then forget everything they learned at the end-of-camp Awards Luau.

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In our new "Hotel of the Week" feature, we look at a property that everyone is talking about and give you the lowdown of what's going on at the hot spot hotel.

This week, we're seeing a lot of buzz on the hotel page for Four Seasons Maui, so we decided to take a look at what’s happening at the property.]]> Jennifer Kester 2010-09-03T13:41:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/19/8532/0280 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/hoteldupalaisviews.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>The stunning coastal views from Hotel Du Palais</i> <p>They say the customer is always right, and we generally agree. PR pushes and clever marketing can often make a hotel sound better than it is, but leave it to a consumer to give you the inside track with merciless honesty. This is precisely why Readers Choice lists are more trusted than other carefully cultivated round-ups. <p>Last week, <b><i>Condé Nast Traveler</i>'s unveiled its 22nd Annual Readers Choice Awards</b>, a respectable overview of the best cities, islands, resorts, airlines, and other travel-related miscellany. It's the location-specific hotel and resort "Top Three" lists that caught our eye first, of course, but there were some questionable standouts as well. <p>Some of the Heidi Atwal 2009-10-19T09:43:40-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/21/05027/5440 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/grandwaileacabanaline.jpg" class="top"><p>Last month, we told you that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Wailea+Resort/local/486"><b>Grand Wailea Resort and Spa</b></a> in Wailea, Maui might have the coolest pool amenities (little grottos, a kiddie pool with a beach, waterslides galore) but that the place was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/15624/45628/hotels/Is_the_Grand_Wailea_Resort_Like_Las_Vegas_But_for_Kids_">too crowded with children</a> for anyone to truly enjoy. <p>Well, we thought you might like some photographic evidence of just how crowded the pool scene is: here's a snapshot of the line for beach cabanas that we snapped last Friday. <p>Guests (only hotel guests are allowed access to the resort) must wait in this line before obtaining one of the beach cabanas. As usual with pool chairs and the like, the early bird gets the coveted seat on the beach juliana 2009-08-21T08:54:38-05:00 20.6832550 -156.43956 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/