Driving from Bal Harbour to Key Biscayne--where the Sony Ericsson Open takes place from next week through early April--takes around 35 minutes. Unless traffic is a killer. But by yacht? Well, we don't know for sure because Google Maps isn't offering the boat icon for its directions yet.

What we imagine, however, is that it would be a leisurely sail, and one helluva lot lovelier than cruising down I-95 or A1A. The reason we're having this daydream in the first place is because ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa is offering a special package for guests wanting to get their Ericsson on and, yes, it involves a yacht.

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This Thanksgiving, forget about spending hours shopping, the day cooking in the kitchen and then the evening doing sinks full of dishes. There are a number of Miami hotels that will serve up the traditional meal, with no fuss or mess for you.

Check out our six Thanksgiving hotel picks after the jump.

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Watch out, Soho Beach House, you're not the only new members-only club to hit the Miami hotel scene this fall. ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa is also getting into the exclusivity game with the debut of its Beach Club in early November.

While membership applications for Soho House properties are (ahem) always subject to scrutiny, membership at ONE Bal Harbour's Beach Club will be by invitation only, with 500 fabulous and famous folks getting the nod. Need to know what company you'd be keeping as you wait for that invite to hit your mailbox? Charter members include Stephen Dorff, Harry Morton, hair god Oscar Blandi and designer India Hicks.

]]> MsRebecca 2010-08-11T14:31:20-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/21/161845/89 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/jetsetterbalharbour.jpg" class="top"><p><i><b>Wanna join Jetsetter.com? You're in luck! HotelChatter has a special invite link for you precious readers. <a href="http://www.jetsetter.com/register/promo/hotelchatter">Go here</a> to register for Jetsetter.com. Happy deal hunting!</b></i><p> Here at HotelChatter and Jaunted, we have been quite enthralled <a href="http://www.jetsetter.com"><b>Jetsetter</b></a>, an invite-only luxury travel deals site. We once described it as <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/3/13313/04199/hotels/Would_You_Buy_Your_Vacation_From_A_Hotel_Room_Sample_Sale_Site_">sample sale site</a> for luxury travel. Not that this world is short of internet deals site but we were piqued by the idea of a site that catered solely to cool, luxury hotels--you know, the kinds we often write about here.<p>Then today, we received an early Christmas present from one of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/jetsetcd">our friends</a> inviting us to join Jetsetter.com and as a holiday bonus, we would automatically juliana 2009-12-21T16:39:17-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/15/10434/114 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/ONEBalHarbour.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Heading south for the winter but not so keen on contracting <b>Legionnaire&#146;s Disease</b>? Obviously, you&#146;ll want to steer clear of downtown Miami&#151;despite its &#147;hot new &#146;hood&#148; tag, that&#146;s where <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/12/13/144833/89/hotels/Hotel_Guest_Dies_After_Contracting_Legionnaire_s_Disease_at_The_EPIC_Hotel"><b>one guest died</b></a> and two others fell ill with the Medieval-sounding sickness at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/EPIC+Hotel+-+a+Kimpton+Hotel/local/1636"><b>EPIC Hotel</b></a>. But on the other end of town&#151;a safe 15 miles north from <strike>Disease</strike>Downtown&#151;you&#146;ll find another sleek new beach tower to retreat to in the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/One+Bal+Harbour+Hotel/local/754"><b>ONE Bal Harbour Resort & Spa.</b></a></p> <p>It&#146;s a bit of a hike from South Beach (think even further north than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Canyon+Ranch+Miami+Beach/local/1284"><b>Canyon Ranch</b></a>), but hopefully that makes it a cleaner, safer option. We haven&#146;t heard of any Legionnaire&#146;s cases in SoBe yet but the area MsRebecca 2009-12-15T10:10:38-05:00 25.8989510 -80.123424 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/