HotelChatter - Tag: Healthy Hotels

Santa Monica : Bye, Bye Burger and Fries, Here Come The Gluten-Free Menus

Jennifer Kester — 2011-06-23T15:05:03-05:00

Hotel restaurants are getting savvy about catering to their diners palates. Several spots started offering vegan fare and now the Hotel Casa del Mar is going gluten-free on one of its menus. (But they aren't the first. Fairmont Hotels also made a similar move back in January and Vegas has done gluten free for a while.)

Unlike some eateries that only offer one or two appropriate dishes, the Santa Monica hotel's Catch restaurant has a substantial menu of gluten-free goodies, from crudo and salads to entrees and sides.

Four Hotels Where You Can Feast on Vegan Fare

Jennifer Kester — 2011-04-13T11:07:08-05:00

Crispy polenta—yummm.

We always feel bad for our globe-trotting vegan friends. When they dine at hotels, they are stuck with practically no options on the menu, and the choices they do have are basically limited to lettuce. But a number of hotels are trying to cater to the meat-free, dairy-free crowd and offer a special vegan menu that also tastes good.

Check out four hotels that are cooking it up animal-free.

Will More Hotels Follow Courtyard by Marriott's Calorie-Counting Example?

JetSetCD — 2010-07-19T14:49:57-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bistrocbm1.JPG" class="top">Eat. Drink. Connect. Calorie-Count. You never hear much about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/courtyard%20by%20marriott">Courtyard by Marriott</a> hotels ever, but when they have news at least it's pretty cool. The most recent bit is that the chain of budget hotels is about to revamp their Bistro dining conceptan open, grab-and-pay concept similar to what Aloft Hotels doby upgrading the menus. In particular, Courtyard by Marriott is adding calorie listings to their menu items, which includes everything from Starbucks coffee to low-fat/low-calorie muffins. Marriott claims that this will put Courtyard at the "forefront of the U.S. healthcare reform bill, which will require all chain restaurants in the U.S. to post calorie counts on their menus." New York has already adopted a similar law,

Sydney: Get a Taste of the Healthy Life on Hilton Sydney's Health Retreats

amandak — 2009-05-28T09:02:29-05:00

If you're looking for a vacation that's healthier than the average overindulgent getaway, here's a suggestion: the Hilton Health Retreat which they run four times a year at the Sydney Hilton. The next retreat is coming up soon, from June 12 to 14, so get packing for Oz fast and you'll come away feeling pretty good – or pretty exhausted.

The Hilton Health Retreat is a pretty full-on weekend, led by an expert nutritionist and a fitness pro. You have to undertake a fitness and nutrition assessment before you even get there, so those two experts can set about planning all the right activities for you.

New York: The Shoreham Hotel's Juice Bar Gives New Meaning to "Liquid Lunch"

annie0007 — 2008-06-25T09:30:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/SH_GroupShakes_1_.jpg" class="imgborder">What hotel in their right mind would actually harken back to the days of liquid lunches, where mad men would step out for a two-hour lunch and knock back three martinis, stumble back to the office and demand the secretary hold their calls for the rest of the day? <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Shoreham+Hotel/local/135">The Shoreham New York</a>, that's what... putting a juiced-up 21st century twist on The Liquid Lunch at their new <a href="http://www.shorehamhotel.com/hotel/doc/Shoreham-juice.pdf">Juice Bar</a>. Forget all those Dirty, Cosmo, -Tini drinks...how about a healthy blend of carrot, celery, tomato, and lime? Or a blend of blackberries, oranges, plums, and melon? Aren't you game for flavored yogurt and your favorite fruit? For, gulp, US$8 a pop, you can pick from an