http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:27:34Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Spa%20Packages http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/9/8/102115/2137 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/badragaz.jpg" class="top"> <p>Hands up who overdid it a little on Labor Day? Not just in the way of drinkz but food, too. You did? Then you might like to make your way over to Switzerland, where the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz--which has two hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Quellenhof/ian/141109"><b>Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites</b></a> and the Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz--has just launched a new weight loss program. <p>The non-faddy name--it&#146;s just called the <b>Weight Loss Programme</b>--should give you a clue that it&#146;s more of a medical thing than an airy fairy celeb detox center. Run by doctors from their inhouse medical center, it lasts six days and kicks off with a &#147;body analysis&#148; which will scare you into losing weight by juliab 2010-09-08T14:50:09-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/3/12/22332/7501 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/chancerycourtcab.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>Why yes, this will cheer you right up</i> <p>Ladies, has your man ever cheated on you? Did it knock your confidence for six? Make you feel unattractive? Turn you to drink? Should have gone to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Chancery+Court/ian/164989"><b>Renaissance Chancery Court</b></a>. <p>Yes, the prize for the most unappetizing launch of the week goes to the <b>Get Your Groove Back</b> package at the London hotel, which they&#146;ve brought out in the wake of what seems like every other famous man in Britain <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2888005/Mark-Owen-on-his-10-affairs-Im-a-love-cheat-a-drunk-and-a-complete-idiot.html">cheating</a>/<a href="http://www.holymoly.com/celebrity-news/vernon-kay-makes-pithy-apology-over-sexting-bunch-women43381">sexting</a> on their respective wives. The press release is exhorting scorned women everywhere to &#147;follow in the footsteps of Cheryl [<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/02/24/cheryl-cole-split-singer-ended-marriage-by-telling-told-ashley-cole-you-disgust-me-115875-22065345/">Cole</a>] and Toni [<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/02/24/cheryl-cole-split-singer-ended-marriage-by-telling-told-ashley-cole-you-disgust-me-115875-22065345/">Terry</a>] by taking time out to escape the drama with juliab 2010-03-12T09:36:44-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/25/1754/50015 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/lacostaspadiscounts.jpg" class="top"><p><i>You can lounge here after your charitable spa treatment. </i> <p>You can ease your guilt about splurging at the spa by telling yourself that you're doing it to help others. For real. If you book <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/La+Costa+Resort+and+Spa/local/209"><b>La Costa Resort and Spa</a></b>'s <b>"Pink Ribbon Treatment,"</b> a portion will benefit breast cancer research. <p>To celebrate <b>Breast Cancer Awareness Month</b>, the spa will offer the Pink Ribbon Treatment daily except for Saturdays, Oct. 1 to Nov. 7. The special allows you to book any 50-minute spa service for $125, and $5 of that will be donated to the San Diego chapter of the <a href="http://ww5.komen.org"><b>Susan G. Komen For the Cure</b></a>. It still may seem like a lot of dough, but you Jennifer Kester 2009-09-25T09:13:48-05:00 33.0903668 -117.26744 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/20/21923/4765 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/seattleseahawks.jpg" class="top"><p> It might seem sexist when hotels like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/17/35115/2409/hotels/Ditch_the_Football_Fanatics_for_the_Spa_at_the_Four_Seasons_Chicago"><b>Four Seasons Chicago</a></b> offer anti-football spa packages that automatically assume that women don't like pigskin. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pan+Pacific+Seattle/local/1093"><b>Pan Pacific Seattle</a></b>'s not-so-subtly named <b>"Sports Widows Package"</b> is a more obvious example, but even the ladies who love the game might want to set the DVR on Sunday to avoid the boozing sports fans in their living room and take a break at the spa. And for everyone else, the only excuse needed to get pampered is that it's a day that ends in "y." <p>The Sports Widow&#146;s Package features your choice of treatment from the hotel's Vida Spa: manicure and pedicure, massage or facial. You also get accommodations for Jennifer Kester 2009-09-21T09:43:56-05:00 47.6183290 -122.33766 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/17/35115/2409 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/fschicagospa.jpg" class="top"><p> <i>You get to chillax in the quiet Four Seasons' spa lounge rather than hear shouting over bad calls from the ref.</i> <p>If you dread Sundays in the fall because your living room gets overrun by football fanatics, you can ditch the noisy, chest-thumping crowd and make a play for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Chicago/ian/112676"><b>Four Seasons Chicago</a></b>'s <b>"Getaway from the Gridiron" spa package</b> as a game-day alternative. (Yes, it's very similar to last year's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/15/174837/267/hotels/Four_Seasons_Gridiron_Getaway_Because_Only_Half_Of_Us_Are_Totally_Over_Football">Gridiron Getaway</a>.) <p>For $175, the spa day package includes a stress-busting 55-minute Swedish massage, a one-day pass to the Four Seasons' pool and fitness club, a complimentary make-up session at the Bobbi Brown counter at Bloomingdale&#146;s along with a gift, and a Football Season Survival Jennifer Kester 2009-09-17T09:18:54-05:00 41.8992076 -87.625196 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/