HotelChatter - Tag: Sports Hotels

Chicago: The Hotel Blake's Playbook Focuses on Attracting Super Sports Fans

Jennifer Kester — 2009-11-16T08:58:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/hotelblake.jpg" class="top"> As the home of the Bears, Cubs, Blackhawks and Bulls, Chicago is a serious sports town. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Blake/local/222">Hotel Blake</a> wants to win over you visiting sports fans with game-related deals. As part of the Get Your Game On package, you'll get 20 percent off the best available rate (we found a room with a king-sized bed for $139), two free drink vouchers at Custom House's Lounge for pre-gaming and a complimentary continental breakfast to soak up your hangover. The coolest package perks are the free poster board and markers, so you can make a sign to cheer on your team, and a free Chicago baseball cap. To be clear, it's not a Cubs cap, but a generic

Inside BodyHoliday LeSPORT In St. Lucia, Post-Amy Winehouse

JetSetCD — 2009-11-04T14:54:36-05:00

<![CDATA[ <div style="display:none"> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script> <object id="myExperience48204487001" class="BrightcoveExperience"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="486" /> <param name="height" value="412" /> <param name="playerID" value="4862856001" /> <param name="publisherID" value="1321358962"/> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="48204487001" /> </object>  We've spent a week teasing you with images of beaches and infinity pools on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, and so now let's round out the hotels with one that includes massages daily<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Bodyholiday+At+Lesport+All+Inclusive/ian/223886">BodyHoliday LeSPORT</a>. You may already know of this all-inclusive, adults-only resort from last winter's Amy Winehouse St. Lucia debacle, where she holed up on the island, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/1/14/93640/7516/hotels/Amy_Winehouse_s_Risque_Balcony_Dance_Hotel_Revealed">crawled around on the floor, snatching guests' drinks</a>, and

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Nears the Finish Line With Their Racetrack-Side Hotel

JetSetCD — 2009-05-22T13:00:24-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Yas1.jpg" class="top"> Remember when we hinted at Abu Dhabi's plan to compete with Dubai's entertainment by building themselves a <a href="">Ferrari Theme Park</a>, F1 racetrack and track-side hotel? Well, they've actually gone and started the thing; at least the hotel. The structure of it is complete, and currently the construction workers are hemming the glass cloak that will give the building a modular look (one that that reminds us of the Olympiapark in Munich). The Yas, which will be the world's first five-star Formula One trackside hotel, is a monster with 500 rooms and a marina for docking your megayacht. All of this capped by the pivoting, diamond-shaped glass panels of the roof, which will produce "optical effects and

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Building F1 Racetrack Hotel and Ferrari Theme Park

JetSetCD — 2008-10-15T15:00:45-05:00

Just when you thought Dubai was having all the fun, neighboring Emirate Abu Dhabi has announced $40 billion-dollar plans for transforming a natural island into a new focus of the Formula One racing world.

Beginning in November of next year, their Yas Island development will host the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on a spanking new race track, complete with the world's first F1 trackside hotel. Banish all thoughts of Motel 6, because this hot property will be kitted-out with top amenities, including yacht parking and views directly into and along the race course.

Four Seasons Gridiron Getaway :: Because Only Half Of Us Are Totally Over Football

Jenna — 2008-09-15T17:49:40-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/fourseasonsstlouis.png" class="imgborder"> Over here at HC HQ, some of us are football fans. And -- suffice it to say -- some of us are really, really not. Consequently, the fans and the non-fans have resigned themselves to never talkin' sports with one another...and discussing some sort of a sports-themed jaunt to a hotel has always been out of the question. Until now! <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Four%20Seasons%20Hotels">Four Seasons</a> has introduced the Gridiron Getaway Package, a surprisingly gender-neutral (yay! Thank you for not stereotyping!) that allows each of us to pick and choose the meaning of the package name. That is: one person may choose to go to a Four Seasons on a gridiron-themed getaway while the another goes to actually get away