HotelChatter - Tag: Virginia Hotels

Hot Springs: Leap Into The Mountains of Virginia with this Leap Year Deal

ASchechter — 2012-01-02T09:15:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/cn_image_1.size.the_homestead_hot_springs_hot_springs_virginia_104889_2.jpg" class="top">Nothing says the mountains of Virginia like some floral decor!Yup, 2012 is a leap year, which means not only do we gain a whole day in February, but also that we'll be seeing hotel rates 'leap' down in celebration of the quadrennial occasion. Like at the 3,000-acre <a href="http://www.thehomestead.com/accommodations/guest-rooms-suites">Homestead</a> in Hot Springs, VA, where guests are being offered a buy-one-get-one type deal for all of 2012. With a booking period that lasts only from tomorrow until Friday January 6, anyone who books a room at the hotel will receive a second night starting at just $29. Gee, kinda makes us wish it was March 1 that's considered the leap day, and not February 29, so we could bring

Washington: Angella Reid Says Bye-Bye Ritz Carlton, Hello White House

ASchechter — 2011-10-05T09:15:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/White_House_Front_Twilight.jpg" class="top">Almost three years ago, America welcomed its first black president. This week, history was made again when the White House <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/white-house-gets-its-first-female-chief-usher-20111004">hired</a> its first-ever female Chief Usher, Angella Reid. OK, fine, not quite as ground-breaking as Obama's inauguration. But still! One small step...yada yada. Reid will leave her post as general manager of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/10/22/125726/78/hotels/Ritz_Carlton_Pentagon_City">Ritz Carlton Pentagon City</a> to take over the coveted position, which entails housekeeping duties like property inventory, state dinners, and Inauguration Day house moves. That last one's gotta be a doozymoving the president isn't exactly your standard U-Haul by-the-hour operation! Two decades of work for the Ritz Carlton brand (at properties in Miami, New York, D.C., and Rocky Hill, CT) should have prepared

Arlington: A Renaissance Is Coming To Arlington (A Hotel, That Is)

MsRebecca — 2010-11-23T14:25:43-05:00

Whichever way things swing in 2012, one thing's for sure: a new Renaissance is headed D.C. way. Well, a Renaissance Hotel, at any rate. The new hotel, scheduled to open next March or April is actually in Arlington, VA, but conveniently close to Reagan National Airport and just over the Potomac from D.C.

The Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel will be LEED-certified and, according to its website, have "the soul of a boutique hotel with the location and amenities suited for business in and around the nation's capital."

Keswick: Keswick Hall Is Not Just a Hotel But Now Also, a Golf School

Jennifer Kester — 2010-07-02T10:56:01-05:00

If hearing that Tiger Woods' divorce settlement could cost him $750 million made you consider trying to get your own money career in golf, Keswick Hall can get you started with its Keswick Club's Golf School for the Novice.

Okay, the new golf school doesn't promise you'll be swinging clubs like Tiger, but you'll learn the basics, like choosing the right ball, hitting it out of the bunker and even talking like a golfer—apparently only amateurs say, "I'm going golfing"; proper par parlance is "I am going to play golf."

Keswick: Keswick Hall Plants the New Hotel Trend: A Vineyard

MsRebecca — 2010-05-05T09:34:50-05:00

Wine-pairing dinners at a hotel restaurant? Wine tastings in the lobby? These are all things we can get behind but we'll raise our glasses even higher to the newest hotel trend: hotel vineyards.

The latest hotel to get planting is Virginia's Orient-Express jewel, Keswick Hall, where they expect the first harvest in the fall of 2011 or 2012, depending on the quality of the vines.