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Linger On at the Conrad Miami
Hilton’s high-end chain is offering a passel of packages to entice travelers for steamy summer savings on stays at the view-rific Conrad Miami.
The hotel’s "Linger On" weekend package gives guests a complimentary third night on any stay that includes a Friday or Saturday night, with rates starting at $119. You can “linger on” even longer and get a complimentary 4th night on any stay of three consecutive nights, plus a $100 food and beverage credit to use at Level 25, the hotel’s 25th-floor restaurant and lounge.
Are you pinching pennies but still want to live it up luxe? Try the “Luxe Weekend” package where you’ll get a room upgrade upon availability, two complimentary cocktails at Level 25’s Friday happy hour, a complimentary in-room movie, and 4pm late check out. Guess their definition of “luxe” differs from ours, but at least rates start at a mere $179 per night.
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Hilton Helps You Escape for Summer (But You Can't Escape Dorky Puns)
Nobody wants to get stuck for the summer. Duh. You want a vacay — and you want to do it on the cheap. Hilton hears you — and they want you to do your summer jaunts up right in their luxe hotel brands.
Hilton's upscale brands, Conrad Hotels and Waldorf Astoria Collection, have just launched a Summer Escape promo that lets you have a free night with purchase of two to four consecutive nights all summer long — that is, all stays before September 30, 2009 — as well as some bonus incentive packages thrown in to entice you to book, like free resort credits good for golf, spa treatments or dining (these vary depending on the property). Use code PRES1N to book at these locations.
And planning ahead will score you big on this one, too: for advance bookings made by July 15, 2009, you get a free night's stay after two paid nights if you use code EFN when booking three consecutive nights (which means, as we understand it, that the third night's free) — the conditions, of course, vary by property.
But! You may be able to escape your job and stuff, but you can't escape nerdy wordplay this summer, unfortunately: this promo video is full of work-vacay punny sorts of stuff. It's cute. It won't ruin your day.
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Where the Chairmen Stay in Hong Kong: The Conrad
We all know the Conrad Tokyo's reputation as one of the world's best hotels, and the Conrad brand itself as among the top for international business travelers, but what of their Hong Kong property which towers over downtown and holds down the Conrad presence in China?
During our time in Hong Kong, we managed to get a special tour of the sparkling property, including a sneak peek inside their exclusive Chairman's Suite on one of the higher floors, featuring ridiculously amazing views of both Victoria Peak and Victoria Harbour. Join us, won't you, as we delve into the business traveler paradise that is The Conrad Hong Kong.
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Traveling 10,000 Miles for Barefoot Luxury: The Conrad Maldives
Carsten Schieck, the tall, tan, genial General Manager of The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island resort, breezed into Los Angeles last week on a tour of the U.S., and sat down to tell us why a visit to his resort is worth flying 10,000 miles (plus an extra island hop of 50 miles.) Turns out that even if you hate traveling long distances, once you get to the Maldives, the Conrad will do everything in their power to make you forget just how long and tiring that trip was.
But first, we had to ask--what is Conrad. This is actually one of Hilton’s ultra luxe-brands ("but still hip," says Carsten) with just a handful of properties around the world. This location was actually once the former Hilton Maldives but underwent a recent $35 million refurbishment to emerge as a brand-new, shiny and sparkling Conrad Hotel.
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The Conrad Miami's Snowflake
It's the most wonderful time of the year! We love the holiday seasons because its when our alcohol problem gets overlooked all in the name of spreading cheer, peace on earth, Jesus was born on this day and blah blah blah. What better way can we celebrate this than by saddling up to a hotel bar and ordering one of their special Holiday Cocktails? We'll be taking a look at these concoctions all season long. If you have a suggestion, don't hold out on us.
The Conrad Miami has begun offering a Snowflake drink at their hotel just for the holidays. This is actually very cute because here you can catch a snowflake without actually having snow. If you're staying at the hotel, the drink is priced at $12. If you just envy drinking a Snowflake and want to make your own, here's the recipe:
· 1 oz. Vanilla Vodka
· 2 oz. * Pear Schnapps
· 1 oz. * Heavy Cream or Half-and-Half
· A Pinch of Cinnamon
· 1 Cinnamon Stick
· 1 Candy Cane
Mixing instructions: Mix all ingredients (except cinnamon), with ice in a shaker or blender. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top.
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Conrad Bali Unveils Sweet New Suites
What's better than a trip to Bali? Well, if we had to say, maybe a spacious and secluded suite stocked with a personal assistant. Is that so much to ask?
Apparently not, according to the Conrad Bali. Starting October 1, the lush hotel will open 55 new suites, each boasting at least 360 square feet--which is, ahem, awfully close to the size of a studio apartment in some cities stateside--and surrounded by what sounds like a veritable tropical paradise (think gardens and reflecting ponds).
In addition to access to a personal assistant, each suite will have a separate living and dining room (though let's be honest, they must be tiny) as well as a private terrace equipped with a dining table and daybed (mmm...sunbathing in Bali, how tony indeed). Plus--get this--suites will also include a soaking tub accompanied by a TV. For when sunbathing gets too tiresome, we presume.
No word on whether that personal assistant can fetch you a bride or groom for the Conrad's sweet wedding chapel, but dream big, we say.
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Giddy Up: Mount Juliet Conrad Hotel Perfect For Horse-Lovers
Calling all horse lovers: the Mount Juliet Conrad Hotel in Ireland is doing everything right for you. Not too many hotels have an equestrian center on site, but Mount Juliet does, complete with new stables, two arenas and both of those fence-jumping trails (show jumping and cross country fences, for those in the know).
The new equestrian center has just been officially opened and added to the list of reasons to book in to Mount Juliet. Those lucky enough to get to the opening saw all kinds of horsey stuff, including Ukrainian Cossack riding and, as they describe it, some "stylish side-saddle" demonstrations. We're sorry we missed it.
Mount Juliet is a pretty huge estate about two hours from Dublin, in County Kilkenny, and it's got a golf course, spa and a variety of kinds of accommodation. They offer equestrian packages that include bed and breakfast, lunch, a one-hour trail ride and a one-hour riding lesson--with riding hats and boots provided, so novices like us are welcome--starting at €245 (US$380) a night.
Non-horse-lovers are also welcome as they have a stack of other packages that might match your preference.
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Cubicle Dreamin': The Lust for Conrad Maldives is Never-Ending
Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.
In this episode, Hotel Maven Jennifer Merritt heads to the Maldives...in her head. Enjoy.
Ever since a PR person's pitch for the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island arrived in my inbox, I cannot stop thinking about this place--and that was a year and a half ago.
Set on two private islands accessible only by seaplane, the hotel is surrounded by coral reef and a lagoon. It features an all-glass, undersea restaurant, two spas and various levels of luxury water villas scattered throughout miles and miles of white sandy beaches.
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Conrad Hotels Introduce the Most Personalized Cocktails Ever
Love your cocktails? Have your own particular preference on how they should be made? Then you will love the new Conradtini menu in Conrad Hotels the world over.
The Conradtini concept means that instead of choosing from a list of cocktails, guests are given a "mixology menu" listing all the ingredients available, and can order exactly the combination they want. That means that guests can:
mix their cocktails exactly as they wish, without ... sacrificing their interest in a peach martini because of their aversion to lime juice.
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Who Mooned The Trump SoHo and Other Hotel News
· Hotel Animals: We know that the Hilton Waikoloa has a yet-to-be-named baby dolphin in its care but let's not forget the little Sgt. Pepper, born in July, in the Mirage's dolphin habitat.
· Jock Jam Hotels: A shooting goes down outside the Conrad Hotel in Indianapolis. Word is Pacers b-baller Jamaal Tinsley and his crew were the targets.
·Hotel Blacklists: Jane Fonda is not welcome at The Breakers Hotel, so says Page Six. But it's not the hotel that won't have her. Its the American Legion members who say she isn't welcome.
· Hotel Filfth: You may not want to step into any of Vancouver's hotel pools. Apparently, they are all filthy.
· Hotel Retreats: The layoffs at Time Inc. can't be that bad as Gawker reports that the entire LA staff of "Entertainment Weekly" was flown to NYC and put up in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel just so they could attend company Christmas party.
· Hotel Billboard-itis: Lastly, Curbed says the folks at Manhattan Mini Storage might be trying to offend the Trump SoHo people with their bootylicious billboard ad.
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Call Home For Free at Conrad This Christmas
If you're unlucky (or depending on your perspective, lucky) enough to be traveling for work during the coming holiday season, then the Conrad Hotels and Resorts chain have come up with their special Conrad Connections extras to help ease the strain.
The complimentary extras in the Connections deal are threefold, but the name probably comes from the first part: all guests get a free five-minute phone call to anywhere in the world. The Conrad gang decided to offer this after reading studies that showed one of the most popular activities for business travelers in their hotels was phoning home.
The other two facets of the Connections deal are quite seasonal. First, guests are offered a free gift-wrapping service for their Christmas shopping (pity they don't choose the presents for you, too). And on top of that, Conrad Hotels are offering a selection of special drinks and delicacies unique to each region. For example, you'll score some Turkish Delight at the Conrad Istanbul, or traditional Egyptian pastries at the Conrad Sharm El Sheikh.
Just to help you add to that whole Christmas season weight-gain thing. But at least you can tell the folks at home about that for free. The Conrad Connections freebies will run from December 21 to January 4 next year.
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Conrad Bangkok Expands Limo Fleet
Early this year, the Conrad Bangkok was looking to lure lonely travelers with Mercedes limos and chauffeur service. Now the luxury of riding in a bespoke Benz is open to all with a new fleet of tricked out S-Class limos for hire at 1,500 Baht ($47) an hour.
From the back seat of these babies, you'll get to avoid the notorious Bangkok traffic. Seat-back TVs also pipe in movies and Bloomberg news, and you can plug your iPod into the 12 speaker sound system.
If this type of style is a bit too much--or a bit too pricey--the Conrad also has two "Easy Rider" scooters. We're not sure what they have to do with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, but they can easily snake through gridlocked traffic. Even better: Rides on the back of the Benz scooters start at just $1.
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