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We Go Cuckoo for Pupus at The Fairmont Kea Lani’s New Luana Lounge

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 4100 Wailea Alanui Drive [map], Maui, Hawaii, United States, 96753

| July 2, 2009 at 5:03 PM | 0 Comments

Our most memorable childhood meals were bite sized delights served on a beverage napkin with frilly toothpicks, so it’s no wonder we swoon for the pupu. These island-style hors d’oeuvres are a staple of Hawaiian luaus and happy hours, every bit as much as the Mai Tai, Piña Colada, Blue Hawaii, and Lava Flow.

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui celebrates the pupu at its new Luana Lounge. (“Luana” is the Hawaiian word meaning to be at leisure, enjoy pleasant surroundings, to live in comfort and ease.) The new lobby bar features a new theme, new menu, new bar, new décor and new furnishings that create a more authentically local ambiance. We love all the new updates, none of which distract from the stunning, colorful South Shore sunsets.

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Fairmont Pools: We Want To Go To There

| July 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM | 0 Comments

Ah, rooftop pools. For the city dweller — and traveler — little tops lounging by a pool, lofted above the clamor with a summer sip in hand. Fairmont gets that sentiment, offering a number of rooftop pools and alfresco patios at their hotels around the world.

The one we’re most dying to be whisked away to, um, RIGHT now? The Fairmont Monte Carlo, with a heated rooftop pool that overlooks the Mediterranean, Opera, and the hairpin turn of the Formula 1 Grand Prix. We just hope we don’t spill Champagne on our maillot de bain.

Bermuda travelers sick of all that on-the-beach sun-drenching (we will shed no tears for you!) can retreat to the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, which as a harbor-side outdoor terrace with Friday (5 to 9 p.m.) happy hours of Dark n’ Stormy’s, Rum Swizzles, and an island BBQ. And the Fairmont Zimbali Lodge in South Africa has an infinity pool and a casual restaurant stilted above the resort’s 14th fairway, with views of the Indian Ocean.

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Kegs and Eggs at the Fairmont Miramar’s FIG Restaurant

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 101 Wilshire Ave. [map], Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401

| June 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM | 0 Comments

First we told you about the delightful dinner service at FIG, the restaurant at Santa Monica’s Fairmont Miramar Hotel. Then we told you about their new lunch service. Now it’s time to let you in on Chef Ray Garcia’s Sunday “Kegs and Eggs” brunch, launching this Sunday, June 28.

For $37, you get a bottomless pint of specialty draft beer like the Koningshoeven “Quadrupel” Trappist, and any egg dish (usually stuffed, filled or sided with the latest seasonal ingredients) like the Frittata Verde with green veggies and avocado tomatillo salsa. Beer not your thing? You can also order a la carte.

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The Dudes From 'The Bachelorette' Take Over the Fairmont Vancouver

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 900 West Georgia St [map], Vancouver, BC, United States, V6C2W6

| June 8, 2009 at 9:41 AM | 0 Comments

We sort of prefer The Bachelor to The Bachelorette — what? Doesn't everyone? — but when it comes down to it, we'll watch it if we've got nothin' else happening on a rainy summer night. And then we get addicted to it and yada yada; you know the rest.

We suppose we'll now have a valid excuse to switch it on, though: tonight's episode is hotel geek-esque. The Bachelorette, Jillian, actually surprises the thirteen suitors "with a romantic trip to her hometown of Vancouver."

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Inside The Plaza Hotel

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 57th and Fifth Avenue [map], New York, NY, United States

| June 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM | 3 Comments

Our Guess The Hotel game from yesterday wasn't that hard at all, as all of you correctly guessed the hotel with the pretty bathroom was The Plaza. Yes, we were able to spend a night in Eloise's newly renovated "house" and while The Plaza no longer feels like The Plaza, the rooms were quite beautiful and had everything we could possibly need at our fingertips...except for free WiFi.

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The Fairmont Hamilton Princess' 99-Hour Sale Has Rooms For $139 a Night

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 837 76 Pitts Bay Road , Pembroke HM 11, Hamilton, Bermuda

| June 2, 2009 at 3:39 PM | 0 Comments

While Bermuda is a lovely island with pink sand and just an hour and 45 minutes flight from North Carolina, it is also a devastatingly expensive island. For most of the year, it's a bummer on the wallet until summer arrives. That's when you start to see deals like the Fairmont Hamilton Princess' 99 hour sale with rooms priced at $139 a night.

The deal starts tomorrow June 3 and continues until June 5 at 11:50 p.m. EST. The magic promotional code words are: PZOO. Call (800) 441-1414 or book online at www.fairmont.com/hamilton.

Yes, there is a catch to this bargain rate. Guests have to book a minimum of two nights (based on availability) Thursday through Monday nights until October 31, 2009. The deal is only good for new bookings. And of course there are those pesky additional fees: a $9 resort fee and a $10 gratuity charge per person, per night, which they kindly add on to the package price for you.

[Photo: Shell Belle]

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The Fairmont Washington Has 105,000 Bees (On Purpose)

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2401 M St Nw [map], Washington, D.C., United States, 20037

| May 20, 2009 at 4:08 PM | 0 Comments


Bees at the Fairmont Royal York, 2008.

Last summer, we kind of got the heebies when we learned that the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto had purposely put 40,000 honeybees up on their rooftop to harvest their own honey in an effort to "enhance the hotel's culinary program." And now the Fairmont Washington D.C. has stuck three honey beehives up on its roof with the same goal, boasting a bee population totaling about 105,000 bees.

Each hive has a queen and 33,000 worker bees:

They travel up to three miles away from their rooftop home foraging for food, and always return to their respective hives. Nearby Rock Creek Park offers trees and plants with the essential nectar they must gather for their work.

Apparently, the Executive Sous Chef and Executive Pastry Chef will each take turns acting as Chief Bee Keeper, with a goal of retrieving somewhere around 300 pounds of honey within the year (um, betchya didn't sign up for this when you scored this job after culinary school, huh?) Even bee-haters can enjoy something, though: the honey harvested will be used in in recipes served in the hotel's restaurant Juniper.

[Photo: Norm Betts / Reuters]

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Fairmont Kicks Off Spa Season With Slightly-Enticing Deal

| May 19, 2009 at 9:25 AM | 0 Comments

Spa season is upon us, according to Fairmont Hotels, although personally we think any time of year is a good time for spoiling ourselves a bit. But Fairmont thinks the time is now — and to celebrate, they've got a deal where they're throwing in some spa credit.

The Spa Season 2009 deal works for two-night stays at the 14 Fairmont resorts with spas — you get a complimentary room upgrade plus a $25 credit per person to put towards any spa treatment you choose, for bookings up to the end of August.

That $25 won't necessarily go very far, but it depends on which Fairmont you choose. At the Fairmont Banff Springs, for example, a 60-minute massage starts at CAD $169 and a 90-minute facial treatment could set you back CAD $255. At the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda, the massage prices are similar; a 45-minute basic manicure is $59 but the Willow Stream signature manicure is $109, so the $25 credit might not be enough to make this a good deal for you.

[Photo: Fairmont Southampton]

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FIG at the Fairmont Miramar Launches Lunch

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 101 Wilshire Blvd. [map], Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401

| May 13, 2009 at 4:28 PM | 0 Comments

Chef Ray Garcia at FIG.

We were already big fans of the new restaurant, FIG, at the Fairmont Miramar Santa Monica (as is the LA Times) which is why we were excited to hear that restaurant will soon start serving lunch.

Yesterday, we were able to check out the menu at a tasting sponsored by Bombay Sapphire Gin. And lunch? That's right up our alley.

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Fairmont Hotels is Now Improving Your iPod Playlist

| May 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM | 0 Comments

Fairmont Hotels has joined musical forces with EMI Music to get "in tune" (ha) with guests needs. A newly-launched program provides guests (well, everyone) with access to EMI's digital music catalog via The Fairmont Music Store, an online music boutique that is supposed to entice guests to join Fairmont's loyalty program to score discounts.

If you're still a fan of Coldplay, Moby, Lily Allen, Keith Urban, Katy Perry and The Beach Boys, along with other stars on the EMI label, and if you're one of the dignified few who still pays for music and you love Fairmont, then this is a lovely perk.

Discounts are for Fairmont President's Club members only, though: those in the loyalty program can get a 15% discount on music, as well as "priority access and ticketing privileges for special events and concerts featuring EMI artists." That's right, a 15% discount to listen to Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" while on your business trip or family vacation! Check it all out here.

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Canadian Fairmonts Are Rollin' Out BMW Cruise Bikes

Where: Canada

| May 5, 2009 at 11:18 AM | 0 Comments

There are very few bicycle jokes that don't have to do with inappropriate euphemisms that make reference to "village bicycles," so we'll just get right to it: the Fairmont Hotels north of the border are teaming up with BMW (yes, the automaker) to roll out a "complimentary hotel bicycle service featuring BMW Cruise Bikes" this Spring. Holla.

These are, like, pedal bikes — not motorized bikes (because, frankly, the notion of letting people loose on motorbikes is semi-terrifying) — and offering these bikes as an amenity is actually an extension of the company's emphasis on fitness; many properties offer guests use of training gear during their stay, like exercise outfits and sneakers. The idea behind the bikes is to give guests a cool way to explore the surroundings of the Fairmont property while gettin' a bit of exercise in. For instance, you can roam around the The Fairmont Chateau Whistler's biking trails or the Fairmont Château Laurier's Ottawa city streets.

Oh, and we should also add that you and your child can both bring the terror on two wheels: each hotel that offers the BMW cruise bikes will also carry child-sized BMW bikes.

Bikes are free to rent, though Fairmont President's Club members get "priority access" when reserving them.

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Fairmont and National Geographic Want to Take You on Safari

| April 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM | 0 Comments

Lately we’ve noticed the lack of green in everyone’s pockets seems to have resulted in a little less eco-green marketing too, Earth Day blitzes notwithstanding. That is, unless we’re talking about Fairmont Hotels.

Just a month or so ago, Fairmont announced a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund; last week they launched a responsible-travel-focused Global Explorer Series with the National Geographic Society. The series will provide guests opportunities to engage with National Geographic experts in exclusive ways, from lectures by oceanographers to safari excursions, which reflect NatGeo’s “commitment to responsible tourism and the environment.”

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