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Just What We'd Expect from Personality Hotels--Kids with Personality
Personality Hotels is the master of creating crazy packages—after all, it was the brand that gave us snuggie sutra. But this time it's setting its sights on wooing a younger crowd, a much younger crowd.
The hotel chain is offering Kids with Personality, a new year-round program that gives children some complimentary check-in swag. For the summer, it will offer regal-themed goodies in honor of Prince William and Princess Kate, two people kiddies probably don't know.
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Pampered Children Play on a Pirate Ship Poolside at The Four Seasons Provence
Your little one may not be excited to be dragged along to Provence's medieval villages, but he will be pumped to play on a pirate boat at the Four Seasons Provence at Terre Blanche. The poolside pirate boat is only part of the French hotel's new free kiddie offerings this summer.
That pool also has a water slide, water-shooting dinosaurs, a wading splash pool and a kids-only snack bar. Aside from the water options, the hotel partnered with Lego to build a new Kids for All Seasons Centre with two playrooms, one for tykes between 2 and 5 and the other for children 6 to 12, which of course come with Wiis and PlayStations.
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Yet Another Hotel Catering to Teens: The Rancho Bernardo Inn
This summer, teen hotel offerings are hotter than the Jonas brothers. Places like the Four Seasons Marrakech and Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain are expanding their summertime programming to attract teens. Rancho Bernardo Inn is the latest to cater to the pre-pubescent crowd with teen-only amenities like golf cart dive-in movies and slope sledding.
Teens have their own movie night Saturdays from 8 to 10 p.m. on the hotel's driving range. They get chauffeured to the screening by golf cart. Unfortunately, teens aren't allowed to drive the carts, which would be so much cooler if it weren't for that whole pesky license requirement. The PG and PG-13 films include titles like Megamind, The Sandlot and The Pink Panther.
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It's Official: Teens Have Cooler Hotel Lounges Than Grown-Ups
NOMG. Teens totally have it way better than adults at hotels these days. The Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas kicked off the teen lounge trend with their teens-only nightclub, Crush, followed by the JW Starr Pass in Tucson with their teen lounge, Blur. Now, teens vacationing in Colorado have their own place to chill away from the lame adults.
Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain will launch 7430, a new program for teenagers ages 12 to 16 on July 1.
The program offers teens a parent- and little-kid-free zone where they can hang out. The centerpiece of it is the Whitewater Lounge, where for $20-a-day cover charge they can play video games on the Xbox Kinect system, watch a movie or go online on one of the computers.
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If You've Ever Wondered What One of These Looks Like...
We never thought--never, ever--that one day we would be arrive at a hotel and request one of these. But yesterday we did. And this is what it looks like.
This crib was delivered to our room at the Canyon Ranch Miami Beach (more on that tomorrow.) It came with with Winnie the Pooh sheets and bumpers (don't worry new parents, it was extra thin and not a suffocation hazard), a Winnie the Pooh blanket and some travel-sized Johnson&Johnson baby toiletries.
But since Canyon Ranch is a luxury hotel, this crib is probably a little more tricked out than others. Indeed, a friend told us that the cribs at the Eden Roc, also in Miami Beach, were "bare bones." Considering that the Eden Roc is just a notch below a luxury hotel, we guess we'll be hauling the pack-n-play for any upcoming stays at Holiday Inn and Motel6.
Rooms at Canyon Ranch start at $395 a night for a studio suite with kitchenette, which is actually quite decent for Miami Beach luxury hotels, especially considering that you can attend free exercise and nutrition classes during your stay.
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Yay for Shrek 'Experiences' But What About a Shrek Suite?
For parents with children obsessed with Shrek (or for people who love Shrek themselves), Gaylord Hotels have partnered up with DreamWorks Animation to offer Shrek experiences for their guests.
These range from character breakfasts to Christmastime events, poolside activities, food and beverage offerings and what we predict will be most requested--private birthday parties. The experiences will also be done with characters from other DreamWorks franchises, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar and will happen at all four Gaylord hotels in Florida, Tennessee, Maryland and Texas.
Sadly, these experiences don't extend to the rooms. But the WSJ reports that themed rooms could be a possibility in the future, depending on customer demand. For what it's worth, we think there should be an entire Shrek Suite that resembles his and Fiona's house in the swamp. And don't forget Donkey!
The experiences go on sale in July for November stays but prices have not been released. But that's not going to matter is it when your kid is begging for a Shrek birthday party, is it?
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The Marylebone Hotel Will Feed Your Kids For Free This Month
The bar at 108 Marylebone Lane. For Mummy and Daddy’s enjoyment.
Kids. Nice idea in theory, bit expensive in practice. So parents who’ve had their five star holiday plans curbed by the arrival of the little ones might like to know that the Marylebone Hotel in London is letting their child guests eat free in its restaurant.
All you have to do is stay at the hotel during April, and tell the guest relations team when you arrive that you want to use the Kids Eat Free deal. Then, if they’re under 12, and there are two of you and two of them, they’ll get free breakfast and a free kids menu for lunch and dinner at the 108 Marylebone Lane Restaurant & Bar.
Which saves mummy and daddy some pennies to spend on a nice bottle of wine, no?
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The Westin Riverfront Has a Kids Club That Even We Want to Join
Westin Kids Club
It's hard for parents to keep the kids occupied during the winter, when they're cooped up inside. But kiddies can enjoy the great, cold outdoors with the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa's Mini Mountaineer package.
Don't worry, there's no actual mountaineering going on. The hotel's playing off of its location at the base of the Beaver Creek Mountain. Your 6-year-old won't get a harness and helmet and get sent down a mountain for some rappelling. Instead, the fam will get a two-bedroom condominium and a s'mores kit delivered to the room upon arrival.
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Rancho Bernardo Inn Celebrates Halloween with a Haunted House and S'Mores
If you're looking for some last-minute Halloween plans, San Diego's Rancho Bernardo Inn is throwing a spooky holiday bash—but not too spooky that it'll scare the kids away—complete with a haunted house, trick-or-treating and, of course, lots and lots of sugar.
The hotel's hosting its first Halloween at the Inn event on Oct. 30 and 31 with a Not-Too-Scary Haunted House ($9), which targets little ones who love the chills of Halloween but are easily rattled. Kids can dress up to enter a costume contest and to trick-or-treat on the hotel's property. They'll also have the chance to get their faces painted and do some pumpkin decorating.
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Hyatt Regency Mission Bay is Throwing Kids a Poolside Halloween Party
Instead of trick-or-treating in the cold, where your kid's forced to put a bulky coat over his adorable Transformers costume, you can spend Halloween with the fam poolside at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina, so you can get some sun in San Diego while you partake in spooky events.
This is the first time the hotel is getting into the holiday spirit with Halloween happenings. The hotel's three water slides will get a scary twist with haunted music accompaniment and creepy lights. While you're in the water, you can watch The Nightmare Before Christmas, which will be screened near the pool. There'll also be a "Monster Mash" hula-hoop contest and fireside stories as well. But it wouldn't be Halloween without some treats, so while you watch the movie, gobble on s'mores oozing with orange marshmallows and candy corn.
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The Loews Miami Beach Serves TV Dinners to Guests. The Little Ones.
Remember TV dinners? Oh, the excitement they signaled. A big TV show about to start (like Knight Rider!), getting to sit on the couch with a cute little tray in front of you, and, um, the food. Right. Well, two out of three ain't bad. And if the Loews Miami Beach Hotel gets its way, TV dinners will now be known as delicious.
The property, one of the few on the South Beach strip that dares to promote itself as "family friendly" is introducing new kids' menus at its poolside Nautilus Bar and Grill, and at the hotel's signature restaurant, Preston's Brasserie, where "Floribbean" cuisine is the order of the day. And, yup, the new kiddie food is served TV-dinner style.
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The Five Best Hotels for Easter Weekend
Don't feel like dressing up as the Easter bunny this April? Not interested in hiding chocolate all over the house while desperately hoping the dog doesn't find it before you children do? Having second thoughts about cleaning up the house to host the in-laws? Our advice: go spend Easter weekend, April 9th through 12th, at a hotel.
Lucky for you, as the flowers begin to burst and bloom, so do some of the sweetest, most family-friendly, keep-the-kids-occupied deals at hotels all over the place. We've rounded up the Five Best Hotels for Easter Weekend; spots to take the whole fam to celebrate the bunnylicious, chocolatey holiday in style.
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