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New York Hilton Midtown Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity...Or, At Least, Hotels
We recently mentioned an Atlantic City casino hotel that was celebrating its 10th birthday with cash giveaways and a big ol' concert. Well, that's one way to do it.
Over in Manhattan, New York Hilton Midtown is celebrating the big 5-0 by launching a new website that fills people in on the hotel's colorful history (did you know this was the first hotel to replace keys with keycards? Yeah, neither did we!).
But there's more happening here than just reminiscing over old black-and-white photos (see above).
Another component of the birthday celebrations are what the hotel is calling 50 Random Acts of Hospitality, which calls for New York Hilton Midtown employees to "engage in random acts of hospitality". In case you're wondering just what that means, the acts will include: offering complimentary room upgrades, handing out umbrellas on rainy days and helping guests score tickets to local attractions and events.
In other words, everything a hotel is supposed to do anyway.
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Go Borgata, It's Your Birthday! They're Doling Out Deals Like It's Your Birthday
As we all know, Atlantic City has never had trouble finding a reason to throw a party (last year, it was the opening of Revel, which was celebrated over multiple weekends).
Now, it's The Borgata's turn to crank up the volume, as the casino hotel's big 10th anniversary is fast approaching, and you can bet (heh) they're going out of their way to let you know about it.
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Plaza Athénée Paris Kicks Off Its Second Century With a Bang
Tomorrow, April 20, is a big day for Plaza Athénée Paris, when it will be one hundred years ago it first opened its doors on that same day in 1913. A major party is set to take place in the hotel’s courtyard, with over 600 guests expected, who among other things will be able to snack on a 10-meter anniversary cake.
Don’t be disappointed though if your invite got lost in the mail, as there are various ways throughout the year to join in on the fun, including a dedicated celebratory cocktail “Harcourt Baccarat”. Naturally, we had to venture over to the hotel and try this baby out.
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InterContinental Le Grand Reminds Us That Paris Is Still A City of Culture
InterContinental Le Grand is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, so happy birthday to it! As with any major milestone, certain festivities have been planned to mark the occasion. But if you're expecting cake and streamers, think again.
This is Paris, after all, and when has Paris ever missed an opportunity to get all highbrow and cultured on everyone?
No. Rather than blowing its special anniversary on one fleeting night of drunken debauchery, the century-and-a-half-old hotel is dragging out its birthday by dedicating a month to each of the seven arts (architecture, music, literature, film...and those other three ones). Starting with this month's theme: literature.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel is Kicking Off Its Centennial Celebrations with Some Renovations
The Pink Palace aka The Beverly Hills Hotel is turning 100 this year and as promised, the hotel is starting on a "thoughtful refurbishment" that will leave the hotel's signature banana leaf wallpaper, green and white stripes and the pink exterior untouched, but will upgrade practically everything else.
We spoke with the hotel's general manager Edward Mady back in October and he told us then that the hotel would do a soft goods upgrade of the guestrooms, put in some new technology and switch up the carpeting in the ballroom and the lobby. But the renovations will also extend to the hotel's Polo Lounge restaurant and its pool scene.
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No Retirement But a Facelift For A Trieste Grand Dame's Centenary
There’s nuffink like a grande dame hotel, especially when it’s in as spectacular a setting as this one. The Savoia Excelsior Palace in Trieste, Italy, has just turned 100. Happy birthday SEP!
Sadly, that’s as far as the festivities go – there are no special offers marking the centenary, but it did remind us of what a gorgeous hotel it is – standing on the seafront, just off the side of Trieste’s extraordinary Piazza dell’ Unità, which is three sides Austro-Hungarian magnificence, one part Adriatic sea.
Luckily the rooms aren’t 100 years old: in 2009 it completed a two year restoration, and rooms look classic but modern (see here, which is more than we can say for a lot of old Italian hotels. Props to the SEP.
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Who Knew? This Month is 'Rock the Robe' Month at Kimpton Hotels
Kimpton robes spotted in the wild...aka a guest room.
If you've ever lusted after one of Kimpton Hotels's signature animal print bathrobes, this month might be the month to get one.
The hotel brand is commemorating the 10th anniversary of their robe all month long at their hotels by doing several giveaways.
The first way to win a Kimpton bathrobe is to simply attend the hotel's nightly wine hour, which has actually been renamed Wild Wine Hour this month and will be two hours long instead of the usual hour. (Sorry, this is for guests only!)Guests are invited to to strut around in their animal print robes while employees (also rocking the robes) will raffle off robes for guests to take home. Please be mindful of fellow attendees if you decide to "freeball" it.
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This is The Only Time You Can Get a $10 Room at a Ritz-Carlton
Party time! The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne turns 10 this summer, and to celebrate, they've got a slew of promotions priced at just ten bucks--yes, even guest rooms. It's also offering an Insane Hotel Package for $60,310, but let's cover the cheap stuff first, eh?
The $10 rooms are clearly the prize present in this lineup, and they will be available July 5-7, 10-13, 18, 25, 26. There are only 10 rooms at this rate--naturally--so you'll have to be fast when the reservations line opens on June 10. (The number to call is 305-365-4582.)
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The Peninsula Chicago Gives Away $10 Rooms for the Second Night of Your Stay
The Peninsula Chicago is marking its 10th anniversary, and what a decade it's been. Especially recently, when the hotel shot to fame for being the spot where Charlie Sheen's porn star sent off her drunken tweets for help. To celebrate, the hotel is giving away a buy-one-night, get-the-second-for-only-$10 deal.
The hotel is also getting festive with a 10th Anniversary Royal-Tea, which upgrades the regular tea service with caviar with blinis, lobster soufflé and a trio of seasonal macaroons along with a gift of 10-truffle pieces to take home. A glass of Laurent Perrier, Cuvee Grand Siecle Brut champagne is included. It costs $110.
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The Eldorado Santa Fe Wants You To Get In On Its Birthday
Yay, another hotel anniversary that gives us gimmicky discounts! Today it’s the turn of the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe which is celebrating its 25th birthday next month.
To celebrate – here’s the really gimmicky one – they’re offering anyone who stayed at the hotel during its first ever month (April 1986) to return for a night at the original rate they paid – which ends up at around $30 per night (it’s called the Turn Back The Clocks deal). Sadly, there’s no cheating the system – the onus is on you to provide proof, such as a photo of you there, “dated receipt” (uhh, surely nobody is that anal as to keep a receipt for 25 years?) or “other proof”. And, if you’re thinking that that’s unlikely, think again – the offer has already received several takers (we guess the days of scrapbooking your every photo, food bag and receipt from your holidays has to come in handy at some point).
But never fear, because the hotel also has something up its sleeve for those of us who didn’t have the fortune to stay back in those heady days of 1996: a straightforward 25 percent off rates throughout April, bringing rates down to $169. Tempted? They’re throwing in a free box of chocolates with every room. Now you are, right?
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Is the US Grant's Anniversary Package a Good Deal?
San Diego's US Grant joins the century club in October. Obviously, 100 is a big birthday. In case you want to come out to celebrate, or just see whether the historic hotel has aged gracefully, we searched around to see how you can get the best deal.
The hotel is promoting a 100th anniversary offer that starts at $249 a night with an upgrade to a suite and breakfast for two. We tried looking for a Friday stay in October to see what other kind of rates we could scrounge up. First, we went to book a room through the hotel's site, and we got a starting rate of $309 a night for a legacy suite.
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Use Your Hotel Key to Unlock Prizes at The Jefferson's Anniversary Party
To mark its one-year anniversary after a 2.5-year renovation, the Jefferson will be throwing a key party. Not those gross kinda key parties where swingers swap keys and partners. Instead, the hotel is selling antique keys for a contest to see who can unlock various prizes from the hotel.
On August 31 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., five locked boxes full of swag will be waiting to be unlocked in the lobby. People who have purchased keys will be invited to try their luck to see if they can open the boxes.
