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Buy Everything But The Bed (But Try The Bed) At The Alluvian
We’re always suckers for hotel tat – whether it’s nicking a pen and notebook from the room, buying branded crockery or saving up for one of those Kimpton animal print bathrobes.
So imagine our excitement when we popped in to see the posh Alluvian hotel in Greenwood, Mississippi and found that, as well as the beds in the rooms (which we couldn’t hunker down on, what with not being hotel guests), there’s a bedroom for visitors to try out in the hotel shop across the road.
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Stay Three Nights at the Westin Riverfront, Get a 'Free' Heavenly Bed
You know how sometimes a milestone birthday can turn into a birthday week, or even a whole month of birthday revelry? You know the drill: There’s the coworker lunch, and the happy hour with friends, and the special dinner date, and then the blowout party, and, well, any excuse to party, right?
Westin’s Heavenly Bed turned 10 this year, and we’d have to say it’s celebrating in style. There was the Greatest Birthday Cake Ever, and the stay-10-nights-in-Beijing-get-a-“free”-bed promo. And now, Beaver Creek’s new Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa is offering a similar, slightly cheaper deal.
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Westin Has Sold 30,000 'Heavenly Beds' and We Want a Shower Head
So tell us have you ever really, really really ever loved a shower head? Bryan Adams-style? With all the thought put into the design and furnishings of a hotel, it isn't particularly surprising that guests would want to take a bit of it home with them — and these days we don't mean stealing the bidet towels.
Thanks to the LA Times' look at hotel brands with their own gift shops, we've now got an idea of the great number of guests tempted to do things like hijack a bike from the Shutters On the Beach Hotel in Santa Monica.
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Harrah's AC Hits the Jackpot with Jacques Torres Chocolate
It's the middle of March already and the east coast is still mired in the cold, thanks to Punxsutawney Phil. If it weren't for St. Patrick's Day, we would be bundled up yet; instead, we headed down to Atlantic City for a rare weeknight escape, and discovered that Harrah's is brewing a little heat of their own.
After wading through the lights and sirens of the casino, denying the urge to tuck into the buffet, and gawking into the tropical pool dome, guests will come face to face with one of New York's favorite little gift havens: Jacques Torres Chocolates. It's no surprise that Jacques, who is something of a celebrity chef after writing several cookbooks, hosting PBS shows and "Chocolate with Jacques Torres" on the Food Network, has done this deal with Harrah's for an Atlantic City location; New Yorkers will recognize it straightaway and most others will know of him from his TV appearances.
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Can Wynn Hotels' Luxury Shops Survive the Recession?
"I went to the Wynn and all I got was this stupid T-shirt." Without a doubt, this is being heard more often around Vegas as merrymakers head to the city of spending without as much cash. On our last excursion, we opted for a case of mints shaped like the hotel rather than an overpriced T-shirt.
So how will the glut of luxury shops at the Wynns in Las Vegas and Macau get through the bad economy? We're going to guess group therapy.
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Checking In on The Emperor's Wife
When we last checked in on Elaine Wynn, Jason Kidd had given her his U.S. Olympic Gold Medal. Um. Right. So what is Steve Wynn's wife up to now that Encore Las Vegas has just opened?
Well according to the LA Times, the emperor's wife is busying herself with helping the flailing Las Vegas economy. Mrs. Wynn has a real job at Wynn Resorts as a director and she oversees all the retail shops at the hotels. And what a fun job it must have been to select the stores for Encore.
The project, billed as the Wynn hotel's "sexy little sister," includes several boutiques -- Hermès; the new Chanel Ultra-Luxe boutique (the first in the U.S.); the edgy multibrand Ensemble with new styles by Ossie Clark, Thomas Wylde and Philipp Plein and vintage finds such as a 1966 Paco Rabanne Lucite and metal chain-link dress ($10,780); In Step, a temple to over-the-top shoes such as Nicholas Kirkwood's platinum crocodile spaceship-like stilettos ($7,995); and Wynn and Company Jewelry, home to those sliced diamonds.
What's probably not fun? Trying to sell all those luxe goods in a recession. All of this extravagant inventory was ordered before the economy started to tank so the Wynns will have to be more careful about what they order the next time around.
Still, while the Wynns are scaling back in some places (they canceled a black-tie gala for the opening of Encore), they still firmly believe in giving guests a brief chance to experience the high life. As Elaine herself says, "If people can't afford to indulge themselves, they can still appreciate the artistry." We'll try to restrain ourselves.
[Photo: Wally Skalij for the LA Times]
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Fancy Some Courtyard By Marriott in Your Bedroom?
Courtyard By Marriott has just celebrated its 25th anniversary and along with an updated lobby look, the brand has now put forth their own retail swag. Shop Courtyard under the Shop Marriott website, has just been introduced for all those guests eager to get their grubby hands on...pillow protectors, sheets and shower curtains. Hmm...not quite what we were anticipating although the sale of Davies Gates toiletries gave us something to smile about.
The prices are what you would expect from bedding in a department store although the sheets are not sold as a set. You have to buy the fitted and flat sheets and pillowcases separately. Those prices begin at $35.
Word on the Marriott Twitter feed is that Renaissance will get its own swag shortly too.
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Park Hyatt Istabul Opens With Armani and Gucci Inside
[Update: Despite what the online reservations system initially told us, this hotel is offically opening on October 16th. Online reservations are being taken for stays later than October 18th.]
There are at least two reasons to stay at the new Park Hyatt Istanbul Maçka Palas: Istanbul is the only city in the world located on two continents, and Emporio Armani and Gucci boutiques are in the same building.
Of course, there is also the limestone bathrooms, with 25 of the 90 deluxe-sized rooms featuring authentic Turkish baths with heated stone seats. And it's located smack in the middle of the ultra-trendy shopping district, Nişantaşi, home of some of the best shopping in the world.
Each guestroom is equipped with the latest technology including high-speed broadband Internet access, flat screen television, a DVD/CD player and iPod docking station. And a boutique hotel wouldn't be complete without an exclusive spa and special spa suites.
This renovated 1922 building has a unique blend of the old art deco and new modern architecture found in other Park Hyatts. Glass tile is found in much of the hotel with a "Bordeaux Wall" in The Prime, the first Istanbul steakhouse, made entirely out of wine bottle glass.
The hotel officially just opened September 1 but already appears to be sold out for much of September. Rates start at 230 euros ($336 US).
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Jet Set Girl Dines Next to Nobu at The Belvedere Hotel in Mykonos
Once again, Jet Set Life's Kimberly Murgatroyd returns with another VIP Hotel Review. You may recall her last visit at the Don Carlos Resort in Marbella. This time she's chillaxing in Mykonos at The Belvedere Hotel. Enjoy.
Some jet-set destinations come and go, but Mykonos has actually been an island getaway dating back to the 11th century BC. This island is so sexy that even Zeus fought over it! Enough history, let's get to the good stuff.
My husband and I did a two week stint for our yearly honeymoon during mid-July when the season, which in my opinion, is perfect. The weather is warm, yet not humid. The island is crawling with a mix of weekend visiting Athenians and the beautiful Italians.
For those in the know,The Belvedere Hotel is the only hotel on the island that delivers the kind of service, vibe and consistently chic attitude that you want from your Greek island getaway.
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MGM's CityCenter Will Feature a Shopping Mecca Called The Crystals
When MGM's CityCenter opens in late 2009, it will change the face of the Las Vegas Strip forever. The complex will feature three hotels, a luxury apartment building and a ton of gaming, restaurant and retail space.
And it's that retail space we're so interested in. CityCenter has wisely ignored the choice to name their shopping complex something tired like "The Shops at City Center" in favor of something a bit more mysterious. CityCenter's retail haven will instead be called, The Crystals.
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Snapshot :: The Plaza Bed Spotted in Santa Monica
We didn't know that the legendary New York hotel, The Plaza was churning out their very own brand of mattresses until we stopped into a mattress store in Santa Monica over the weekend.
The Plaza has partnered with Stearns & Fosters mattresses to create special mattresses which are actually used in the hotel. (Or so they say.)
Another fun fact? The different types of mattresses are named after the different room categories in the hotel like Edwardian room, The Terrace room and the Louis XV elite. Even other parts of the hotel get a shout-out like the Oak Bar and the Palm Court.
As for us, well we're partial to the Terrace Room Firm. Too bad the mattress prices are just as ritzy as the hotel room rates as they begin around $2,000.
Another pic is after the jump
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Assouline Books Check Into the Plaza Hotel
New York's grandiose Plaza Hotel is bringing in some equally high-brow retail tenants to solidify its reputation as something special. After luxe British cell phone brand Vertu opened their second US store in the Plaza (the first is in Vegas, natch) at the end of April, the Warren-Tricomi salon followed and then all fell still until recently.
Assouline, the publisher of vellum-inous artsy coffee table tomes, has just opened their first US store inside of the Plaza, overlooking the lobby so that shoppers can look down at everyone else not buying Assouline (and who are probably Taschen fans).
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