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Paradise, Or Something Like It, for Under $200 a Night
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You might just find what you're looking for. (But don't forget to tell us about your stay!)
DEALS, DEALS, DEALS*
· OMNI HOTELS "SUMMER PASSPORT" DEALS: Omni Hotels has just launched their new "Summer Passport" deals which give 15 percent off rates at all their hotels. If you're a member of the Omni Select Guest program, you'll get up to 25 percent off room rates. The program is free to join so we say sign-up and then book your summer vacay. The deal is good from June 3-August 25 but there is limited availability and blackout dates do apply, depending on the hotel.
· W NEW YORK FOR UNDER $200 A NIGHT: We thought finding a hotel room in NYC for under $200 was damn near impossible. Yet we stumbled across this great deal on Expedia for the W New York on Lexington for June 14-17 for just $187 a night. Clearly, midtown on a weekend in the summer is the way to go if you want a hotel deal. Yes, it's in a small aka "Cozy" room and you will have to pay $15 and up for WiFi but still, it's well under $200 a night.
· TEACHERS, TREAT YOURSELF AT THE SAGAMORE IN MIAMI BEACH: Sagamore, The Art Hotel, in Miami Beach is offering teachers 20 percent off room rates with their "Teachers and Educators" package which is available through September 30. The deal also includes free WiFi. Rates start at as low as $175 a night. Teachers must show their teacher ID card upon check-in in order to get discount. The offer is also based upon availability and subject to blackout dates.
· EXPERIENCE AC HOTELS BY MARRIOTT BEFORE THEY COME TO THE STATES: Heading to Europe? Specifically Spain, Italy, Portugal or France? You can stay at an AC Hotel by Marriott for 15 percent less if you book within two weeks of your stay. That way, when AC Hotels open here in the U.S., you can tell everyone you were an "early adopter" of the brand.
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Summa, Summa, Summatime Hotel Deals Keep Heating Up
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You might just find what you're looking for. (But don't forget to tell us about your stay!)
DEALS, DEALS, DEALS*
· LUXE HOTELS 30th Anniversary Deals: We love when hotels celebrate milestones because that usually means we get to reap the benefits. Luxe Worldwide Hotels is turning 30 this month and several of its properties are offering a special 30th anniversary package. For instance at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset, the package includes access to special anniversary rates, a welcome cocktail and amenity, American breakfast for two, overnight valet parking, $30 credit for spa services, 30 percent discount at the gift shop and free WiFi. Rates start at $299 a night. Go here to search for a different LHW in your desired destination.
· Summer Break Cyber Sale from LOEWS HOTELS: Starting TOMORROW, Loews Hotels & Resorts are kicking off their one-day only Summer Break Cyber Sale with up to 40 percent off at participating hotels plus free internet during your stay. The deal begins at 12:01 (EDT) on May 30, 2013 and will run until 3:00 am (EDT) on May 31, 2013. Go here to book. The reservations are totally non-refundable and cannot be cancelled. It's also not available at the Loews Hotels in Orlando.
· Take a Gamble with THE VENETIAN'S 72-Hour Sale: The sprawling Las Vegas resort and casino is currently in the midst of a 72-hour sale that ends on May 31 at 3pm PST. Rates are $109 a night during the week and averaging about $200 a night on the weekends. Although, we found the weekend of June 14 for just $149 a night. The deal also includes a Passaporto di Carnevale with additional offers for the property (from dining to retail to spa) that is valued at more than $1,000. But you have to book by Friday. Go here to make your reservation or call (866) 403-8046 and mention code: EV4MAY. The deal is good for The Palazzo as well.
· Recharge at THE MIRAVAL RESORT in Arizona Using $300 Resort Credits: This resort is well-liked by big celebs such as Oprah Winfrey and Sharon Stone who took advantage of the resort's brand-new Clarins Spa last year. But thanks to Travelzoo, you don't need their bank account to stay here. Rates from June 15- September 15 are just $299 per person and includes a $300 resort credit per person. A two night stay is required and the deal is based on double occupancy but that's essentially staying two nights for one since you can use the credit for almost anything at the resort including spa treatments. And if you stay three nights or longer the credit is bumped up to $500 per person. Go here to book using code TRAVELZOO. The offer is based on availability and may sell out quickly.
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5 Hotels That Are Acting Like The Airlines With Extra Fees
Is this offer from an airline or a hotel?
Whee!! Summer is officially here and you've got the urge to book a flight+hotel (or two or three) for a summery getaway. But while we've all begrudgingly accepted that airlines are extra fees-obsessed (baggage fees, leg room fees, change fees, security fees, early boarding fees, etc.), we're disheartened to see that more and more hotels are acting like airlines these days by charging big fees for little extras.
Here are five of the top offenders so far:
5. Fontainebleau: The good news is that it looks like this popular Miami Beach hotel has dropped their $8 baggage fee in case you want to store your luggage after check-out but before your flight home. The bad news is they are charging you $150 for incidentals when you check-in. Yup, they automatically charge you $150 before you even step foot in your hotel room.
Now, if you don't charge anything to your room during your stay, the charge will be released at check-out but will take five to seven days to appear back in your account. If you don't have a credit card at check-in, you will be asked to fork over $600 in cash. Then you will be refunded the money via a check in the mail sometime after you check out. Seriously. You can read for yourself here.
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This is Not Your Usual Hotel Cheeseburger and Fries
Usually when we arrive at hotels, thanks to a long day of travel and the odd hotel check-in hour of 3pm, we're starving, bad. So once we get the room tour, unpack the bags, admire the view, we dial up room service and order a menu staple--cheeseburger and fries.
But at the Canyon Ranch Miami Beach which is all about healthy living and getting your diet back on track, there's no such thing as a cheeseburger and fries. There is however THIS--a Southwestern veggie burger served on a whole wheat roll and topped with avocado, lettuce, tomato and pico de gallo. On the side to much on? Healthy coleslaw.
It may be hard to believe but it was quite tasty. So much so that we ordered it from the Canyon Ranch Grill downstairs the next day. But true to spa cuisine, the portions are small and you don't feel very full. So you may have to order something else. Fortunately, each item on the menu lists the caloric intake to prevent you from totally binging.
Even better, the prices reflect the portion size. That burger is only $11. Most hotel burgers are $14 or more.
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Justin Bieber Adopts a Familiar Alias at the Gansevoort Miami Beach
Eager Biebers—those crazy fans who will do anything to come face to face with Justin Bieber—now have a way to stalk the mop-topped crooner during his hotel travels. They just have to brush up on their Friends trivia.
J-Beebs has been using the alias "Chandler Bing" to check in at hotels, most recently the Gansevoort Miami Beach.
He's obviously not keeping a low profile, since Chandler Bing is the most recognizable name of all of the Friends. Matthew Perry must be so proud.
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Five Father's Day Hotels that Will Make Dad Happy
Hopefully, it's been a long time since you gifted dad with a homemade card or paper tie for Father's Day. Make up for your colored-outside-of-the-lines DIY gifts and honor your dad with a hotel getaway. Whether he likes fishing, spa-ing or grilling meat, we've rounded up some of the best offerings out there for your pops. Forget the craft project and let someone else do all of the work this year.
Check out our top five picks for dear old dad after the jump.
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Page Six Tells Us Why The Delano Had "More Skanks Than Usual" Last Week
Alright, we know South Beach can get kinda skanky. It's known by many as a Spring Break destination and -- admit it -- parts of it are just kind of gross.
But for the most part, we'd figured the Delano Hotel was immune to falling down into the vortex of SoBe skankocity. It's super swanky -- and since it's charging in the $500+ range for basic rooms, one might assume a certain element of "class" to be present.
And by "class", our standards are not very high, people. All we mean is that we expect it would, you know, not be the location of a casting call for a porno movie.
But no.
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Hotel Blog Watch: The Angler's Blog Doesn't Thrill Us, Yet
We've already been quite impressed with the Angler's Boutique Resort Hotel in South Beach, Miami, but last time we checked it out, we weren't so impressed with the nearly empty Angler's Blog.
That was early days and the blogging has improved a little bit since then. There are a few more posts, and they do contain legitimate news about the Angler's Resort--for example, their excitement at winning the Hotel Opening of the Year Award at the recent Hotel World Awards in Vegas. We were also intrigued by their post about minibars; apparently theirs includes an intimacy kit "which comes outfitted with your very own personal 'friend'".
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Art Basel News: Raleigh Hotel Hosting Paper Magazine Party Tonight
Art Basel will kick into full-gear this week. Here is just some of the latest news about the art fair. As always, if you have a hotel room, or are throwing an art party at a hotel or wanna gossip about what happened at what party, then keep us informed.
· Hotels looove Art Basel and we mean the love that comes in the form of money. [Miami Herald]
· The Raleigh Hotel is hosting several Art Basel parties, so many it should practically be Art Basel headquarters. One more party: The hotel is hosting the Paper Magazine party tonight poolside from 9pm to 12am.
· The Mandarin Oriental Miami sent out invitations for a dinner party that were "two sturdy slabs of shiny plastic" that unfold into fan. Somebody is totally getting smacked with one of those! [ArtInfo]
· The Sagamore Hotel officially has unveiled its nude Spencer Tunick photo. [NBC6]
· The Setai is hosting a private release party on Dec. 7th for the Octagon Book which should appeal to the Ultimate Fighter in all of us.
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Inside the Angler's Boutique Resort Hotel
Considering a trip down to Miami Beach this winter? Consider the Angler's Boutique Resort Hotel. We were able to check this new hotel out a few weeks ago and we liked what we saw. This here is a video tour of room 201 in the hotel's main building.
The hotel finished the first phase of its renovation last spring. Previously, it was an abandoned building favored amongst druggies. But new owners took this original building at 660 Washington Avenue, spruced it up and added two new structures to complement the existing two 1930s buildings. Although the four buildings may sound confusing, this no mega-complex.
The main building is only three stories high with 28 rooms. The pool house villa has only three suites and the manor villas has just four large suites. The fourth building is called the Tower and it will have nine duplex suites (with hot tubs) when it opens at the end of January, as well as house the hotel's fitness facility.
When we stayed there, we had a tour of the studio suites in the main building but we actually stayed in one of the pool house villa suites.
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Art Basel News: A Pool House Villa Suite at the Angler's Resort is Still Open
The Angler's Boutique Resort has a room open during Art Basel next week from December 5-9. Of course, this is Art Basel so the room rate is high at $850 a night and there is a four-night minimum required. But the pool suite can sleep at least four people, so if you don't mind sharing the cost then you won't mind sharing the king bed and the couch.
These suites are pretty fantastic with two floors that include two full bathrooms, balconies on both levels and a bonus rooftop deck. Additionally, you have super close access to the pool--step outside your suite and jump in.
However, may we suggest not bringing heavy luggage as getting up to master bedroom requires stepping up a spiral staircase, which can be hard to maneuver with your suitcase. Also ladies, do not wear your 5-inch stilettos on these stairs and certainly do not wear them on the stairs when you have been drinking cosmos.
That said these rooms, as do all the rooms at the Angler's, feature free wireless internet, flat screen TVs, iPod docking stations and a small bar. The hotel is located on Washington Avenue and 7th Street, near plenty of action in SoBe.
Got a hotel art show tip? Or do you know of discounted hotel rooms for next week? Let us see your brush strokes.
A full review of Angler's Boutique Resort is to come next week.
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· Hotel Opening Rates :: Rooms Half-Off at the new Angler's Boutique Resort [HotelChatter]
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Art Basel News: Hotels That Heart Art
Once the Regent Hotel South Beach, now the Vincci Hotel.
In continuing our coverage of Art Basel the upcoming art fair in Miami Beach, we are listing some of the events happening at hotels next week. If you are hosting an art event at a hotel or even better, if you have rooms available at your hotel, let us know.
· The Raleigh Hotel: On December 7th, the Penthouse here will host the fourth installment of the Scion Installation Art Tour titled, "It's a Beautiful World." The opening reception takes place from 7 to 10pm.
· The Standard Hotel: NetJets, a fractional aircraft ownership program, will host a private "Collectors Cocktail" honoring artist Jaume Plensa here on Dec. 6th.
· The Sagamore Hotel: Aside from being home to the nude Spencer Tunick exhibit, the Rotorelief sculpture from artist Robert Chambers will be on display here.
·The Catalina Hotel: The hotel will turn into one big gallery for an art fair within the art fair, the Bridge Art Fair. 80 rooms will feature international emerging and new contemporary art.
· The Vincci Hotel: This hotel was supposed to host an exhibit with Surface magazine but has since been cancelled.
