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Pan Pacific Hotels in Whistler Still Have Rooms Open for The Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics will kick off in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada in just a few short months and we fer sure thought that the city's and ski resort's hotel rooms would be long gone by now. In fact, wasn't someone planning to dock a cruise ship in Vancouver to increase the hotel room supply?
Well, thankfully you won't have to train your sea legs. You just have to dip into your savings. The Pan Pacific Whistler has released a limited supply of suites for "public consumption." (Yes, that's what the press release actually said.)
The rooms are open from February 11 to February 28, 2010 at both the Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside and Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre. Guests must reserve a five-night minimum stay. The average room rate is about $1,119 CAD a night for a 1-bedroom suite with a mountain view. Yes, we know. $1,119 a night. And in U.S. dollars it's not that much of a difference--$1,080.
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Vancouver is So Hard Up for Hotel Rooms That a Cruise Ship Is Stepping In
Vancouver has already sold-out its hotels rooms for the 2010 Winter Olympics next February but there is a way to create some extra inventory without having to build a new hotel---use a cruise ship! From the Seattle PI:
A company is bringing in a Norwegian Cruise Line luxury ship for February's Winter Games to help accommodate visitors. Dennis Laliberte, Newwest Special Projects LP president, said the Norwegian Star can fit almost 9,000 people.
Much like a regular hotel, the cruise ship has different room sizes ranging from simple staterooms to bigger suites. But it's also got 13 restaurants, eight lounges, a spa, a fitness center and "sensational nightly entertainment." There will also be live satellite coverage of the Olympic Games so you don't even have to step off the ship to go to the events. Yeah, but you should. You really should.
Packages for the floating hotel start at $350 a night.
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Holiday Inn Declared Official Hotel of the 2012 Olympics
Remember how we told you that What The World Needs Now is a Giant Budget Hotel? Well, someone may have read that post (or, um, agreed with our sentiments and wisely suggested that maybe an ultra-luxe, spendy-spendy chain was not the way to go with the world's economy lookin' like it's been lookin' lately) and has declared wallet-friendly chain Holiday Inn to be the official hotel of the 2012 Olympics.
According to Conference and Incentive Travel:
Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express have been named as the official hotel services providers to London 2012 by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). The Intercontinental Hotels Group-owned Holiday Inn brand will supply team members to work with LOCOG's accommodation and protocol teams in the lead up to the Games in 2012.
The brand is apparently "currently undergoing a £600m global relaunch" (a big ol' rebranding effort) and the Games will be, needless to say, some fab brand exposure — and a wise decision in this economic climate.
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Is it Time to Start Booking Rooms for the Vancouver Olympics?
Ohmigosh people: there's only another 352 days to book your hotel stay for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics! We're totally kidding; don't freak out yet along with the local Vancouver press. Although technically you should get your Olympic itinerary sorted out as early as possible, we think the National Post is just trying to fake us out by quoting some area hotels' rocketing room rates a year in advance: "Potential Olympic visitors searching for the best online hotel deals might be shocked at the prices quoted at the Executive Inn Express in suburban Richmond. Rooms currently available for $61 to $160 a night will cost $550 to $795 a night during the Games."
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Beijing Hotels Suffer in Olympic-Sized Rut
If you're intrigued by all of the crazy vacation and airfare deals to Beijing of late, then rest assured that they won't be going away anytime soon as the city struggles with a dearth of tourism despite last summer's Olympics. Combine the low visitor numbers with Beijing's glut of newly-opened luxury hotels with high nightly rates, and it seems that they've got a case of the Dubai disease--whereby the recession hits new development hard enough to stabilize room rates at a more affordable level.
Although since it's only been a few months of low occupancy, don't expect to roll up into Beijing's Park Hyatt for $150 a night quite yet; they still have their pride. This is quickly waning, however, as the LA Times points out that 126 new hotels opened last year and added 29,000 rooms, bringing the city's total of starred hotels to over 800, with more than 130,000 rooms. That's a lot of space, considering that the Olympics are over and business travel is way down.
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Sheraton Sochi Coming Just in Time for the 2014 Olympics
Big news from Starwood today: a new Sheraton hotel is on its way in the Russian Federation. Sochi, a Russian vacation spot along the Black Sea coast that was recently selected to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, will be the home of a brand new Sheraton slated to open in 2011.
The Sheraton Sochi will be the brand's second property in the Russian Federation (there's one in Moscow already), and the hotel will be located at the center of the city with 188 guest rooms, 24 suites, five restaurants and four bars, including a rooftop bar overlooking the Black Sea. Sexy. We hope they're putting in heat lamps up there.
The lobby will, like most new Sheratons, feature the Link@Sheraton hi-tech lounge, plus 5,000 square feet of meeting space, an indoor swimming pool, gym, tennis court, and a spa with eight treatment rooms.
Hopefully the 2011 opening date will give the hotel a little bit of flexibility and wiggle room as far as making sure it's all open and ready to go for the Olympics (hey, three years is a lot of flexibility -- but when it comes to hotel delays, we know things can sometimes move at a glacial pace).
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Just in Time for the London 2012 Olympics :: The Café Royal Hotel
When is a café not a café? When it suddenly decides it will become a hotel. That's what's about to happen to London landmark the Café Royal which is going to become a new luxury hotel ... we're not sure what it'll be called yet, so for now we're dubbing it (very logically) the Café Royal Hotel.
On Regent Street in the heart of a glamorous part of London, the new hotel will have 160 rooms and is planned to be ready in time for the 2012 Olympics, with speculation already building that VIPs like the International Olympic Committee could stay there.
The Café Royal has an impressive history, dating back to the 1860s, and apparently Oscar Wilde used to be a regular guest in their Grill Room. The new version is part of a 125-year lease of the building for £90 million (US$165m)--without knowing how much the renovation will cost, we're already a little scared of the room rates.
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InterContinental Beijing Is the Official Hangout of Olympic Journalists
Ever wonder what all those journalists are doing over in Beijing while they're covering the Olympics? No? Well, we did. And it turns out: they're all chillin' at the InterContinental Hotel, which is attached to the Olympic Main Press Center.
An IndyStar.com correspondent described the scene:
Our hub is the Main Press Center, which is effectively its own city. It has a bank, post office, general store, merchandise store, barber shop, cafeteria, transportation desk, exercise room, lockers, showers and library.
It is attached to the Intercontinental Hotel, and an easy path to the venues is through the pristine lobby.
So, like, every journalist covering the Olympics is just walking through the lobby of the hotel? Surely with those long hours covering even the boring stuff like trap shooting or badminton, all those reporters are in sunshine-y moods. Party time at the Intercontinental.
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The Beijing Olympics Hotels Map :: Marriott Joins the Other New Mainstream Hotels in the Host City
If you're still scoping out places to stay in Beijing for the Olympics, consider booking one of the 1,312 rooms at the massive, just-opened Marriott Beijing City Wall for a sweet opening rate of around $131 USD.
The hotel also joins the ranks of brand-spanking-new "mainstream" hotels that have opened as of late (or even received a refurbishment) in Beijing--just in time for the Olympics. We've mapped out a few of them for you here.
Keep reading, there's more!
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Reader Review :: The Raffles Beijing is Beautiful But Concierge is Lost in Translation
Every so often we feature a hotel review from one of our readers that we feel should be shared with the rest of you dear hotel guests. These reviews are highlighted because they are timely, about cool hotels in cool places and are relatively level-headed. Think you can submit one just like this? Send it in. Now, we present you with reader P's review of the Raffles Hotel in Beijing. Enjoy.
With the Olympics fast approaching, Beijing is changing by the minute. There has been an enormous amount of development during recent years leading up to next week's games.
Nearly every major luxury hotel chain has an option in this bustling Chinese city - Peninsula, Grand Hyatt, Ritz Carlton, Intercontinental, St. Regis and so on.
On a recent visit to the city, we opted to stay at the newly opened Raffles Beijing Hotel.
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Doubletree Opens in Beijing; Cookies Will Be Served
Beijing is opening new hotels left and right just before the Olympics begin and you can now add Doubletree to the list of major hotel chains with vacancy in the host city.
The Doubletree by Hilton Beijing is an upscale, 547-room hotel located between the city's Central Office District and prestigious Financial District along the Southwest 2nd Ring Road in the new Lar Valley International mixed-use business complex.
The hotel is centrally situated within 10 km/6 mi of the historic Dong Cheng District and Tian'anmen Square, the red-walled Forbidden City and Imperial Palace, Beijing Zoo, Panjia Yuan Antique Market and the Temple of Heaven.
Oooooo...you had us at "upscale" so what does that mean for a Doubletree? Well the guestrooms feature contemporary decor (aka boring), high-speed internet and flat screen TVs along with the Sweet Dreams(TM) by Doubletree sleep experience which includes high-quality sheets and lots o' pillows.
The hotel cater will cater mostly to business travelers but does have a Chinese restaurant and they are still at work on a rooftop garden "featuring trees from around the world and a stream that presents a green oasis in the heart of the city."
Oh yeah, and the signature Doubletree Cookie will be served here too.
For a limited time, the Doubletree is celebrating RMB868 per night, about $127USD a night, plus 15 percent service. Advance booking and deposit are required.
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Apple Pie at the Olympics :: Four Points Beijing Opening on August 1
Soon the citizens of Beijing might be able to smell the Four Points signature apple pie scents wafting through their very own Four Points Hotel. The hotel is set for opening on August 1, just in time for the Olympics.
Unlike other Four Points near airports in America, this one seems to be in the midst of all that is "happening" in Beijing:
Our hotel is located in the heart of Beijing’s technology district – Haidian District – a short drive from major government and business organizations, research centers, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, and universities. The Summer Palace, the Great Wall of China, and the Olympic Stadium “Bird’s Nest”, among other popular sightseeing attractions, are all within easy access.
The hotel also has three restaurants--a 24-hour cafe, an Italian restaurant and a Chinese restaurant--along with an indoor pool. And is it just us or does that building look like Aloft?
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