As part of a "Tingle Your Taste Buds" package, Renaissance Las Vegas is providing perhaps the largest dining credit we've ever seen.
The package starts at $199 and includes accommodations, a specialty drink or wine tasting and a $150 credit to ENVY The Steakhouse, helmed by executive chef Stephan Kauth. The restaurant has garnered WineSpectator's Award of Excellence three times and was named "Best New Restaurant Off Strip" by Las Vegas Life Magazine.
And since The Renaissance is a non-gaming and non-smoking hotel, what else are you going to do but eat?
Calling all health-nuts, meatheads and normal people who enjoy working out: the first two Renaissance ClubSport properties have opened in Cali -- the first in Walnut Creek and the second more recently in Aliso Viejo corporate park.
Marriott and NorCal health club development firm Leisure Sports, Inc. have teamed up to create the new concept, which essentially boasts the same higher-end features of most Renaissance properties with monster fitness offerings.
The opening party for the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel has received all sorts of love and attention from its corporate parent, Marriott. From its own Flickr set, to a YouTube video, the hotel's opening is probably one of the most-promoted Marriott openings in recent history.
But what we were even more pleased to learn about was the creation of Celtics-inspired cocktails that were served at the party:
Two signature martinis were also created in celebration of the Boston Celtics' 17th victory in the NBA's Championship. Downstairs at the party, the Celtics' 3 Point Shot featured Stoli Blakberi, fresh cranberry and orange juice, served with a fresh orange and blackberry garnish. Upstairs, the Seventeeni (pictured on the left) combined vodka, Midori and fresh pineapple juice, straight up in all its green glory.
What? No "Anything is Possible" Cosmo or "I Am Certified" shots? Also, we think Ray Allen deserves his name on that 3 Point Shot drink but we won't bicker about that now.
Rooms at the hotel are available now, starting at around $249 a night.
So Game 1 of the Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals goes off tonight and if you still need a room for tonight or Game 2 on Sunday, consider the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
The new hotel is centered in the Boston Seaport District and is totally brand-new, having just opened in February. However, it's more than a walk away from the Garden so plan on transportation.
Currently, the hotel still has rooms open tonight for $499 for a standard guest room with either a king or two double beds. On Sunday, rooms drop to $249 a night.
The hotel has also put together a "Sleep With The Fishes" package that has nothing to do with The Sopranos and everything to do with dudes and mancations. This way you and your bros can make a weekend out of Game 2 if you want. Details after the jump.
In yesterday's New York Times, Frank Bruni, the paper's main restaurant reviewer, had much to say about Chop Suey, the restaurant on the second floor of the Renaissance Hotel.
First, he relates, the location is excellent. It sits on the second floor overlooking the entire square, and provides a breathtaking view out three picture windows. From a stylish setting and comfortable seats you can see the enormous billboards, blazing lights, and eye-popping visual overload that makes the human drama and electricity of Times Square so unforgettable.
Problematic, however, is the hit-and-miss menu, the food ("an uneven mash of inspiration and clumsiness"), and the service:
Service is sometimes witless, epitomized by the way hosts sweep you past a nook that can accomodate coats without ever asking if you'd like it to accommodate yours.
In Bruni's inimitable style, he reports the failures on the menu, the fact that they don't actually serve chop suey, and ponders what happened to the two edgy head chefs on staff. In fact, he pens, the less-than-great dining experience is "odd, because a real effort to make Chop Suey special can be detected in much else."
That is, the "retro cool" furniture, the relaxing setting, and the incredible view, make it worth stopping by.
The hotel sent over some photos of the last minute preparations before today's big event. Workers were setting up furniture in the lobby, above, and picking up uniforms. The hotel also had to rig up an art installation by British designer Eva Menz, featuring a bunch of herons inspired by the water.
Rooms are starting at $149 a night, but you'll have to pony up $13 a day for in-room wireless.
After the jump, two more photos of the pre-opening finishing touches.
The first post written (by someone with the same name as us!) didn't get us too excited. It was about a family event to check out--the movie Enchanted playing at the nearby El Capitan theater. However, we were surprised to see that there were no mention of a hotel package connected with the movie so we kinda respect that.
It seems like New York isn't the only town getting a bunch of new hotels. Boston has been unveiling several new hotels in the past couple of years and there's more on the horizon.
The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel will soft-open in January followed by some seriously discounted room in February. The hotel is offering rooms for $149 on the weekends from February 15 to March 22nd. (Standard rates are at about $300.)
Of course, we typically tend to avoid Boston during these harsh winter months but should you stay at the Renaissance you might be impressed. The place has a very contemporary look and design inside and out. It's not the dark wood furniture and floral bedspreads we tend to think of when we hear "Renaissance Hotel."
Plus it has city and water views, high-tech room amenities such as wireless internet ($12.95 a day though), flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations and a fitness center with a lap pool. That should ease the pain of a 10-degree day in Boston, shouldn't it?
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