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Take Advantage Of These 11-11-11 Deals Now
If wearing corduroy pants was all you had planned for 11-11-11, think again. The auspicious once-in-a-century date is prompting hotels all over the country to go 11-11-11 crazy, and in a good way. Weddings have been planned. Carlos Santana tickets have been set aside. Scenic Best Westerns in coastal California are even getting in on the action!
If you wanna rock
Big spenders can reap the full rewards of Vegas' Hard Rock Las Vegas Hotel and Casino with a VIP "Extravagant Package." Though of course the trip would be ideal as a getaway (as in, get away into a giant bathtub and stay there forever), this package will be keeping you busy. Included are: a two-night stay in a platinum penthouse, dining at the hotel's "35 Steaks + Martinis" steakhouse, Carlos Santana tickets, spa treatments, and bottle service at Vanity. The asking price? $11,111, of course. But you'd better act fast—the package is only being offered this Friday 11 through Sunday 13.
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An Old Best Western Gets Reinvented In Atlanta
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When you look at the above photo, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn't "Best Western". And yet that's exactly what the Artmore Hotel's owners faced when they bought the building in 2009. Since then, the place has been a little spruced up: a central courtyard now features a fountain of fire and water, and the building's facade has been restored to its original brightly-colored Spanish Colonial design (the structure itself has been around since 1929).
Now, after having transformed an average roadside motel into a popular city destination, the folks at Artmore—understandably—are eager to be recognized for their efforts. The hotel's GM writes us:
For photos of the inside spaces, see below!"We want you guys to know about us- we are confident that we deserve a little HotelChatter love ourselves. Artmore Hotel is currently ranked #13 out of 197 hotels in Atlanta, and we are up against mostly branded hotels, so we are doing something right."
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For The Biggest Best Western, Head East
The "world's biggest hotel family" just got a little bigger. The Phoenix, Arizona-based mega franchise recently opened Best Western Vega Hotel & Convention Centre in Russia—the largest Best Western so far, out of 4,000 hotels worldwide in 95 countries.
Comprised of 970 rooms, the hotel was actually built for the 1980 summer olympics, but got remodeled in 2007. Certainly this will provide a welcome low-budget alternative to the extravagances of certain other Moscow hotels. But if we remember correctly, Holiday Inn was also planning to open their largest hotel in Moscow too. Oh, the indecision.
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Guests at Best Westerns May Be a Whole Lot Sexier, Thanks to Virgin Atlantic
Where: United Kingdom
Now this is an interesting partnership. The stylish Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with not-so-stylish Best Western Hotels brand to offer guests up to 500 Flying Club miles when they stay at any Best Western Hotel in the world.
High-low fashion senses aside, since there are over 4,000 Best Western International in 90 countries worldwide, there are plenty of opportunities for you to earn Flying Club miles. Some of the hotels aren’t bad either, even Carey Mulligan stays in them.
To celebrate this partnership Best Western have created a cheeky modern remake of Virgin Altlantic’s 25th anniversary video which played homage to the 1980s when the company was founded.
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Watch Where You Sit at This Hotel or You Could Get Pregnant
This might just be the hardest-working hotel, um, chair in the business. Seven women claim that the receptionist's chair at the Best Western Moore Place Hotel in Milton Keynes, England got them pregnant over 18 months.
Not "got them pregnant" in a bizarro errant sperm-on-the-seat sort of way but rather, with its mysterious fertile powers." The Daily Mail reports:
Elaine Ledster, Kim Gidley, Laura Burchill and Gina Ripley were the first to fall pregnant while working as receptionists at the Best Western Moore Place Hotel.
They were swiftly followed by the three remaining receptionists, Alyce Grisley, Claire Fitchett and Seran Daines.
General manager Giles Shaw said: 'The chair is just a typical office swivel chair, but we now have staff refusing to sit on it.'
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Last-Minute President's Day Hotels: New Orleans
With everyone saving their party game for March 8—Mardi Gras—there are plenty of well-priced hotels in New Orleans for this long weekend. And it being New Orleans, visitors won't exactly be given short shrift on drinking and carousing just because the official holiday is still a couple weeks away.
And so to the booking engine we go! The bad news is that the French Quarter hotels are, for the most part, sold out for Saturday night. But many Canal Street properties, which are on the edge of the Quarter anyway, have rooms for the night like the Holiday Inn French Quarter ($200) and the Marriott ($219). The InterContinental is at $195 for Saturday night; the Westin Canal Place is at $269. But the deal of the bunch is the Best Western Saint Christopher at just $109 for Saturday.
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Give a Best Western Gift Card and Get Yourself Some Swag
You'll want to buy everyone Best Western Travel Cards on your holiday list this year, not just because it's easier than scouring stores looking for the perfect present. It's because you will selfishly benefit, too.
Your giftee can use the card to pay for rooms and incidentals at Best Western's more than 4,000 hotels, while you earn your own gift card or reward points.
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Carey Mulligan Snubs LA's Luxury Hotel Scene, Stays in a Best Western Instead
Now, this is refreshing--a young Hollywood starlet with actual talent is staying sensibly in LA while shooting her next movie. Carey Mulligan, last seen in "Wall Street 2", has chosen to spend her nights at the Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel instead of one of the town's luxury hotels.
The Daily Mail reports that Carey opted for the B-Dubs after breaking up with boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf, while she was still required to be in LA for a movie shoot.
A staff member confirmed yesterday that the London-born actress booked into the standard room with a queen-sized bed two weeks ago. ‘This is more a place for back-packers, students and those on a budget,’ said the source.
'I was stunned when I saw Carey walking across the lobby. You would expect her to stay at the Four Seasons, not here.
‘She is very easy-going. She hasn’t made any special requests and doesn’t ask to be treated any differently. She keeps herself to herself and seems quite happy here.’
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Another Paris Hotel Is Open, And It's Priced Tres Bien
Last week we were mulling over the new Hotel Athenée in Paris, this week our attentions are focused on another new property in la cité of light.
hLike the Athenée, the Marais Bastille is a new hotel opening in an old property of the same name (it used to be a Best Western). It’s been decorated by Michel Jouannet, who also did the cute Villa Madame in Saint Germain, and from the website, it’s looking lovely – bright primary colors mixed with white walls and outré art on the walls.
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What Would You Rather--a Free Night's Stay or a Disney Dance Party?
To celebrate summer, Best Western will give you a free night's stay if you check into the hotel two times this season and the chance for your Jonas Brothers-loving tweener the chance to win a dance party with a star of Disney's Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam.
Best Western Rewards members who make two separate trips to Best Western hotels through August 15 can earn a free night voucher toward their next stay, which can be used at any of the chain's outposts in the United States or Canada.
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Vote on Best Western's New App Feature to Win a Million Reward Points
You probably know what you'd do if you won a million bucks, but what about if you won a million hotel reward points? Best Western will shell out 1 million of its loyalty program points if you help the budget hotel chain choose the next upgrade for its iPhone app Best Western to Go.
A cool mil in points equals 62 nights at one of Best Western’s 4,000 hotels across the globe. You also could cash it in for shopping, dining, and entertainment gift cards, as well as rental car and airline benefits.
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Harry Potter Theme Park Opens Early to The Brits but They're Staying in 2-Star Hotels
The Portrait Gallery at Hogwarts. Your Orlando hotel lobby will not look like this
Are you excited for the June 18th opening of Universal Studios' newest theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Well too bad, because the British are invading it first.
Virgin Holidays out the UK have today announced that they're the official vacation package company for the Harry Potter amusement park (at least as far as the UK is concerned), and people who book their packages that leave on Virgin Atlantic flights from London-Gatwick get first dibs on the park as early as May 28, among other early-bird perks. It sounds awesome if you're in Britain now and can go, but there is a major downside: you've got some seriously crappy hotel choices.
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