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Radisson Blu Opens Bargain-Priced Resort in Monastir, Tunisia
The coastal town of Monastir in Tunisia is a great place to combine some cultural sightseeing with a resort vacation, especially now that the Radisson Blu chain has opened the Radisson Blu Resort & Thalasso Monastir on the beachfront, not altogether too far from the impressive Ribat of Harthema, one of the oldest fortresses in northern Africa.
We like Radisson Blu because they like giving us free internet access, and also because they keep opening up hotels in exotic places like this. This one includes 264 guest rooms and 16 suites, and they all overlook the pool area and have views out towards the Mediterranean Sea.
The spa facilities sound good, but won't open until sometime early in 2010; they're going to specialize in using seawater treatments, which seems pretty sensible with so much seawater right on their front doorstep.
On top of all that, the nightly rates are more than affordable. At the moment a standard room with breakfast will set you back just 91 Dinar ($70); at that rate you could splash out on the presidential suite for 311 Dinar ($240) a night. Tunisia's a short plane hop from most European cities, and could add a real touch of uniqueness to your vacation plans.
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Sneak Peek at the Newly-Revamped Radisson Blu Hamburg
Design-minded travelers to Hamburg, Germany, will be happy to hear the Radisson Blu Hamburg reopens this week after a 48-million-euro makeover. Claiming the title of Hamburg’s biggest hotel, the hotel has 556 rooms and stands nearly 400 feet tall.
Thanks to the renovation, brand-new features include a 23,000-square-foot conference area/ballroom, freshened-up lobby with two lounges, two restaurants and bars, and a fitness center. Plus, the guestrooms have been re-imagined with individual themes.
The lobby now has white tile floors, black walls, and an under-lit reception area (see photo above — looks pretty good, dontchya think?). Think mod chandelier lighting and gold armchairs alongside Arne Jacobsen Egg chairs. Meanwhile, Swedish architect Christian Lundwall refreshed the guestrooms in three styles: natural (light colors, beechwood furniture); urban (modern aesthetic, oak furniture, Amtico flooring); and mansion (Turkish rugs, rosewood furniture, silver wardrobes). The rooms all have free Wi-Fi (yay!) and some have city views.
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Dubrovnik Turns Cool With A New Radisson Blu
The Radisson Blu is getting bigger: they've just opened the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Dubrovnik on this amazing part of the Croatian coast.
If you've forgotten that Radisson Blu used to be Radisson SAS, just check out our poem which explains it all and reminds you that Radisson Blu is meant to stand for cool. This place seems to fit that bill with 201 rooms with balconies overlooking the Adriatic Sea, plus 207 apartments of various sizes including kitchenettes. Plus there's a huge spa which includes a juice bar overlooking the sea, too.
As well as some 13 bars and restaurants on site, the Radisson Blu Dubrovnik even has a gourmet fresh market where you can pick up some groceries supplied by local bakers and fishermen – if you're the kind who misses home cooking, you can even get tips from these locals on how to prepare some Croatian meals and cook up a storm in your kitchenette. If you're lazy like us, though, you'll stick to all those restaurants.
Opening rates are starting from €150 ($205) a night, which includes breakfast and free internet access. Dubrovnik is really an ideal summer destination but it stays warm longer than much of Europe so a late summer or fall vacation will still work out here.
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Paris Gets Another Radisson Blu
You may recall that the first totally-fly Radisson Blu to open in Paris was the Radisson Blu Le Dokhan's — where we giggled about the opportunity to get drunk on champagne and high on Louis Vuitton (mmmm) — and now the new boutique brand has opened a second chic boutique property in the City of Lights with unreal views of the Eiffel Tower: Radisson Blu Le Metropolitan, Paris Eiffel in the 16th arrondissement.
The 48-room property boasts interiors by Francois Champsaur (which are super modern; which looks cool up against the 19th century former private residence that houses the hotel) as well as "unrestricted Eiffel Tower views" — yeah, the place pretty much faces the landmark.
The hotel's Metropolitan restaurant features cuisine by an Alain Ducasse-trained chef, and you can take tea in the tea room from The O Dor (a Parisian "luxury brand") or opt for a more boozey alternative (if the views don't make you woozey — ha, see what we did there?) at the Metropolitan Bar. The hotel's got a spa and indoor pool, too, if you want to detox the ol' skin or swim some laps to work off a couple of those fancy cocktails.
Oh, yeah: and free WiFi all over the hotel. Which certainly doesn't make us Blu. Rates start at 225 Euros (around $309).
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Johannesburg Not Blue About Getting a Radisson Blu
Complete with the sassy new Radisson Blu branding, the former Radisson SAS chain has a new hotel in South Africa. The Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton has just opened in Johannesburg and it sounds cool enough to go with the "Blu" title.
Big flat-screen LCD TVs for all, complimentary WiFi for all, and a big wine bar and lounge, this hotel sounds great except for one not-so-cool (well, to us) feature. As part of its ONEwellness Spa and fitness center, it's got this:
an indoor/outdoor jogging course that snakes in and out of the hotel’s public areas.
So they want us to jog, sweaty and puffy, through public areas of the hotel? The hotel designers obviously have a lot more self-confidence in their jogging styles than we do.
Right now rooms are going for 1600 Rand ($180) for a standard room and from 2450 Rand ($270) for a one-room suite including breakfast. Public exposure to your jogging is included for free.
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Radisson Blu Hotels Offering 'Jetsetter' Discounts
Radisson Blu, the contemporary, design-focused collection of Radisson Hotels (formerly known as Radisson SAS), has just announced its Jetsetter Weekend Discounts at several of its European properties.
From now until April 30, the hotels are offering 20 percent off three-night weekend stays through January 2010. But you have to book your stay before April 30 and it must include a Saturday night stay. Interestingly enough, the Radisson Blu website is also promoting the same deal for two night stays.
The deal is good at such Blu hotels like the Radisson Blu Hotel, Zurich Airport which has a phenomenal wine collection. We would probably hit up the Radisson Blu Champs Elysees which is located in the former Louis Vuitton headquarters or the Radisson Blu Le Dokhan’s, a new addition in Paris which features a champagne bar (above) and an elevator crafted from a vintage Louis Vuitton trunk. Oo la la.
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Drunk on Champagne, High on LV at Radisson Blu Le Dokhan's
It appears Radisson Blu has somehow gotten into our Parisian daydreams, which go a little something like this: frolicking about the city looking at art all day, drinking champagne in an ornate bar all evening, and then riding up a magical elevator made out of Louis Vuitton bags to go to our sweet suite (um, then we eat chocolate and hang out with our lovah and go to sleep).
The brand new Radisson Blu Le Dokhan's, the latest property from the brand formerly known as Radisson SAS, makes the whole fantasy come true — well, the first part, anyway. The hotel, located in the 16th arrondissement, features 45 rooms accessible by — seriously — an elevator made from a vintage Louis Vuitton wardrobe trunk. And it's an art hotel, too, with its own art collection on display year-round in addition to traveling exhibitions in the lobby.
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Adventures in Rebranding: Radisson SAS is Now Radisson Blu
Happy Wednesday! Here, we wrote you a poem:
Radisson SAS hotels are all changing their names,
'Cause someone thought the SAS part was lame.
The new name of the brand is gonna be Radisson Blu
'Cause rebranding will make 'em all seem cool and new —
Yes, these hotels are as chic and modern as can be
As evidenced by the oh-so-2009 lack of an 'e.'
For those unfamiliar with the brand formerly known as Radisson SAS: SAS International Hotels teamed up with the Radisson brand in '94 to build hotels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to develop the rapidly-growing, super-contemporary hotel chain. By '06, there were more than 150 Radisson SAS properties and by the year's end, SAS let go of the brand and Rezidor operated the hotels.
Today, in conjunction with the grand opening of the Radisson Blu Zurich Airport (formerly the Radisson SAS Zurich Airport), the company announced the a name change from Radisson SAS to Radisson Blu, both marking the end of the SAS affiliation and emphasizing the brand's focus on contemporary, modern design.
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