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Ritz-Carlton Denver Now Offering a Beer Massage (Yes, It's Exactly What It Sounds Like)

Oktoberfest may be officially over according to the Germans, but there's still a way for you to soak in your love of beer, literally, at the Ritz-Carlton Denver thanks to their Mile High Malt Scrub and Microbrew Massage offered at the hotel's spa.

Here's how it works--arrive at the spa to check-in and instead of cucumber water, you'll get a chilled brew from a neighboring brewery put in your hands. Once that starts to kick in, you can begin your exfoliating Vichy shower experience. First, a barkeep, er, "treatment therapy provider", will mix a light rice Ale beer into the brewery's own malt. Then a full-body exfoliation is done on you using a malt scrub, followed by a body mask of dark rich Stout which apparently gives you a silky soft skin.

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Yeehaw! Hotel Monaco Denver Unveils A Sexy New Vampire Look

Where: 1717 Champa Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

There’ve been some fun things going down (or up?) in the Denver hotel scene recently. The latest? The Hotel Monaco Denver's total renovation of all 189 rooms.

They’ve been done by interior designer Susan Caruso with chocolate and persimmon geometric carpeting, tangerine-colored damask drapes and walls in a camel colored “embossed weave”. And if that’s not making any sense to you, just think “sexy”. Don’t they look awesome? That headboard’s kinda gothicky, the carpet goes bam, those cowprint throws are awesome and the clashing colors – blues and orange – work strikingly well. We likey. A lot! A million miles better than how they used to look. And how cute do the double rooms look?! Like little vampire baby twins! It's kind of Twilight crossed with Brokeback. Amaze.

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Four Seasons Denver May Need To Work on Its Patter

Where: 1111 14th Street [map], Denver, CO , United States, 80202

It’s been nearly a month since Four Seasons Denver opened now, which is sufficient time for guests to take their thoughts of the place to TripAdvisor. Well, four of them, anyway. And they’re mixed.

The good: the location (in between the 16th Street Mall and the Performing Arts Center), the large rooms and what’s in them (TVs in the bathroom mirrors, marbled floors, other Four Seasony accoutrements).

The bad: the pool is outdoors and therefore closed in winter. The spa and gym aren’t as good as those at the Ritz-Carlton according to one reviewer (or possible Ritz employee.) And two out of four reviewers had issues with service: dry cleaning not being delivered on time, a 30(!!!!) minute wait to have luggage retrieved from valet, a front desk agent who slagged off the restaurant chain whose shirt a guest was wearing, without stopping to think that maybe the fact that he was wearing it meant that he worked for them. Fail.

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The Elevators at the Hyatt Regency Denver Get You In The Mood For Mile High Contemplation

Where: 650 15th St [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

It wasn't just the view from the Peaks Lounge at the Hyatt Regency Denver that we liked last week - we were also pretty partial to the view in the elevator on the way up.

Going up, we rather liked the rain on the plasma screen - setting us up for bad weather up top, which never happened - excellent!

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Getting a Rocky Mountain High (Literally) At the Hyatt Regency Denver

Where: 650 15th St [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

One of the main things we wanted to do in Denver? Join the mile high club See some evidence of the place being the Mile High City. We saw it written all over the airport, after all, and we’d heard the slogan a thousand times, but we were half hoping for Alpine-type hills within the city limits, and we got nada.

But then, one of our idols who we crush on over at our sister website, VegasChatter – the great Norm Clarke of the Las Vegas Review Journal – gave us an idea (he used to live in Denver).

He told us we should catch the sunset from the Peaks Lounge at the Hyatt Regency on 15th Street. So we did. And thus it was that, with said peaks in view, we were finally able to believe how high up we were*.

Norm did us proud, because the Peaks Lounge is spectacular. It’s on the 29th floor – the top one – and it’s a long, rectangular room with uninterrupted windows on the long side and the two short ones. There are tables for two or four lined up along the long wall, and at either end there’s a little couch area for mile high orgies groups.

The menu was fairly decent – there were four pages of cocktails – and service was relaxed and not at all pushy. We appreciated that the waiter gave us time to take all the pictures of the sunset that we wanted, before taking our order. And the drink – we chose a Strawberry Shortcake ($12) - was excellent.

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Four Seasons Denver Is Ready To Be Unwrapped Next Tuesday

Where: 1111 14th Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Doesn’t this remind you of your childhood dreams in which you’d come down on Christmas Day and find a horse/car/uattainable object of your desire wrapped up with a big bow under the Christmas tree?

Well the present in this case is a brand new hotel, and the altruistic giver is Four Seasons. The Four Seasons Denver, according to its wrapping, set to open October 19 at midday. That's nearly a full month earlier than we expected.

From walking by, it definitely looked ready – there were lights on in various parts of the building (including some bedrooms – lucky family and friends?), the function room that was lit up upstairs looked ready to go with frothy chandeliers, and there was even a doorman on duty already.

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All That's Missing from the Four Seasons Denver's Opening Party are Oompa-Loompas

Where: 1111 14th Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Is that Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory or the Four Seasons Denver?

The Four Seasons Denver is just two months away from opening and we can say for sure that the hotel will open on time on November 13.

How do we know, you ask? Are we in possession of some Magic 8 Ball? Of course not. If we had one of those, we wouldn't have to write nearly half the stories we write about hotel delays. Instead, we're looking to the opening party for clues. And apparently, FSD is throwing a massive opening party. The Denver Post reports:

With the hot national band One Republic headlining along with local singer Rekha Ohal and 15-year-old piano prodigy Joseph Eisele, Four Seasons general manager Thierry Kennel promises a night to remember on Nov. 6.

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Four Seasons Denver Now Taking Reservations From Nov. 13

Where: 1111 14th Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Here we are, still in the dog days of summer with lots of hotel openings to get through before the kids go back to school. But one we're happy to daydream about on a hot stinking day is the debut of the Four Seasons Denver, which will open on what should be a crisp, cool fall day: November 13.

The hotel is now taking reservations for its opening, with rooms starting at $285 a night (including breakfast) on that opening Saturday night. (If you're a football fan like us, you should know that the Broncos play a home game at Invesco Field the next day, against the Chiefs.)

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Four Seasons Denver to Open This Fall, Promises 'Hot' New Steakhouse

Where: 1111 14th Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Rocky Mountain High will get a little swankier this Fall when the Four Seasons Denver opens. There's not a whole lot to go on right now aside from two renderings for this theater district hotel, which will also have residences attached. There's not even a specific opening month (Fall sometimes means "December" in the hotel world) but what we do know is this:

The 239-room hotel and 102 private residences boast an expansive collection of paintings and sculptures by contemporary Colorado artists. Additional distinctive features include a rooftop terrace and pool deck, 17,000-square-feet of meeting and event space, a spa dedicated to healing and rejuvenation therapies, and what is sure to be the city’s hottest new dining destination in a steakhouse restaurant.

We'll keep tabs on this property over the summer but if you any of you just happen to be in Denver and walking along 1111 14th Street, send us some snaps of what you saw!

A pic of the hotel's exterior is after the jump.

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Hotel Teatro's Summer-tini Gives Guests a Taste of The Rockies

Where: 1100 14th Stree [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Who's thirsty? It's time for another installment of our Summer Cocktails series. All summer long we'll profile fun new summer drinks served at hotels around the world. Got one we should know about? Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink. Otherwise, enjoy and @reply us when you're wasted!

Today's summer cocktail comes to us via Denver, where The Hotel Teatro takes its martinis seriously. Last summer they were talking themselves up mighty big with their World's Best Martini, which they were serving for just $5 each.

This time, they're sharing the recipe for a special summer spin on the martini...

The Hotel Teatro Signature Summer-tini
·         2 oz  Vodka14 "Rocky Mountain" Organic Vodka
·         0.5 oz Triple Sec
·         Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
·         0.25 oz Pomegranate Syrup

To make, shake vodka, Triple Sec and lemon juice over ice. Layer the bottom of the glass with Pomegranate syrup, pour drink and enjoy!

The hotel's booze of choice, Vodka 14 is Colorado-owned, made with water from the glaciers of the Rocky Mountains. We always think people in Denver look super healthy from living near the Rockies so we're going to apply that same unscientific logic here and say that the Summer-tini could be good for us. (Just play along. Thanks.)

The Hotel Teatro Summer-tini is available for $10 at both of the hotel's restaurants, Prima and Restaurant Kevin Taylor.

Cheers!

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The Funky Curtis Hotel in Denver is Now a Doubletree

Where: 1405 Curtis St [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Doubletree Hotels continues to snap up cool boutiquey properties with its latest acquisition of The Curtis Hotel in Denver. We already love this hotel for its quirky theme rooms and packages and now it looks as if you can get free chocolate chip cookies there too.

According to the announcement, the hotel will now go by the name "The Curtis--a Doubletree Hotel." You know how we feel about tacking the name Doubeltree onto these cool properties (like theWIT and The Artic Club) but as long as the hotel keeps its identity (like the scary 13th Floor) and fun promotions, we guess we can rest easy.

And it doesn't hurt that guests can now use their HHonors points here. Hmm...this is definitely a trend.

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Wanna Meet for Krueger Cocktails at The Coroner's Office?

Where: 1405 Curtis Street [map], Denver, CO, United States, 80202

Still looking for a last-minute hotel room for Halloween? The Curtis Denver has a year-round scare factor with their 13th floor--aka the "Dun Dun Dunnnn!" floor--but this year they aren't going to let the holiest of haunted holidays pass them by without doing anything special.

Their Nightmare on Curtis Street package includes a room on the 13th floor, a "Get Ready for Freddy" goodie bag with a flashlight and a sleep mask, two Krueger Cocktails or Bloody Marys at the hotel's Corner Office, which will be renamed the gruesome Coroner's Office this weekend. Guests who make it through the night will also get a complimentary breakfast.

Room rates start at $149 a night. The package is only available for this weekend, obvs. Book through the hotel's website using code PKGHL.