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Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Launches 500-Calorie or Less Menu
To stay at a hotel that's literally across the street from CAA (one of the biggest talent agencies in the world), you're going to want to look good. This means fighting off Cinnabon (and french fries and pizza and bagel sandwiches). The easiest solution is simply walking downstairs to the Breeze restaurant.
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles just launched the Perfectly Portioned menu with meals that are 500 calories or less. And the options look delicious, like seared ahi salad and vegan mushroom risotto. Guests can also create their own meal with "my menu" options. Here, they choose a meat/fish/poultry and have it prepared whatever way they want with whatever sauce. They then add a pasta, a vegetable and a starch (these meal options are not all 500 calories or less, but hey, it's good enough for us).
While we're on the subject of health-minded food, the Hyatt Regency is also known for their stellar vegan options, and the chef even has aspirations of going full GMO free. Watch him speak about all the health-minded goods here. Oh, and did we mention the gym at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza is an Equinox? Talk about upscale urban detox resort. We feel fat just by thinking about it!
Room rates from $275.
[Photo: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza]
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Break Out The Skates! Ice Rink Opens At LA's Hyatt Regency
The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza made a splash yesterday by reminding us that Los Angeles does indeed celebrate winter – sort of – with the opening of a 3,000 square-foot tech-no-logic ice rink. Yeah, it's not really an ice rink, but it's about as close as Southern California and the Golden Coast are going to get.
The hotel had a big year in 2009 upgrading its cabanas, installing an infinity pool, and dealing with a Dennis Rodman debacle. We also had a few drinks with readers at its X BAR in 2010, but it has been a bit quiet ever since, something we knew could not continue given its terrific location downtown near Rodeo Drive on Avenue of the Stars. So this rink is good news.
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Today's the Day! Drinks with HotelChatter in LA!
Have you ever wanted to confront meet HotelChatter in person? Well if you're in Los Angeles today, Thursday, November 11, now is your chance.
We're holding a very laid-back meet-up at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza inside their sexy X Bar for anyone who loves hotels, travel and drinking. (Note: these are not mutually exclusive.) And the key word is casual. We'll be squatting in a corner area of the bar, drinking away and probably Twittering. But don't worry, we won't force you to use a hashtag or anything!
We've decided on a cheetah print shirt in honor of our favorite Jersey "Housewife" Teresa and we'll also have a stack of HotelChatter stickers next to us (Sorry, we couldn't get them in a scratch n' sniff variety.) But if you can't find us, just ask the hostess where the party is convening. So please say you'll be there! (And try not to flake. We know your game all too well, Angelenos.)
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Come Drink With Us in LA Next Week! (We Promise Not to Pull a Charlie Sheen)
Have you ever wanted to confront meet HotelChatter in person? Well if you're in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 11, now is your chance.
We're holding a very laid-back meet-up at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza inside their sexy X Bar for anyone who loves hotels, travel and drinking. (Note: these are not mutually exclusive.) And the key word is casual. We'll be squatting in a corner area of the bar, drinking away and probably Twittering. But don't worry, we won't force you to use a hashtag or anything!
And we promise to wear some identifiable piece of clothing or perhaps even carry a prop so you can easily spot us, but we're not quite sure what it will be just yet. Either way, it will be a great time for LA-area peeps to talk hotels. No reason why NYC should have all the fun! So please say you'll be there! (And try not to flake. We know your game all too well, Angelenos.)
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Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Upgrades Its Poolside Offerings
While a debate was going down over Hyatt Regency Century Plaza's landmark status, the hotel took to spiffing up its pool area, adding a new infinity-edged pool and cabanas.
Rimming the pool are brand new European designed chaise lounge furniture, coordinating extra-large umbrellas and chic cabanas for private retreats. Envisioned as exclusive outdoor escapes, each cabana is rock-star ready and accommodates up to six people. Furnishings include two love seats for lounge style seating, day beds for cuddling or sunbathing, ceiling fans for keeping cool, high-speed Internet and WiFi for staying connected, a state-of-the-art sound system to groove to, a plasma screen television to unwind with and a personal refrigerator for vital refreshments.
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InterContinental Struts Its Stuff In L.A.
Last night, sales and press reps from several of Intercontinental’s hotels in the western U.S. gathered in the ballroom of the InterContinental Century City to tout their hotels to an assortment of travel agents and writers.
The point of the evening seemed to be primarily to introduce the new Andalucia-themed Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, and to showcase the deft cuisine of French-born Chef Dominique Crenn, whose restaurant, Luce, is at the new Intercontinental San Francisco in SoMa. Luce has already made such an impact on the S.F. foodie scene in its short life that Crenn won Esquire Magazine’s 2008 Chef of the Year Award.
In addition to the edible treats, guests got to check out the toiletry and spa products at a few of the properties, and learned about Intercontinental’s first branded resort, the Montelucia, which was on Conde Nast's 2009 Hot List of New Hotels. The two facts that stood out about the new Arizona property? First, the fact that you can get a room there for just $145 this summer thanks to low season rates; and second, the fabulous Moorish-themed spa with healing crystals and a room that is lit up like the nighttime sky in Granada, Spain. Fancy!
We’ll be sure to bring you new deals from ICH as we get them in, so stay tuned for more.
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Who Knew This Hotel Was Worth Saving?
We're actually quite familiar with the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, just a hop, skip and a chauffered drive away from Rodeo Drive, as we once lived near the hotel. We've even spa'd at the hotel's Equinox fitness center and spa and we've gone for drinks at the hotel's X bar. And yes, the world's worst hotel guest, Dennis Rodman has even been arrested here.
However, its massive hotel room/factory appearance and numerous hotel brand changes left us often recommending smaller, more stable hotel brands around Beverly Hills.
But who knew the place had such great history? This was the hotel that hosted the state dinner for moon walkers Neil Armstrong and Buzz O'Neil after they arrived home from their epic voyage.
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More Drama for LA Hotels: Dennis Rodman Arrested in Century City
The dramz with celebrities in Los Angeles area hotels continues! This time bad boy retired b-baller Dennis Rodman was arrested at a Century City hotel for a minor altercation with his girlfriend.
TMZ goes back to doing what it does best, obtaining police reports involving celebrities:
Rodman's manager Darren Prince tells TMZ, "Last night Dennis and his girlfriend had too much to drink. When they returned to their hotel they started arguing and a minor altercation broke out where Dennis grabbed her by the arm and left a bruise." Hotel security got involved and called LAPD, who responded and made the arrest.
Rodman blames it all on the drinking and will probably go to rehab. As for the hotel, there's really only one major hotel in CentCity that we can think of, the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza located across from the giant CAA building, the Century City Mall and numerous law firm buildings. It's also got a pretty happening bar/lounge called X Bar. And it's address: Avenue of the Stars.
[Photo of guest room: Jet Alone]
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Nicollette Sheridan Likes Dining Doggie-Style
We always like to discover new pet-friendly hotels here, but never before did we know that the Hyatt Regency in Los Angeles was this animal friendly.
On Thursday the hotel hosts "Dine With Your Dog Day" where the big news is Nicollette Sheridan's appearance and her vow to eat dog food. Yep that's right, when most hotels brag about their new star chefs, the Hyatt will be hosting a celeb feast of chow:
Hollywood is going to the dogs this weekend and "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollette Sheridan will be dining on pooch food to launch the new California incentive. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared Saturday "Dine With Your Dog Day," and he has teamed up with actor Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance dog food company Natural Balance in the hope of showing dog lovers how delicious pet chow can be.
Obviously dining with your dog is more than welcome on Thursday but we'll be interested to see how welcome the canines are after Sheridan has left. That aside, we really hope dog food won't make it onto any permanent Hyatt menus just because it was backed by a celeb.
Related Stories:
· Nicollette Sheridan to eat Dog Food [Star Pulse]
· Hyatt Regency L.A. Reviews [TripAdvisor]
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Westin Century Plaza: Broadband Internet fails under flood of geeks
PC Mag scribe Lance Ulanoff stays at the swank Westin Century Plaza Hotel and Spa on the Westside in LA during an industry event and the hotel's broadband network yacks under the pressure.
Couple quotes from the piece:
My advice to the Marriotts, Hyatts, Westins, MGM Grands, and others is that if you plan on advertising broadband access, build it as if every single room will be using it at the same time (and make sure to throw in ubiquitous Wi-Fi capabilities, too).
If you don't offer all that, then you really don't have a right to advertise that you're "broadband-ready."
Totally agree. Someday these hotels will get the message:
Reliable Internet is very important to travelers
Or they will loose more and more business over this issue.
