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Hotel Spa Review :: Pure Blu Spa at Newport Beach Marriott

Where: 900 Newport Center Dr [map], Newport Beach, CA, United States, 92660

We had the chance to check out the sparkling new Pure Blu Spa at the Newport Beach Marriott recently. We're grateful to spend any day at the spa, but it certainly doesn't stop us from looking at the experience with a critical eye (what? It's our job!).

After the jump, we break down the whole thing for you -- the good, the bad, and the fees you shouldn't bother with.

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Fairmont Newport Beach: The West Coast's Hotel Carter?

Where: 4500 MacArthur Blvd. [map], Newport Beach, CA, United States, 92660

Normally, we don't like kicking off a Monday with grisly hotel crime but when it happens at a luxury hotel in Orange County, it's hard to ignore.

A woman's body was found packed in dry ice at the Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel Saturday and the details surrounding her death are mysterious to say the least.

The body of Monique Felicia Trepp was discovered in Room 966 at the Fairmont Hotel just before midnight Thursday, shortly after narcotics investigators say they arrested [Stephen David] Royds with a small amount of cocaine.

There's no cause of death yet but both Trepp and Royds had several prior drug-related arrest. Royds also told the O.C. Register that "Everything that happened was for religious reasons."

This is certainly not the kind of publicity the Fairmont wants after having just completed an extensive $32 million renovation. Maybe the Mondrian West Hollywood has some tips on how to cope.