Hotels
Las Vegas mixes it up with Paul Oakenfold residency
Las Vegas based N9NE Group and Palms Casino Resort have announced that Paul Oakenfold, one of the world’s leading DJs, will hold court at Rain Nightclub beginning this Autumn in his first Resident DJ position in the United States. ‘Paul Oakenfold Presents: Perfecto Las Vegas’ was conceptualised specifically for Rain Nightclub, the legendary 25,000 square-foot nightclub and concert venue at the Palms Casino Resort known for its special effects and international headliner acts.
Cape Lodge wins Best Boutique Hotel in Australia
Cape Lodge has just been awarded the Best Boutique Hotel in Australia in the 2008 HM Awards for Hotels and Accommodation Excellence. This is the third award in 2008 for Western Australia’s premier small luxury hotel including being voted in the World’s Best 100 Hotels by Conde Nast Traveller and ranking in the Top Ten in the World for Food.
Pentahotel gets ready to rock
There’s been a philanthropic cocktail, a break-the-bank cocktail and now pentahotel introduces the ‘rocktail’. To celebrate this weekend’s Reading Festival, the newly branded pentahotel has launched the Stairway to Heaven, named after one of the most iconic rock songs of all time. Designed by celebrity mixologist Giles Looker, who is responsible for the cocktail menus at London nightclubs Mahiki, Whiskey Mist and Quo Vadis, he has served music royalty like Jon Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Kylie Minogue and the Foo Fighters.
Blurring the lines between business and leisure
Watch out, because Penta has reached UK shores with plans to inject some fun back into the hotel market with the opening of its first property in Reading, England. The company has recently rebranded the former Renaissance Hotel and a multi million pound refurbishment will kick off in autumn 2008.
Hyatt reaches for new heights in Moscow
Moscow’s only international boutique hotel, Grand Hyatt Residences & Spa, is scheduled to open its doors in December 2008 – just in time for the season’s festivities. While becoming the highest hotel in Russia, the ultra-luxurious accommodations will raise the bar across the local hospitality industry, by offering personalised service at a level above and beyond the expected.
Fall Golf at Sun Valley Resort offers breathtaking scenery
Sun Valley Resort, Idaho, announces its value-laden Fall Golf Stay-and-Play Package. Golfers can choose from 18 holes on the award-winning Trail Creek Course or a couple turns on the first nine holes of the resort’s brand new White Clouds Course, perched high above the resort and featuring breathtaking, panoramic views of the surrounding mountains.
Rocky Gap offers unlimited golf on Jack Nicklaus signature course
Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in the US – home to Maryland’s only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course – has announced the Bear Essentials Unlimited Golf package will be re-launched and run through the remainder of the season. Starting at just $117 per night (based on double occupancy), guests receive lodging and unlimited golf with cart.
Leading spa therapists head to Australia’s Gold Coast
Chiva-Som International Health Resort and Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat have announced three fantastic retreats as part of the exclusive ‘Essence of Chiva-Som at Gwinganna’ promotion taking place at the Gold Coast retreat.
Avista comes to Mayfair
The new Italian restaurant Avista is due to open its doors in October this year at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair. The restaurant will have its own entrance via Grosvenor Square.
Celebrate truffle season at Relais San Maurizio in the Piedmont
On the first Sunday in October experience what is surely Italy’s silliest, slowest and possibly most loved race – the Palio degli Asini. No, you won’t see horses, as at Siena’s famous Palio, but donkeys! The event marks the beginning of the world-famous white truffle season.
Home for the holidays at the fabulous Chesterfield Palm Beach
The island of Palm Beach is the ideal place for those special winter holidays and The Chesterfield Hotel, with its fine, traditional hospitality, is the ideal place to be. Combine the two and you have the fabulous Home for the Holidays package.
Solís Cambrian Hotel & Spa introduces ‘His & Hers’ package
Solís Cambrian Hotel & Spa in Adelboden, Switzerland has introduced a two-night His & Hers Package that will keep both parties happy when they jet off for a short break. On the agenda for him is a tandem paragliding flight, a morning spent mountain biking and a sports massage, while the package for her includes a shopping trip to Berne, as well as three hours of treatments in the Spa Solís.
Enjoy art in Somerset during a stay at Lordleaze Hotel
The Lordleaze country hotel on the edge of Chard is offering B&B from £105 per double/twin room per night for two sharing during the Somerset Art Weeks, which run from 13-28 September. Guests staying at the former 18th century farmhouse in South Somerset will be able to visit some of the 200 artist studios opening their doors across the county.
Exclusive One Spa extends its offering
The award-winning One Spa at the five-star Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh is expanding its luxurious offering with the opening of eight new stylish treatment rooms this month. Adding a further touch of exclusivity, One Spa is now one of only five spas in Scotland to offer the new Super Active treatments from ESPA.
Diving delights at Iru Fushi Beach & Spa Resort, Maldives
The Maldives offers some of the best diving in the world and there is now a new atoll to pull on the fins and explore. Surrounding the soon-to-open Iru Fushi Beach & Spa Resort on the pristine Noonu Atoll are thirty dive sites with an abundance of marine life ranging from magnificent manta rays and rare humpback turtles to regal reef sharks and a rich variety of colourful corals.