Hotels
‘Mix & Mingle’ Shows Off New Delta Toronto
Baxter Travel Media, Delta Hotels and Air Canada teamed up yesterday (Dec. 10) to host a “Holiday Mix & Mingle” for travel industry personnel and show off Delta's new downtown Toronto, flagship property, which just opened a few weeks ago. Guests attending the event were treated to hotel tours and had a chance to win prizes. Located at 75 Lower Simcoe St. – connected to Union Station and the convention centre via the PATH – the Delta Toronto boasts 567 rooms on 46 floors. It is the first purpose-built hotel (there are no residences) built in downtown Toronto in 25...
Gastronomic Journey
One of Mexico's top chefs, Xavier Perez Stone (l) returned to Toronto this week for an intimate industry dinner hosted by Mexico's Grand Velas Resorts. Chef Xavier – winner of an Iron Chef International competition last summer – is the executive chef at Grand Velas Riviera Maya's Cocina de Autor restaurant, the first all-inclusive resort restaurant to receive the prestigious AAA Five Diamond award. Participants at Monday's event were treated to an eight-course gastronomic journey with wine pairings. The luxurious Velas Resorts has four properties in Mexico, two of which belong...
Bali Expansion for Meliá
Meliá Hotels International has opened another hotel in Bali. The Meliá Ubud has easy access to the rest of the island and is a 45-minute drive from Ngurah Rai International Airport (also known as Denpasar), the third busiest airport in Indonesia. The resort consists of 49 keys, including a venue for weddings and events, and a relaxation area with a YHI Spa. Indonesia is a special place for Meliá Hotels International, as it was in Bali in 1985 when Melia's Gabriel Escarrer opened the company’s first international hotel, Meliá Bali. Meliá Ubud is the fourth Melia hotel in...
Sheraton Centre Offers Special December Rates
This month, the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is offering a special rate for guests while giving back to Daily Bread Food Bank. The Sheraton Centre’s Spirit of the Season rate is offered through Dec. 30 and $10 from each room night booked on this special rate will be donated to Daily Bread Food Bank. Visitors and local residents are invited to spend a night or more to enjoy pre-holiday shopping or get together, Christmas Day festivities or Boxing Day bargains. Specially priced and starting from $139 per night, the Spirit of the Season rate is valid for up to four people staying in...
Fairmont Teams Up With H.C. Valentine Coffee
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is making it easier for guests in North America to wake up happy with the flavours of its new organic, artisanal brews – thanks to an exclusive new partnership with H.C. Valentine Coffee Company, an award-winning micro-roasting company based in Birmingham, Alabama. “Our goal is to deliver a premium experience with a personalized touch; offering an exclusive micro-roasting brew ensures that promise is honored in each batch of fresh coffee brewed on-property,” says Brett Patterson, vice-president of Food & Beverage, Americas at FRHI Hotels &...
Holiday Shopping Package at Aloft Vaughan Mills
Aloft Vaughan Mills is inviting travellers to delight in holiday and Boxing Day shopping with a stay at the hotel, located just steps away from renowned shopping at Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre. The exclusive holiday shopping spree package at Aloft Vaughan Mills is valid now through Dec. 30. Rates start from $130 per night and include complimentary overnight parking, a $20 Vaughan Mills gift card, two cocktails at w xyz bar located on the main floor of the hotel, and breakfast bundle buffet for two at Re:fuel by AloftSM the following morning. The package can be booked online at...
Carlyle Stays Sandals
Sandals Resorts International (SRI), parent company of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts and Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts, reports its Montego Bay-based Sandals Carlyle will remain a Sandals branded resort following consultation with guests. Gordon “Butch” Stewart, chairman of Sandals Resorts International, had previously revealed plans to transition Sandals Carlyle to the Grand Pineapple Beach brand, but reversed the decision after speaking with the company’s returning guests. Sandals Carlyle currently boasts one of the highest returning guest percentages in the...
Delta’s Flagship Hotel Open for Business in Toronto
Delta Hotels and Resorts officially opened its new flagship property yesterday (Nov. 27) – the Delta Toronto hotel in downtown Toronto, the first four-star, full service hotel to be built in the city in over two decades. Designed to exceed the evolving expectations of the modern traveller, Delta Toronto is the flagship brand standard for Delta’s growing portfolio of hotels and resorts across Canada. From coast to coast, Delta is introducing new designs, new hotels and innovative use of technologies that engage guests in ways one would expect from Canada’s leading, four-star...