Hotels & Resorts
Starwood launches starwoodmeetings.com
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced the global launch of StarwoodMeetings.com - a new "simple, engaging and intuitive web site that understands meeting planners and delivers relevant and comprehensive content for all phases of the meeting planning process."According to officials, the new site is the result of an extensive research effort that included looking at today's best practices and interviewing customers to determine how best to bridge Starwood's online resources with the on-site services provided by properties. StarwoodMeetings.com is designed to make it easy to...
Top Coast hotels for 2011 awarded
Coast Hotels & Resorts recently announced its top-performing hotels and sales professionals for 2011. These were selected from 31 Coast properties in Western Canada. For instance, Vancouver's Coast Coal Harbour Hotel took top honours for guest satisfaction receiving the best satisfaction, intent to return and value (SIRV) award among owned and managed hotels, as measured by guest comment cards. The Coast Tsawwassen Inn in Delta, BC received the award for best SIRV among franchised hotels. The Campus Tower Suite Hotel in Edmonton was recognized as the Managed Hotel of the Year and the Coast...
Food bank collections equals free breakfast at Ala Moana
The Ala Moana Hotel has just started its annual efforts to collect food donations for the Hawaii Foodbank. The hotel is inviting guests to make donations in exchange for a classic, full island breakfast buffet. Any guest staying at the hotel who contributes either two kilos or six cans of food items from March 1 to April 15 will receive a coupon to enjoy a breakfast at Plantation Café. "Nearly 30% of Hawaii's households have to choose monthly between buying food and paying the rent,"said Polly Kauahi, Hawaii Foodbank's director of development. "The foodbank is extremely grateful to...
Breezes unveils ‘Dream’ Collection
Breezes Resorts & Spas is now offering wedding and honeymoon couples even more personalized options with the new Breezes Dream Wedding and Honeymoon Collection. With a choice of three wedding packages and five colourful Island Inspirations themes (aqua, tropical, seashell, flora and blossom), couples can tailor their big day to best fit their personalities. At the same time, they also keep their budgets in check. In addition to the complimentary wedding option, brides and grooms who have family and friends booking five or more rooms to join the celebration will enjoy the sixth room for free....
Vail Resorts pens Kirkwood deal
Vail Resorts, Inc has reached an agreement to acquire Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, California. Vail Resorts is purchasing the ski resort as well as the undeveloped sites at the centre of the base area which are zoned for residential and commercial development for a purchase price of approximately $18.0 million. The seller will retain a participation interest in the base area parcels and will continue to own the remainder of the real estate development sites. Following the acquisition, Vail Resorts will now operate three world-class mountain resorts in the Lake Tahoe region which...
Whistler camps offer the right exposure
This summer Whistler's Momentum Ski Camps will offer "Exposure," a new film and photography camp for youth and young adults, taught by some of action sports' most successful professional filmmakers and photographers. "Exposure" will take place from July 6 to July14, 2012. Ski photographer Blake Jorgenson from Whistler Outdoor Photography, will take a leading role on the photography side and adapt his already established workshops in Whistler to focus on youth action sports. On the film side Darren Rayner of the grassroots film and clothing company, Voleurz, is slated to act as Exposure's film...
Outrigger has front row to Hawaii’s biggest show
Whale watching season in Hawaii runs through May, so there's still time to catch the breaching of the behemoth visitors to Hawaii. Guests staying at the beachfront Outrigger Royal Kahana or Outrigger Napili Shores on Napili Bay can witness these magnificent sights, just offshore. Each year, as many as 10,000 humpback whales make the annual 8,000-km journey from the North Pacific to warm Hawaiian seas to give birth and mate. While visiting the islands, these creatures are often seen in spectacular acrobatic displays. The oceanfront units at the Outrigger properties offer access to these...
Sweeping you off your feet
Luxe Hotels has launched a new contest in conjunction with introduction of its new 360 Degree package -- a wraparound luxury service that includes a personal town car pick up and drop off service at a Los Angeles airport. The contest will award the winning couples a chance to experience the Luxe Hotels 360 Degree package, by offering a complimentary stay for two at any of the three Luxe Hotels in California -- the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in Bel Air and the Luxe City Center Hotel in Downtown, Los Angeles. To enter Luxe's Let Us Sweep You Off...