11/18/08

ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL

Royal Hawaiian Hotel Review

The hotel to be covered in this series is the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The details will include some of the hotel’s amenities, features and other important details. Therefore, we shall begin our review of this fine, top-rated hotel.


The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is one of America’s luxurious five-star hotels and is located in the ever-beautiful city of Honolulu, Hawaii. Built in 1927, it has a total of 528 rooms and suites, has luxurious furnishings from the past and present and the architecture of traditional Hawaiian style.


But, there is more to this grand hotel than just elegant furnishings and traditional architecture. The hotel offers you, in terms of amenities and places to see, an onsite, fine dining restaurant to try out local and foreign cuisines and wines. In addition, there is an outdoor pool to have a bit of fun in the water, spa facilities where you can relax and sooth those aching muscles, great views of the surrounding landscape and more!


Now, if you love to stay active, there are plenty of local activities that you can participate in. Some of these activities include sailing, scuba diving, biking, hiking up the nearby Diamond Head volcano, playing volleyball on the beach water surfing and other activities!


Of course, if you are not a very active person, you can go fishing at many of the nearby ponds and lakes in Honolulu, or play a round or two of golf at one of the nearby golf courses that are not far from the hotel.


And let us not forget to mention some of the amenities of the rooms and suites, such as elegant furnishing, comfortable beds, private baths, telephones, TVs with cable/satellite connection and wireless Internet service.


In short, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is a lovely place to stay for all members of the family, as they, also, have a kid’s center, where kids can play and have fun. The rates at this hotel are not that bad either. So, if you ever decide to come to Honolulu and stay in a five-star hotel; this is the one to do so.

11/10/08

BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL

The Best Five-Star Hotels in America – Los Angeles, CA

This article is the first part in our series of the best five star hotels in America – all located in Los Angeles, California. The first of these hotels to be mentions is the Beverly Hills Hotel. The article will include details about the hotels, services, amenities, rates, and other important details. So, without further interruption, we shall being the article and the series.


Located on 9641 Sunset Boulevard, the luxurious, five-star hotel offers its guests services and amenities that is expected of any five-star hotel. Overall, the hotel has 204 rooms, an array of services and amenities, and is built in the classic luxury style.

Pool in Beverly Hills Hotel

The hotel was built in 1912, and has been one the top hotels in the area, since the 1920’s, when movies stars began to stay there – and still do to this day. Now for the services the hotel offers its guests, it includes a large banquet room, conference room to hold meeting and conventions, and easy access ramps for the disabled guests.


The hotels also offers converge and fax receiving and sending services. For the in-room amenities, they include private dual telephone lines, comfortable beds with pillows and mattresses, in-room safe, private showers, high-speed internet access, room services and other services.

Bar Nineteen in Beverly Hills Hotel (name for the year of opening)

If you’re looking for some time to relax and exercise, he hotel has a nice spa facility and a state-of-the-art fitness center. In addition, the hotel has a elegant, fine-dining restaurant – where you get to sample the finest American and other cuisines around.

Lobby In Beverly Hills Hotel

If you love horseback riding, the hotel offers this as well. If you are a tennis fan, play a game or two of fun, lawn tennis. Like to be on the beach, get some fun in the sun, at many of the nearby beaches. In addition, the rates for the rooms at this hotel start around $520 a night! Better bring your pocketbook and credit cards (not including fees, taxes, tips and optional services.)

The Fountain Coffee shop in Hotel

This concludes the first part of our series of the three best, five-star hotels in Los Angeles. So, get ready for the second part, with a different hotel and a different experience.

11/4/08

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES

The hotel being overviewed in this part is the Four Seasons Hotel of Los Angeles

Located on 300 South Doheny Drive, this branch of the Four Seasons hotel chain is built in the classic luxury style and has a total of 285 rooms and suites.


The hotel features European-style furnishings with highly tuned décor. Furthermore, the hotel features a tropical-styled, rooftop pool, a full-service spa, an in-house restaurant, wheelchair/ramp access, and a rooftop Jacuzzi


As for the out-room services of the hotel, they include front-desk service, concierge service, fast check-in/out service, pet allowance in rooms (extra fee applies), banquet/ meeting service, and others!


For the in-room amenities, they include a TV with cable/satellite hookup, high-speed Internet connection, a private telephone, a private bathroom, comfortable beds and pillows, and room/laundry services, and a desk in every room.


For the outer-room activities and leisure, sink your teeth into some fine American and international cuisines in the hotel’s in-house restaurant. If you want to wet your whistle, with a drink or two, check out the hotel’s bar and lounge. The hotel also has a day care center, to keep the little ones while you are away on other business.

Are you planning a meeting or a banquet? Have it at the hotel’s banquet and meeting rooms. Moving on to the activities the hotels offer, they include a large, spa facility, and the previously mentioned rooftop pool and Jacuzzi.


If you want to get away from the hotel, for a while, check out the local shopping centers, restaurants and other places of interest and entertainment. As for the rates for the hotel’s rooms and suites, they start anywhere from $350-$475 a night (for each room.)

In short, staying at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Los Angeles, or any other luxury hotel, can be a lovely and pleasant experience. This concludes our series on the “three best, five-star hotels” series. Therefore, have a safe and pleasant visit and stay at these hotels.

10/23/08

THE PALAZZO RESORT HOTEL

We will look at the Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino, including details of some the hotel’s amenities and activities. Therefore, we will, now, being our tour of this fine five-star hotel.


The Palazzo Hotel and Casino is considered to be, by many, one the world’s best hotels to stay in. Not surprising, the hotel is located in the heart of the infamous city of Las Vegas, Nevada – or “Sin City.”


Well, even though you may find sin there, you will also find pure luxury at many of ther city’s fine hotels, including the Palazzo Hotel and Casino.


The grand hotel has a total of over 3,000 rooms and suites, with the interior being of Venetian design. In addition, the hotel boasts inner room and suite amenities such as finely European-made living rooms, marble and oversized baths, finely tailored Egyptian linen, remote control curtains, finely made slippers and robes, upscale room service and other fine amenities.


As for the outer room and suite amenities, they include a banquet and meeting facility, an upscale, classy restaurant, spa facilities, meeting and convention rooms, easy access availability for the disabled, a fitness center and more!


In addition to these amenities, the hotel offers its guest activities such as running and jogging tracks, playing golf at one of the local golf courses, a ton of shopping malls and outlets for the well-informed shopper. You, also, can dine at the finest hotels in Las Vegas, and of course, rolling the dice in the hotel’s casino and/or at the other hotels in “Sin City.”


In short, the Palazzo should be one of the top hotels for you to stay at, while in Las Vegas, or on your shortlist of five-star hotels. Therefore, no matter which hotel you are staying at, have fun and a nice day!

10/20/08

THE WOODLANDS RESORT AND INN


Woodlands Resort Review


The five-star hotel to be reviewed, for this part, is the Woodlands Resort and Inn. In the article, we will talk about, in detail, some of the hotels amenities, features, and local activities that you can participate in. Therefore, without further ado, we will begin the article right now.


The Woodlands Resort and Inn is the only mobile five-star hotel in South Carolina, with thousands of guest checking in and out every year. Located in the town of Summerville, South Carolina, the hotel has plenty of rooms and suites for you and your crew to stay in.


In speaking of the hotel’s suites, there three levels of suites that the hotel offers its guests and they are the executive suites, the junior suites and the Governor’s suites. Moreover, the suites are nicely decorated, have private bathrooms, modern accommodations and comfortable mattresses and pillows that you and/or your crew to lay your heads down on at night.


In addition, hotel has slightly cheaper guest cottages for guests that do not want to stay in a suite. Furthermore, the hotel is pet friendly, as well, and allows the pets of guests to stay in the same rooms and suites as guests.

Now, for the inner and outer amenities and activities of this resort hotel, they include an in-house, fine-dining restaurant where you can sample some of the South’s finest foods and wines, tennis courts where you can spar against a fellow guest, take a bicycle tour through historic Summerville and swim in the hotel’s outdoor pool.


In addition, there are other local activities and places of interests for you to explore and take part in. In short, the Woodlands Resort and Inn is a fun and relaxing place to stay in and if you ever in the Low Country of South Carolina; come on down and see all the events and activities located nearby the hotel.

With that being said, good luck to you and have a pleasant day!




10/16/08

ST. REGIS MONARCH BEACH RESORT

St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort Review

The five-star hotels, to be reviewed, is the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. Located on the sandy beaches of Dana Point, California, the luxurious hotel has a total of 400 rooms and suites, built in the Tuscan-style architecture and has an array of excellent amenities.

St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort

Some of the hotel’s inner room amenities include TVs with cable or satellite connection, room and laundry services, private bath, telephones, high-speed internet service, and comfortable and roomy beds that you can relax on.

Bathroom in Hotel

As for the outer room amenities of this hotel, they include easy access for the disabled, a gym, a fine-dining restaurant, spa facilities, and an outdoor poll to cool off on those hot, steamy California summer days and nights.

St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort inside

If you are looking for fun and entertaining things to do, outside of the hotel’s grounds, there are plenty to do.

These activities include golfing at nearby championship courses, jet skiing in the nearby Pacific Ocean, shopping at the nearby shopping centers and malls, getting a suntan on the surrounding beach, touring in the local museums and more!

Golf course of Hotel

If all these fun and relaxing activities excite you, the prices for the hotel’s rooms, also, should excite you. Right now, the hotel is renting rooms for as lows as $425 a night! Not bad for a five-star hotel that offers amenities like these.


In short, staying at a hotel, such as the St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel, in Dana Point, California, is something that you should consider. While, there are other five-star hotels, in California and the U.S., this one is, by far, one of the most luxurious of them all. Therefore, have a good stay at this hotel and/or others that you desire to stay. Thank you and have a nice day!

10/6/08

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL

Four Seasons Hotel, Washington D.C.

The hotel that we will review is the Four Seasons Hotel, in Washington, D.C. Included in this review of the hotel, will be details about the hotel, such as the amenities, suites and nearby and in-house activities. Therefore, without further interruption, we shall begin our review of this hotel.

Front of Four Seasons

The Four Seasons Hotel of Washington D.C. is one of the stateliest and luxurious hotels in the entire city and hosts thousands of guests every year – dignitaries, politicians, and average people alike.

Moreover, the hotel has 211 rooms (25 are suites) and offers amenities that would satisfy even the most stringent of guests. Some of these amenities include radio clocks with CD compatibility, cordless telephones, fax machine on request, PlayStation gaming systems on request, high-speed Internet connection, all-cable news networks and housekeeping services for each room (twice a day.)

Restaurant in Four Seasons

Now, we will explore the outer amenities of this hotel and they include fitness centers where you can in a workout or two, outdoor pool for some fun and relaxing water action, and for the younger guests, there are bike riding, boating, video games and other fun, youthful activities.

Room in the Four Seasons

Let us not forget the business services that the five-star hotel provides its clients. They include video conferencing, wired/wireless Internet access, secretarial services, express check in/out services, audiovisual equipment and concierge services.

Pool in Four Seasons

Now, if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the hotel, there are local golf clubs, tennis centers, and other fun places of interests to see. Places like Rock Creek Park Tennis Center (located 15 miles outside of D.C.), Stonewall Country Club (37 miles from D.C.), Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Mall, the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts and the White House (all in D.C.)

Room in For Seasons

In conclusion, staying at the Four Seasons hotel, in Washington, D.C., can be a lovely experience and even lovelier, are the nearby places on interest that the city holds. So, whenever you decide to visit our nation’s capital and want to stay in a fine, five-star hotel; the Four Seasons hotel is one of such hotels you should consider staying in.

10/1/08

ROYAL PALMS HOTEL and CASITAS

One of the best hotels in US is Royal Palms Hotel and Casitas, which is located near Phoenix, Arizona and I will write little about it.

Front of Royal Palms

The hotel is a hotel that is fully staffed and has a total of 119 rooms and casitas – all are very comfortable and entertaining to spend your vacation or business trip in. Also, for a bit of history about this hotel; it first opened in 1948 and have been serving guest ever since.

Gorgeous

Some of the main features and amenities of this hotel include the “T-Cook’s Restaurant,” fitness center, a full-service salon, a large swimming pool and concierge service. The basic amenities for the hotel and casita’s rooms include minibars, wireless Internet access, iron/ironing boards, wall safes, express checkouts, large TVs with remotes and personal effects such as towels, make-up mirrors, soap and fresh, clean linens and plush mattresses.

Pool in Royal Palms Hotel

For the dining features at this hotel and casita, T-Cook’s offers is guest an array of fine breakfast, lunch and dinner meal and drink selections, nightly entertainment, catering and banquet services, a bar to gulp down a few drinks, 24-hour room services, a private dining room, and a café to drink a few cups of cappuccino or coffee.

Garden

Now, for the relaxation activities that this restaurant offers all its guests, they include having an in-room massage session, playing a bit of croquet, bike rentals to explore the Scottsdale-Phoenix area, a spa to relax your muscles, a swimming pool to cool off and do a bit of swimming and a fitness center to get your exercise on – all these for you to choose from.

Reastaurant in Royal Palms

So, that concludes our tour of the Royal Palms Hotel and Casita and the two former hotels of this series. So, I will say to you have fun, relax and happy visit at this hotel and at any hotel you stay in.

9/23/08

CASA MARINA HOTEL

Casa Marina Resort & Beach Club


For the second part of our tour of the best five-star hotels in America, we will go to the Casa Marina Resort, which is located in Florida’s Key West region and is home to many visitors who want to experience a taste of the good life.


Entrance to Casa Marina

As for the basic features of this hotel, they include 461 rooms and suites of elegance and luxury, a restaurant to enjoy finely-prepared meals and drinks and activities to help you unwind and relax.


Pool at Casa Marina

As for the some of the inner and outer room amenities of this exclusive resort, they include wireless, high-speed Internet access in all rooms and suites, private balconies to enjoy the glistening Key West sunrise and sunset, two beautiful, outdoor pools for you to swim around in, valet and overnight parking which range from $12-$20 a day and onsite bike, moped and sports gear rentals.


Room in Casa Marina

Now, for the onsite restaurants, the “Strip House,” the “Sun-Sun Beach Bar and Grill,” the “Rambler Lounge” and the “Rambler’s Provision Company,” which provide its patrons with fine, excellent dining and drinks that will satisfy even the driest of taste buds. Although, none of these restaurants and bars do not have a dress code; it is best to dress in smart or elegant casual clothing.


Beach at Casa Marina

For the hotel’s available activities, there is the full-service massage studio, where you can choose from a Swedish massage, aromatherapy, deep tissue massage, reflexology and other activities that will soothe your body and mind.


Massage ata Casa Marina


Of course, you can also rent a bike or a moped or sports gear and experience this “paradise” first hand.

Well, that concludes our tour of the Casa Marina Hotel and what its has to offer weary guests like you, who need to take time to unwind and enjoy life to its fullest. So, until then – have fun and have a happy stay at this wonderful beach resort!


Wedding at Casa Marina