Dominican Republic’s Westin Roco Ki to Open May 2008

Dominican Republic’s Westin Roco Ki to Open May 2008
Published on: June 6, 2007

The Westin Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort is on schedule to open in May 2008. The 337-room resort will be located directly on a dedicated four-mile stretch of white sand beach in Punta Macao, Dominican Republic. In addition to offering more beachfront than any other resort in the region, The Westin Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort is housed on a 2,700-acre property. It is the first U.S.-branded resort in the region, providing premium golf, spectacular spa, superb cuisine at international specialty restaurants and breathtaking views of turquoise blue water. Highlights of The Westin Roco Ki Beach & Golf Resort include a Nick Faldo signature golf course, a spa, a choice of restaurants, and several entertainment options. Accommodations will include 32 sensational Jungle Luxe bungalows, two- and three-bedroom resort condominiums, 20 cliff-side villas and 157 spacious hotel guest rooms and suites, most with magnificent ocean views. Recharging and relaxing guests during their stay, the resort will equip all its rooms with the Westin Heavenly Bed and the Westin Heavenly Bath, flat screen televisions and the latest communications technology.

Contact Amy at A Room With A Viewto make your reservation.

Travel To Mexico

THE HILTON LOS CABOS Beach & Golf Resort added several free amenities to its poolside services. Guests lounging by the pool will be able to request fresh fruit kabobs in the morning, cool themselves with chilled aromatherapy hand towels or chilled Evian spray bottles midday or quench their thirst with frozen iced treats in the early evening. Guests also can rent an iPod and check out books and magazines, also for free. The amenities are available from the resort’s poolside concierge.

PALACE RESORTS launched new wedding packages, including a free wedding package at select resorts and a Blessing of the Mayan Gods package at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun and the Aventura Spa Palace in the Riviera Maya. The latter costs $1,000 and includes a beach ceremony that embraces local Mayan traditions. Meanwhile, the free wedding package is available to couples who stay at the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun, Aventura Spa Palace in the Riviera Maya, Playacar Palace in Playa del Carmen and Vallarta Palace in Nuevo Vallarta. Features of the free wedding package include the marriage license and certificate, justice of the peace and a wedding location, among other things.

UNITED VACATIONS launched a Sizzling Summer Savings promotion, offering up to 40% off air-hotel packages purchased by July 15. The promotion is in effect for travel through Dec. 15. A sample package to Cancun from Denver costs $949 per person, double (down from $1,499), for seven nights at the all-inclusive Gran Caribe Real Cancun. All packages include roundtrip air fare on United Airlines and hotel accommodations.

THE CASAMAGNA MARRIOTT PUERTO VALLARTA Resort and Spa is extending its Passport to Paradise promotion through Dec. 15. Under the promotion, guests who present a new passport showing Puerto Vallarta as the first port of entry in Mexico will receive a $100 resort credit. The promotion is valid when guests stay a minimum of five nights.

Contact Amy at A Room With A View, to make reservations for any of these resorts.

Mexico’s Grand Velas Resorts Sets Golf Package

Mexico’s Grand Velas Resorts Sets Golf Package
Published on: May 3, 2007

Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort, in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, is offering the Family Golf package including one tee time per person, per night at the Jack Nicklaus or Tom Weiskopf 18-hole par 72 championship golf course, one free golf round for kids under 17 years of age accompanied by an adult and accommodations in an ocean-view Master or Parlor Suite. Valid May 1 through Dec. 21, 2007, the package also includes a daily Grand Velas Spa Ritual for each adult and all of Grand Velas luxe services and amenities including a la carte dining at five restaurants, premium liquor brands, around-the-clock room service, mini bar snacks, beverages, daily activities and more. The rate is $534 per adult, per night and $75 per child, per night for kids between the ages 2 and 12 years of age. Taxes and service charges are included in the package. Additional golf rounds costs $174 per person.

Contact Amy at A Room With A View to make your reservation.

Walt Disney World to Ban Smoking in Onsite Hotels

Walt Disney World to Ban Smoking in Onsite Hotels
Published on: May 3, 2007

Walt Disney World reportedly will ban smoking effective June 1 in 20 onsite properties, including all guest rooms, indoor public areas, balconies and other locations at all company-owned and -operated hotels. It will also ban smoking at all Disney Vacation Club resorts at Disney World. Smoking will be allowed in designated, outdoor smoking areas only. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts banned smoking at Disneyland’s three hotels in California last year but allowed smoking to continue at Disney World hotels. During the last five years, guest demand for smoking rooms at the Walt Disney World Resort reportedly has been declining steadily. Currently, less than 3.5 percent of Walt Disney World’s 24,000 resort rooms are smoking optional.

Great Wolf Resorts Launches Scooops Kid Spa

Great Wolf Resorts Launches Scooops Kid Spa
Published on: May 2, 2007

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc has created Scooops Kid Spa. The new Scooops Kid Spas are open to the public at six Great Wolf Lodge properties nationwide, including Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.; the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; and Mason, Ohio; and Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wis. ME! Bath’s exclusive ice cream-themed products begin with an ice cream bath fizz, shower sherbet scrub, sundae topping foot mask and moisturizing body icing. Kids can choose their own ice cream bath fizz of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, with toppings of caramel, marshmallow and hot fudge for the foot mask, and final touch of nail polish. The Scooops Kid Spa experience ranges from $35 to $45 and includes a voucher for ice cream at the resort’s confectionary café. Scooops Kid Spa has a room of its own in each of Great Wolf Resorts’ spas. The furnishings for the kid-friendly spa have the look of a modern ice cream parlor, with chocolate-colored walls, retro swivel stools and a pedicure sofa that looks like an oversized ice cream sundae.

SuperClubs Opens First Brazilian Starfish Property

SuperClubs Opens First Brazilian Starfish Property
Published on: May 1, 2007

SuperClubs unveiled plans for a 203-room hotel in Sergipe, Brazil’s smallest state on the Atlantic’s northeast coast. Starfish Santa Luzia is located on the estuary island of Santa Luzia. As SuperClubs’ first Starfish in Brazil, following the launch of this affiliate brand in 2002 with Starfish Trelawny in Jamaica, this family-friendly all-inclusive resort is slated to open its doors in late 2007. It will feature three restaurants, including Italian, Japanese and Continental dining, an intimate spa and a vibrant Kids Center. Extensive conference facilities will appeal to the groups, meetings and conventions market, with eight separate meeting rooms and the ability to cater functions for up to 1,600 people.

To make your reservation, call Amy at A Room With A View.

Planet Hollywood Resort Sets Grand Opening Date

Planet Hollywood Resort Sets Grand Opening Date
Published on: April 20, 2007

The newly renamed Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas will celebrate its official Grand Opening on Sept. 28 and 29, according to Robert Earl, co-chairman of the property. Earl made his announcement on Tuesday, when the hotel officially shed its previous moniker as the Aladdin Hotel and Casino. He was joined by celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Carmen Electra and baseball great Roger Clemens. After a $1 billion renovation, the property is positioning itself as strong competition for the clientele of stylish and hip neighboring properties such as the Wynn Las Vegas and The Palms. Besides already completed renovations such as the floor-to-ceiling Swarovski crystal chandeliers in the hotel lobby and the 5,000 Panasonic high-definition plasma TVs that adorn public areas and guest rooms, new amenities such as Koi restaurant and Prive nightclub are set to open at the property this year. In addition to the 2,600 guest rooms that are designed with movie photos and memorabilia, three suites will be decorated in the name of legendary sports figures Roger Clemens, Pete Sampras and Sugar Ray Leonard. The hotel will remain open throughout the rest of the renovation.

United Vacations Offers Savings on Hawaii Companion Fares

United Vacations Offers Savings on Hawaii Companion Fares
Published on: March 28, 2007

United Vacations has released a new travel deal for customers looking to plan a complete Hawaii vacation this year. Customers who book by April 7, 2007 will save 25 percent on companion fares for travel through Dec. 15, 2007. In addition, customers may add a five-day Alamo economy car rental to their vacation package at no additional cost, courtesy of United Vacations. They can also upgrade to a convertible or Jeep Wrangler for a discounted cost - five days from $148. The companion airfare offer is available on vacations booked by April 7 for travel through Dec. 15. Vacations must include air and meet a minimum package price of $1,500.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact Amy at A Room With A View!

Hawthorn Suites Debut New “Sleep Experience”

Hawthorn Suites Debut New “Sleep Experience”
Published on: March 15, 2007

Hawthorn Suites has introduced a new bedding package known as the “Sweet Suite Bed” at all its hotels. The new initiative creates a clean, crisp and inviting look with high quality, 250-thread count white-on-white striped sheeting and matching duvet cover. Atop a plush pillow-topped mattress, the “Sweet Suite Bed” is complemented by a bed skirt, an abundance of linen Euro shams and other pillows, and decorative accents in soothing earth tone colors and textures. There is also an embroidered bolster with Hawthorn Suites’ signature “tree” icon.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact Amy at A Room With A View - Cruise & Travel.

Marquis Los Cabos Resort Wins Tequila Certification

Marquis Los Cabos Resort Wins Tequila Certification
Published on: March 15, 2007

Marquis Los Cabos Beach, Golf, Spa & Casitas Resort has been honored with the “Distinctive T” certification from the Tequila Regulatory Council (TRC) in Mexico. To celebrate, Marquis Los Cabos hosted a worldwide launch of new $1,700 premium tequila Clase Azul Ultra from Tequilas Premium. Distinctive T honors resorts, hotels and restaurants dedicated to promoting the quality, culture and prestige of tequila. Marquis Los Cabos exceeded strict and numerous requirements to obtain the Distinctive T certification including educating the entire staff on the tequila culture, preserving the authenticity of tequila products and only serving authentic, certified tequila.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact Amy at A Room With A View - Cruise & Travel.