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Escape winter with Boca Raton Resort & Club

By Paul Johnson on Feb 21, 2006 in Accommodation, Clubs, Florida, Going Out, North America, Regions, Resorts, Special Offers & Packages, Travel Miscellany, USA

Spend the cold winter months warming your toes in the sand and sun with Boca Raton Resort & Club in the sunshine state of Florida. Winter specials are on offer at $249 per night and valid until 30th April 2006.

Blue Rose Resort, Orlando

By Paul Johnson on Feb 15, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA

Construction should later this year on The Blue Rose Resort, Orlando’s tallest luxury hotel. This 39-story development will feature 1,300 rooms and condos, five restaurants, 75,000 square feet of meeting space and a 1,000-seater performing-arts theatre featuring Broadway shows. It will be at the intersection of Universal Boulevard and Carrier Drive, and is expected to

Acqualina, Sunny Isles, Florida

By Paul Johnson on Jan 18, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA

Soaring over the Atlantic Ocean on South Florida’s fabled coastline, Rosewood Resorts’ Acqualina is an oceanfront masterpiece and is expected to open next month (February 2006) after the originally intended November 2005 deadline failed to materialise. This luxury boutique resort occupies 400 feet of pristine beach at Sunny Isles and includes a two-storey oceanfront spa,

Starwood Hotels exploring Punta Gorda

By Paul Johnson on Jan 16, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, USA

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. may be interested in establishing one of its hotels in Punta Gorda, Florida. City Manager Howard Kunik and Charlotte County Tourism Director Becky Bovell met with Starwood representatives who expressed interest in establishing a hotel on what will become the Harbor Inn Resort & Yacht Club fronting the Peace

Setai condos

By Paul Johnson on Jan 15, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Real Estate, Regions, Resorts, USA, Vacation Rentals

The Setai Resort announced today that it has started sales of hotel condominium units in its newest tower. This collection of 50 ultra-luxury hotel condo suites has been custom designed and built in the style of the Setai Hotel. They that come equipped with Duxiana beds, Irish Linens, BOSE surround sound systems, Lavazza espresso

Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Florida

By Paul Johnson on Jan 14, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, Spas & Pampering, Speciality Travel, USA

The Mayfair Hotel in Coconut Grove, FL has opened a new Jurlique spa. It covers 4,300 sq. ft. and has seven treatment rooms including a double room, a hydrotub, vichy water massage room and manicure and pedicure stations. The Mayfair has 179 suites with 42″ plasma televisions, LCD TVs in the bathroom, DVD/CD players, terrycloth

The Setai, Miami, Florida

By Paul Johnson on Jan 12, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, USA

The Setai on Miami’s Collins Avenue is, without doubt, the most exclusive hotel ever to grace South Florida. (You’ve got to be good to be able to command rates that start at over $1,000 a night, and have entrées on your restaurant menu that cost $72.) A member of the Asian GHM Hotels, the

Bayside Luxury Suite, Naples, Florida

By Paul Johnson on Jan 12, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, USA, Vacation Rentals

Looking for a place to stay when you’re next in Naples, FL? Well, the only waterfront hotel in downtown Naples – the Bayfront Inn on Fifth (until recently a Comfort Inn) – has dropped its nationwide chain to go solo as a boutique hotel. Part of this transformation sees the addition of the Bayside

Grande Lakes Orlando resort

By Paul Johnson on Jan 06, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA

CNL Hotels & Resorts, Inc., the nation’s second largest hotel real estate investment trust, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the 500-acre Grande Lakes Orlando resort, comprising a 584-room Ritz-Carlton, a 998-room JW Marriott, a 40,000- square-foot spa and an 18-hole Greg Norman-designed championship golf course.

Mischa Barton visits Miami

By Paul Johnson on Jan 06, 2006 in Accommodation, Celebrities, Florida, Hotels, North America, Regions, Travel Miscellany, USA

According to the New York Post, Mischa Barton and boyfriend Cisco Adler were reportedly screaming at each other at the Hotel Victor in Miami’s South Beach on New Year’s Eve. “There was a lot of slamming doors and stomping around and dropping of F-bombs at their $5,000-a-night pool bungalow at the hotel.” In the end,

AAA Five Diamond rating

By Paul Johnson on Jan 05, 2006 in Accommodation, Florida, North America, Regions, Resorts, USA

When you are awarded the AAA Five Diamond rating, you want people to know about it. But how do you go about standing out from the others who also have the accolade? Well… the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne, Miami, has decided to place a $3,000 SABBIA diamond necklace under the pillow of one guest

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