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Insider Report: New England Edited by Lori Morris lori.morris@nielsen.com Stowed Away New hotel in northern Vermont to feature area’s largest meeting facility The first hotel to be built at Mount Mansfield, Stowe’s historic ski area, the Stowe Mountain Lodge will have 139 guest rooms, a 21,000 sf spa, an 18hole golf course, and more than 10,000 sf of meeting space when it opens this spring. Clad in woven timbers and locally quarried stone, the classic lodge building will house the ﬁve-waydivisible, 5,400-sf Tamarack Ballroom with its ﬂoorto-ceiling windows and capacity for up to 611 guests theater-style and 580 for a reception, as well as four 650-sf breakout rooms. Outdoors, the 1,530-sf Tamarack Terrace will look out onto the mountain. “With the addition of Stowe Mountain Lodge, Stowe is destined to become not only the greatest resort in New England but the preeminent luxury mountain resort experience in the U.S.,” said Hitting the Slopes: Stowe Mountain Lodge offers rustic luxury for ski-loving groups. James Horsman, vice president and managing director of the development. According to Stowe Mountain Lodge spokesperson Lorin Seidman, the lodge can offer up to 100 room nights to groups, but overﬂow can be accommodated by other luxury resorts in the area, including the Trapp Family Lodge and the Stoweﬂake Resort. The lodge will host its first event in May and celebrate its grand opening in June. Seidman said the meeting space is sold out in June, but the resort is now accepting bookings for July and beyond. “We’re getting a lot of Boston-based financial groups, incentives, and high-level executive retreats, but also some insurance and ﬁnancial associations,” said Seidman, adding that automotive companies have also expressed interest in Stowe for new product launches. www.meetingnews.com April 7, 2008 MeetingNews 17 http://www.goprovidence.com http://www.goprovidence.com http://www.meetingnews.com

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