Successful Meetings - June 2008 - (Page 40)

ADVERTISEMENT Lakeway Resort and Spa AUSTIN, TEXAS Rebirth of a Classic was recently transformed and reborn as the Lakeway Resort and Spa—but its vintage charm remains. “What we have created is a grand return to the resort’s chic heyday, when both Lady Bird Johnson and Governor John Connally attended the 1963 grand opening, and combined it with everything you could want from a modern resort,” says Michael Swyney, director of sales and marketing. “Lakeway’s $20 million redevelopment has captured the spirit of Austin and created the distinctiveness and comfort of a classic American lakeside resort. The beauty of the rolling hills and miles of Lake Travis shoreline gave our development team an exceptional canvas on which to create a resort experience that is unparalleled in Texas.” The Lakeway’s 166 renewed guest rooms have a contemporary design that combines comforts like the resort’s signature “Blissful Beds” with high-tech amenities like complimentary WiFi, high-speed Internet access, and a 32-inch flatpanel television. Fashionable earthtone colors, high ceilings, and built-in dressers and desks streamline the guest rooms and provide a spacious feeling. Each of two Presidential Suites features a living room, dining area, kitchen, service entrance, 42-inch television in the living room, and private balconies. Central to the redevelopment of Lakeway Resort and Spa is a new structure that houses both the San Saba Spa and the Vistas Ballroom. On the ground floor is the new full-service spa, with a Texas-sized menu of treatments and a fully equipped fitness center. Perched on top of the spa is the sparkling new jewel in the IACCcertified conference resort’s 24,000 square feet of meeting space. The new Vistas Ballroom is a 5,200 square-foot glass-sided venue that seems to float 150 feet above the lake and offers magnificent 180-degree views from the balcony and inside the ballroom. New and refreshed meeting facilities now include 12 breakout rooms and four large ballrooms, which range in size from 4,000 to 5,800 square feet. Two of the large meeting rooms are equipped with permanent projection capabilities, A/V controls, computer graphics capability, and The Lakeway Inn multipurpose lighting and sound systems. Lakeway Resort also offers a business center, high-speed Internet access, and complimentary wireless capabilities. The soundproof rooms have individual temperature, lighting, and sound controls, ergonomic chairs, and conference tables. Significant additions to the amenities lineup at the Lakeway Resort and Spa include Josey’s Bar & Grill; The Back Porch lobby bar; and The Travis Restaurant, which serves a menu of continental cuisine with a southwestern kick. The resort’s prime location—on a peninsula that juts into Lake Travis 18 miles west of downtown Austin— means there is always plenty of action when it comes to the leisure side of a meeting. There is sailing, boating, water skiing, and other water activities at adjacent Lakeway Marina. There is also access to four nearby golf courses and the World of Tennis for indoor and outdoor courts. Two of the property’s three swimming pools are brand new; a three-tiered infinity edge pool with swim-up bar and a family swimming pool with a two-story twisting slide complementing the original retro-chic pool. CONTACT Michael Swyney Director of Sales & Marketing (512) 261-7396 Fax: (512) 261-7322 E-mail: michael.swyney@dolce.com www.lakeway.dolce.com The Sweet Smell of Success To promote creative thought and keep attendees alert, Lakeway Resort has introduced “Scent of a Meeting”—air diffusers loaded with a synergistic blend of peppermint, black pepper, and sandalwood aromatherapy oils designed to breathe new life into meetings. The peppermint oil produces an overall feeling of physical and emotional well-being while stimulating the mind; the black pepper improves circulation, increasing and oxygenating blood flow; and sandalwood oil is helpful in freeing the mind for creative thought. 40 http://www.lakeway.dolce.com

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