Home Based Travel Agent - November 2008 - (Page 49)

Florida FOR THE AGENT ON THE RADAR IN MIAMI A slew of new hotels—and one returning favorite—for your Miami-bound clients The best way to book clients at this property is by contacting Jennie Torres in the reservations department (800-5488886) or by booking through the GDS. Also new to South Beach is the 334-room Gansevoort South (www. gansevoortsouth.com). Located on the north end of Collins Avenue, this hotel is similar to its New York counterpart. The property features the country’s largest rooftop pool and lounge, coming in at 24,000 square feet. The hotel also has a multi-level beach club, which includes a private cabana level, 600 feet of private beachfront and a pool A Two Bedroom Suite at Gansevoort South plaza with a Bizassa-glass tiled infinity-edge pool. The rooms feature large windows with city, bay or ocean views. The best rooms to book are the Deluxe King Ocean View with Balcony. They offer the best ocean views and include spacious, fully furnished balconies. Dining options run the gamut. On the list is Asian restaurant Philippe by famed chef Philippe Chow, and STK restaurant joins the hotel this winter (it currently provides room and pool service for the hotel). The travel agent contact is Michael Holubach (mholubach@ gansevoortsouth.com, 305-604-6577). A frontrunner in hip accommodations, Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ W brand is debuting a new hotel in South Beach next spring. The 419-room condo hotel W South Beach Hotel and Residences (www.wsouthbeachresidences.com) will allow your clients the chance to mingle with celebrities. Insiders say several notables have already bought residences in the property. The hotel’s additional perks include W’s technology touches in all guest rooms; access to the “Whenever/ Whatever” service, the hotel’s 24-hour concierge; Bliss spa; W Living Room; and two basketball courts. All units will feature glass-fronted balconies that allow for optimal Atlantic Ocean vistas, but the largest accommodations are the eight extra-large penthouses and five luxury bungalows. The penthouses come with private rooftop plunge pools and summer kitchens. For dining, the hotel will feature a Mr. Chow outpost, as well as Big Apple favorite Serafina. For more information, con- tact Reservations Specialist Katy Stoka (305-531-4449). This month, the venerable Fontainebleau Miami Beach (www.fontaine bleau.com) will be back on the scene after a major renovation. Some perks at the Fontainebleau include 11 restaurants and lounges, a number of pools, a 40,000-square-foot spa and laptops in every room (the hotel is taking on the “paperless” guest room model). The top picks in the house will be the Specialty Suites (1,000 to 4,300 square feet), which range from a five-bedroom penthouse on the 37th floor to six presidential suites and 13 Fontainebleau signature suites. Each accommodation has views of downtown Miami, Biscayne Bay and/or the beach and Atlantic Ocean. Rooms include high-definition, flat-screen TVs; high-speed wireless Internet access; iPod docking stations; and 20-inch iMac computers. Some accommodations also have a full kitchen and washer/dryer. Down the Road Giuseppe Cipriani’s Cipriani Ocean Resort and Club Residences (www. ciprianimiami.com) will be a mix of 209 hotel suites and 65 ultra-luxury club residences, and offer such features as an outdoor bar and grill, beach cabana, swimming pools and the famed Cipriani restaurant. Interior renovation of the former Saxony Hotel is well underway, and construction of the new residential tower will begin in early 2010. —MA NOVEM B ER 2008 Home-BasedTravelAgent 49 http://www.gansevoortsouth.com http://www.gansevoortsouth.com http://www.fontainebleau.com http://www.fontainebleau.com http://www.wsouthbeachresidences.com http://www.ciprianimiami.com http://www.ciprianimiami.com

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