Hotel & Motel Management - June 16, 2008 - (Page 62) 62 Checking Out LODGING’S LIGHTER SIDE H&MM June 16, 2008 | HotelMotel.com www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition By the numbers In celebration of the release of “Sex and the City: The Movie,” Kimpton’s The Muse New York, a boutique hotel located just blocks away from the 5th Ave. shopping haven, is offering guests the chance to experience Manhattan through the eyes of the characters with their stylish suite package. 60 Minutes of in-room massages for two during the Sex and the City getaway 2 Perfectly mixed cosmopolitans during the Sex and the City getaway 12 Issues of Vogue, Elle or Cosmopolitan you’ll receive if you note you are most like Carrie, rather than one of the other main characters in Sex and the City 1 Personal driver for a tour of the Sex and the City famous foursome’s hip haunts, including shopping at Jimmy Choo, snacking on Magnolia cupcakes, and sipping cocktails at District 5th Ave. New York City’s unique shopping district, located just blocks away from Kimpton’s The Muse New York 200 Uniquely styled, spacious guestrooms and suites at The Muse New York 4 Number of diamonds The Muse New York received from AAA Source: Kimpton Hotels Group Ballroom packs punch The 190-square-foot JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix just got a little bigger. In April, Steve Hart, g.m. (left), and Larry Peabody, director of event management (right), unveiled the $21-million Saguara ballroom that is more than 50,000 square feet, complete with stage and video screens. The only thing bigger than the space may have been the opening ceremony, as the ballroom hosted Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night fund-raising event. The fight night attracted numerous A-list celebrities. MARRIOTT HOTELS Hyatt Regency Boston shines with charity work The Hyatt Regency Boston’s hospitality extended beyond its doors and to the surrounding city. On April 25, Hyatt employees participated in Boston Shines, a citywide, corporate clean-up day of the financial and theater districts. Boston Shines also inspired many Hyatt employees to participate in other charitable causes like the city’s 40th Walk for Hunger and Breast Cancer 3 Day, which will take place August 15-17. Kenya hosts hopeful weekend event HYATT REGENCY Three of Kenya’s leading business associations, The British Business Association of Kenya, East African Association and the American Chamber of Commerce of Kenya, joined forces with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts to demonstrate Kenya is back on track, hosting 250 guests. The weekend included a silent auction to benefit local charities. Quotable Chelsea comes to Atlantic City A preview event for Atlantic City’s first boutique non-gaming hotel, the Chelsea, was held at Beatrice Inn and hosted by Paul Sevigny of Beatrice Inn (left) Curtis Bashaw of the Chelsea (right) and Stephen Starr of Starr Restaurants. The Chelsea, Atlantic City is officially scheduled to open mid-July. The Chelsea will feature two Stephen Starr restaurants, a nightlife destination called The 5th Floor, a spa, a banquet facility, an indoor, an outdoor and a rooftop pool. School receives Earth Day gift Jeremy Jacobs, chairman and c.e.o., Delaware North Companies, donated $1 million to Nichols School in Buffalo. The Jacobs family donation will be used to build an environmentally sustainable science and technology building on the school’s campus as a part of Delaware North’s GreenPath program. “ ARNOLD ANGELONI, c.e.o., AmericInn, on soundproof guestrooms. CHELSEA HOTEL Editor’s note: If you have information about an event that would be considered the lighter side of lodging, please e-mail Jason Freed at jfreed@questex.com. DELAWARE NORTH When I was newly involved with the company, I drove around and visited other hotel brands and I said, ‘OK, so how in the heck could we ever compete against that power? Maybe we should try to differentiate ourselves on something that’s more important to the customer.” FAIRMONT HOTELS http://HotelMotel.com http://www.HotelMotel.com/digital_edition
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