Luxury Travel Advisor - August 2008 - (Page 56) FAMILY TRAVEL THE TROUT ROOM at The Pitcher Inn exudes a rustic lodge atmosphere. New England These charming inns and resorts will charm your clients BY RUTHANNE TERRERO with kids in tow. Stowe Mountain Lodge (www. stowemountainlodge.com), a member of Destination Hotels and Resorts (www.destination hotels.com), opened its doors in June as the ski-in, ski-out, golf-in, golf-out centerpiece of Spruce Peak at Stowe, a new $400 million alpine community in Vermont. It’s hard to get a bad view at Stowe Mountain Lodge: Situated at the base of Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, it offers vistas of the mountains or the Stowe Mountain Club, the resort’s 18-hole mountain golf course designed by noted architect Bob Cupp. Of the resort’s 139 accommodations, we suggest the Ridgeline Junior Suites for families, which are larger than Studios and have a separate living room area with a pullout, queen-size bed. Two- and three-bedroom suites are ideal for entertaining since they have full gourmet kitchens, a dining table for six people and a guest bath. Luxe factor: Each bedroom has its own full bathroom with soaking tub. James Horsman (jhorsman @destinationhotels.com) is the resort’s vice president and managing director; luxury travel advisors can also contact Sales Manager Karon Hagen (802253-3560) or Revenue Manager Kathya Parsons (617-621-1700). They can fill you in on the resort’s “Alpine Concierge” program, which creates profiles and tracks guest preferences. Jessica Swartley (jswartley@destination hotels.com; 802-253-3560) is the head Alpine Concierge, who can arrange a farm-to-table experience for your clients that includes a tour of nearby Boyden Farm, a cooking class and lunch. Swartley’s team can also arrange for an on-site naturalist to take clients through a guided hike through the mountains or to enjoy an Orvis fly-fishing tutorial; even a personal visit to the glass-blowing mill of Simon Pearce Glass (www.simonpearce.com) can 56 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | August 2008 http://www.stowemountainlodge.com http://www.stowemountainlodge.com http://www.destinationhotels.com http://www.destinationhotels.com http://www.simonpearce.com
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