Travel Agent - August 6, 2007 - (Page 42)

Hotels InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore Renovated upscale property has prime waterfront location BY ANASTASIA MILLS HEALY amills@questex.com I knew I was in for something special when my first impression of Baltimore’s InterContinental Harbor Court was of a gentleman in a topcoat blowing leaves from the entrance. Formerly the Harbor Court Hotel, which opened in 1986, the property was reflagged as an InterContinental in April 2006. Upgrades to the hotel include new bedding and flatscreen TVs in guest rooms, as well as fully renovated bathrooms. There’s now high-speed and wireless Internet access throughout the hotel; and in public spaces, refinished wood, brass and marble surfaces and fixtures, as well as new floors; and a revamped hotel entrance, courtyard and gardens. The InterContinental Harbor Court has a great location, not only across a road to the waterfront, but also in walking distance of the aquarium, science center, downtown business district, Harborplace mall, local ferry service, convention center and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The city’s baseball and football stadiums are also nearby. The InterContinental’s 195 guest rooms and 22 suites are harbingers of the 2,000 hotel rooms (including a 756-room convention center Hilton scheduled for 2008) that are coming onto the market in downtown Baltimore, which is experiencing a renaissance. For the time being anyway, this is the city’s top hotel, frequented by luminaries from the worlds of sports, medicine, higher education, literature and music. This writer, for one, can vouch for the latter: I stayed at the hotel during a music festival and bumped into two headliners in the lobby. The top accommodation is the Presidential Suite, which, in addition to two bedrooms and two and a half baths, has a living room with a baby grand piano and fireplace, dining room that seats 12, kitchen and wet bar. Six 1,000-square- Presidential Suite (top); exterior (middle); lobby staircase (left) FastFacts Address: 550 Light Street. Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: 410-234-0550 Reservations: 888-424-6832 Web site: www.intercontinental.com/baltimore Gds codes: Brand IC, Sabre 01991, Amadeus BWIICA, Worldspan BALHA, Galileo/Apollo 78907 42. TravelAgent August 6, 2007 http://www.intercontinental.com/baltimore

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Contents Editor's Letter News You Can Use Cover Story - Passports and Visas: What Clients Should Know About Them EUROPE: Capella Debuts Two Properties This Year LAS VEGAS: The De-Theming of Luxor HAWAII: Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea Renovates CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA: Cruising the Panama Canal Lavishly CARIBBEAN & BAHAMAS: Bahamas’ Grand Isle Resort & Spa News and Notes Meet the U.S.V.I.’s Tourism Commissioner CRUISES: Defining Regent Seven Seas HOTELS: InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore Agent Exchange Luxury Travel Expo Update Ad and Edit Index Classified Marketplace People & Places

Travel Agent - August 6, 2007

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