Virtuoso Life - May/June 2008 - (Page 44) SUITE TALK 100 Percent Occupancy To mark its centennial, Seattle’s 76-room Sorrento Hotel is offering the entire property to a group of 100 travelers for a two-night stay. The hotel takeover begins with limousine transfers and a cocktail reception, and culminates with a dinner cruise aboard a yacht. From $100,000 for a party of 100, including breakfast and high tea. Dos Amigos Two Mexican originals meet in the new tequila and ceviche bar at the 65-room Maroma Resort and Spa, where chef Guillermo Gomez prepares six varieties of ceviche tableside from the day’s menu. Tequila experts match the dish – say, a red snapper with green tomato and radish ceviche – with the appropriate bebida from one of the largest tequila collections on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Doubles from $385, including breakfast, round-trip airport transfers, and a bottle of champagne. Chef Guillermo Gomez’s ceviche. SHOP TALK Bergdorf Goodman is a destination department store for high-end fashion in New York City. Those in need of a wardrobe overhaul or simply a quick spree can head to the 248-room Mandarin Oriental, New York and gain insider access to the latest lines with a Bergdorf personal shopper, tea at the store, a discount on purchases, and two nights’ accommodations at the hotel. Through September 5, 2008, doubles from $2,150. High living at the Mandarin Oriental New York. THESE WALLS CAN TALK: Fun facts and cocktail party trivia from iconic hotels around the world * King Fouad I of Egypt had a tunnel built between the HOTEL METROPOLE MONTE-CARLO and his villa in the 1920s to discreetly visit friends while in the city. * 3,567.5 GALLONS: Average amount of hot cocoa mix used by the PARK HYATT BEAVER CREEK each season for the hotel’s complimentary hot chocolate stands. ¬ 44 V I RT U O S O L I F E
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