The beauty of Beaver Creek Resort’s newest development, the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, isn’t in its architecture, services or amenities, but in its location. The luxury hotel, to open next year, is being built next to the ski resort’s new Riverfront Express Gondola that will connect hotel guests and those in the town of…
Westin Hotels & Resorts has a new in-room spa program that brings the personalized luxury and comfort of a full-service spa to the privacy of your hotel room. As the hotel industry’s first global in-room spa program, the experience includes a luxurious yet portable spa bed and spa basket filled with sensory items to be…
I’ve had the luxury of viewing Québec’s spectacular fall foliage in three different regions: Charlevoix, the Eastern Townships and most recently in the Outaouais. What, you’ve never heard of Outaouais? Pronounced ooo-tah-way, it’s located at the southwestern tip of Québec along the Ottawa River. I started my journey in Montreal, taking a two-hour train ride…
Visitors to the Bar Lazy J Guest Ranch near Parshall, Colorado, can make sure their muscles appreciate a good long soak or soothing massage by hopping in the saddle for trail rides that end at a hot springs spa a few miles away. Guests head out on horseback for a couple-hour ride to a jaw-dropping…
Who among us hasn’t come home from a business trip or weekend getaway feeling fat, lethargic and generally out of shape? Hours sitting on a plane, the temptation of all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets, and being uncertain about finding a local gym all lead to that unpleasant feeling of “road swell.â€? Not at the Affinia Dumont Hotel…
Regent Hotels & Resorts recently made its Caribbean debut with The Regent Palms Turks and Caicos, a luxury resort enclave overlooking the turquoise waters of Grace Bay Beach in the northern Caribbean. I proposed to my wife on this 10-mile stretch of powdery white sand and it is a truly magnificent locale for a lux…
Several years ago, our family spent four nights on Australia’s Hamilton Island to “take a vacation from our vacation” from the rest of the continent. It was a welcome relief to do nothing but have fun and soak up the sun. Now that there’s a brand new spa opening up on the island, all the…
The Spa Fairmont Le Château Montebello in Quebec was given top marks by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. It’s one of only two Canadian spas to be honored by the publication’s prestigious Hot Spa List. The other is also in Quebec, the Manoir St-Andrews Spa & Detente. Condé Nast Traveler’s 11th annual May Hot Spa List…
When the sun sets in Carmel-By-The-Sea it doesn’t go unnoticed. People put their lives on hold for awhile, stroll down to the ocean—just a few blocks away from the center of town—and take time to observe one of nature’s finest gifts. There’s a reason why the California Coast below San Francisco is so populated. When…
The Fairmont Newport Beach in California is celebrating the opening of its new Willow Stream Spa. Now through June 30, 2007 you can indulge in personalized, private luxury during a Celebrate Spa weekend. The package rate is $259 per night, and includes accommodation in a luxurious Fairmont room, breakfast for two and a $100 credit…
April 15 may mark Income Taxes and the day we close our 2006 financial books in the U.S. But in the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa in luxury travel spot set in the Indian Ocean, the World’s First All-Glass Undersea Restaurant is set to open. Ithaa Restaurant, which means “pearl” in Dhivehi, will be 16…
It was a little embarrassing to admit that although I’ve traveled to about 70 countries and live in San Francisco, I’ve never visited Mendocino. I think it was the thought of driving three hours of nauseous winding roads that had turned me off. But when my best friend called to say she was coming to…