The Hyatt Regency Curacao is among the company’s hotels that offer unique spa treatments.
By Mark Chesnut
Staying in shape and feeling good while on the road is a challenge for most travelers. But Hyatt Hotels is trying to make it a bit more interesting to stay on target when you check in, with a variety of unique spa treatments, fitness classes and dining programs that are tailored to each destination. (more…)
Wash, rinse, repeat: Paul Mitchell products are now featured at four Marriott hotel brands.
By Mark Chesnut
Paul Mitchell has checked in. Last month, four different Marriott International brands — including Courtyard by Marriott, SpringHill Suites, Residence Inn and TownePlace Suites — introduced the famed haircare brand at more than 2,000 locations. It’s the first time that John Paul Mitchell Systems has partnered with a hotel company — and the first time that travelers will be able to indulge in the company’s well-known products (including Awapuhi Shampoo, The Detangler, Tea Tree Lemon Sage Body Lotion and Wash) for free in their hotel bathroom. (more…)
Water world: Wet Republic, at the MGM Grand, is one of the best pools in Las Vegas.
By Mark Chesnut
Las Vegas may sit in the sun-scorched desert, but it’s a great place to get wet. Swimming pools at Las Vegas hotels are often as grand and over-the-top as the attention-getting lobbies and casinos that are just a few steps away. Here are a few great places to wet — sorry, whet — your appetite. (more…)
Envigorating Vegas: The spa at Mandalay Bay offers treatments created for business travelers.
By Mark Chesnut
As the saying goes, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” It can also make him a tired, stressed-out boy — and it was with that in mind that a group of Las Vegas hotels have created a new array of mini-spa treatments designed specifically for weary, time-pressed business travelers. (more…)
By Blane Bachelor
Holiday shopping + San Francisco’s 48 hills = 100 percent exhaustion. Thankfully, the City by the Bay boasts a variety of wonderful spas with an array of antidotes to stress, blisters and Bah-Humbug vibes. Choose from traditional Japanese massage to seasonal, spice-infused treatments, many offered at some top San Francisco hotels.
The all-inclusive Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort: grand, gorgeous, gay-friendly.
By Amy Drew Thompson
The glee-filled moments leading up to an all-inclusive vacation are universal. Who doesn’t get giddy at the thought of hopping multiple restaurants, indulging in spa treatments and lazing — in your bikini — at a sumptuous swim-up bar? Adonis Tulum Riviera Maya Gay Resort fulfills the fantasy on all counts — and even one more: It’s gay-friendly.
Soak your sea legs post-dive at the InterContinental Presidente Cozumel’s Mandara Spa.
By Amy Drew Thompson
Outside of saucy exercise videos, the bends are not particularly sexy, but they’re a calculated risk scuba enthusiasts run in pursuit of their passion for undersea exploration. Lucky for those looking to spend long blue days with eels and rays along the walls of the breathtaking Columbia and Palancar reefs, many Cozumel hotels come complete with sumptuous spas where Cousteau wannabes can soak, sweat and massage away post-dive exhaustion. (more…)
Melt with a hot stone massage at The Peninsula Spa by ESPA in Chicago during Spa Week (Oct. 10 to 16).
By Valerie Moloney
To-dos: Schedule 6-month dental cleanings for both my girls. Order two years’ worth of photos. Buy birthday present for 5-year-old’s classmate. Get hair did and dyed. Sleep, if possible, for eight straight hours. Schedule a facial or massage during Spa Week, to be held Oct. 10-16. (more…)
Bean there: Boston business-friendly skyline.
By Mark Chesnut
Business travelers as well as meeting planners will likely welcome the news about Boston’s increased airline service, as well as new and improved venues for corporate events.
Beginning April 22, 2012, New England and Asia will be linked by new nonstop Japan Air Lines service to Tokyo. The 13.5-hour flight, which becomes daily in June, will be operated with the new Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. (more…)
Hang with your best peeps before your wedding at Hard Rock's pool party, the cheekily named "Rehab."
By Vince Font
If there’s any place in the world that’s more appropriate than Vegas to give yourself a rowdy, pre-marriage bachelor or bachelorette blowout, I’ve never heard of it. What better surroundings to bring your wild and reckless ways to a close in preparation for a life of wedded bliss? Las Vegas vacations win hands down every time in that regard. Here’s a brief round-up of some great Sin City spots to help give you a good and proper send-off into the ranks of the spoken-fors. (more…)
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