{"id":16931,"date":"2011-09-09T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=16931"},"modified":"2018-03-12T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:23:48","slug":"ping-pong-hotels-with-table-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/ping-pong-hotels-with-table-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping-Pong, anyone? Hotels with table tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paddle up: Engage in a friendly game of Ping-Pong at The Island Hotel Newport Beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Erik Torkells<\/em><\/p>\n

For all the cutting-edge hotel amenities out there — in-room\u00a0Nespresso machines, touchscreen panels, peek-a-boo bathrooms — some of us will always be happiest to see a Ping-Pong table tucked somewhere on the grounds. After you’ve spent hours on a plane or in a car or meeting, can anything beat a ripping game of table tennis? There are basically two types of hotels where you might find one….<\/p>\n

First are family resorts, where table tennis is one more way to keep kids out of trouble. Examples include Marriott\u2019s BeachPlace Towers, Fort Lauderdale <\/a>;\u00a0 Marriott\u2019s Aruba Surf Club<\/a> and Be Live Hamaca Beach, Dominican Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, then, a bit more intriguingly, are the cooler, upscale hotels where you might think the clientele wouldn\u2019t be caught dead holding a paddle. Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, Calif., famously has a table by the pool (\u201cfamously\u201d because Sofia Coppola used it in her recent film, Somewhere<\/em>), as do other Andr\u00e9 Balasz hotels, including the Standard, Los Angeles<\/a> and Standard, Miami Beach<\/a> and Sunset Beach on New York\u2019s Shelter Island. Even the The Island Hotel Newport Beach<\/a> — a buttoned-up business hotel — has Ping-Pong over by the fitness center. In fact, it has a foosball table, too. Could foosball be the next big\u00a0thing?<\/p>\n

If so, the massive sports complex under construction in Huainan, China, will have to add a foosball-man-shaped building to match the hotel shaped like an upside-down Ping-Pong paddle….<\/p>\n

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