November is a superb month — and a tough month. It is a mixture of chilly air and elections, hearty meals with household, airport chaos and, in case you’re like me, a lot of time spent scouring the web for unimaginable journey offers within the days after Thanksgiving.
Regardless of all of the goings-on, this month was nonetheless a reasonably thrilling one within the resort area. Marriott introduced a lovely new resort opening in Greece, Dolly Parton opened a brand new resort in East Tennessee, Omni completely overhauled its loyalty program and the crew behind The Commonplace introduced a wholly new model set to launch in Australia subsequent yr.
With a lot occurring within the span of simply 30 days, there’s nonetheless plenty of resort information you might need missed. From thrilling new openings to the launch of latest applications designed to assist vacationers get a greater really feel for a resort’s neighboring communities, this is the resort information we expect it’s best to learn about.
Andaz desires vacationers to ‘reinvent themselves on trip’
We do not sometimes discover a resort altering up its branding essentially the most thrilling factor on the planet, but it surely’s a special story when the model debuts sudden new experiences at numerous properties across the globe. Hyatt’s Andaz model is doing simply that with the launch of “Be Like No One’s Watching,” a marketing campaign that is giving the Andaz web site a contemporary and cheeky facelift alongside new on-property experiences centered across the following themes:
- “Indulge” — the place friends can connect with culinary, mixology and self-pampering moments.
- “Play” — which might be expressed via musical connections, gaming and even digital exploration.
- “Transfer” — the place dance, health, sports activities and well-being experiences are delivered.
Curious what that really seems like? With Indulge, friends can study the artwork of Kaiserschmarrn, an Austrian dessert, on the Andaz Vienna am Belvedere. Play can have friends on the Andaz Condesa Mexico Metropolis taking a DJ masterclass or friends on the Andaz Fifth Avenue getting a tattoo. And with Transfer, a 60-minute Mayan meditation is ready on the Andaz Mayakoba.
Extra experiences — and that visually thrilling new model design — might be explored on-line.
Enterprise meets pleasure on the upcoming AC Resort Honolulu
Charges begin as little as $197 per evening. Marriott Bonvoy pricing shouldn’t be at the moment accessible.
Each day Publication
Reward your inbox with the TPG Each day e-newsletter
Be a part of over 700,000 readers for breaking information, in-depth guides and unique offers from TPG’s specialists
Marriott’s eponymous model enters the all-inclusive area
Beginning subsequent yr, Marriott Motels (the person resort model) will enter the all-inclusive enviornment when the Marriott Cancun transforms into the Marriott Cancun, An All-Inclusive Resort. Set to reopen in early 2024, the property would be the first to showcase the model’s new all-inclusive ideas, together with a twist on The Greatroom (the model’s social foyer area), hands-on courses and experiences that have interaction with native tradition, new leisure and facilities, in addition to culinary lineups which are certain to accommodate each traveler of any age. This specific resort additionally occurs to have a lazy river.
Following the primary location in Cancun would be the Marriott Puerto Vallarta, An All-Inclusive Resort in Mexico and the Marriott Djerba, An All-Inclusive Resort in Tunisia. Till then, check out our favourite Marriott all-inclusive resorts it’s best to take into account reserving.
Caesars Palace will get over 400 up to date rooms
The tower is house to 440 renovated visitor rooms, designed by Michael Medeiros of RDH Pursuits Inc., that characteristic black and white interiors with pops of colour, like emerald greens impressed by Cleopatra’s jewellery and Roman crimson artwork and furnishings items. Different new in-room options embrace mirrored headboards, glass-front minibars, Roman-style chaise lounges in customary king rooms, Greek and Roman drawings, and Marmara Striato marble flooring within the bogs.
Harlem will get its first full-service resort in 100 years
In New York Metropolis’s Harlem neighborhood, Marriott has remodeled the historic Victoria Theater, relationship again to 1917, into the Renaissance New York Harlem Resort. Designed to pay tribute to the realm’s historic theaters, the 211-room resort stored a lot of the constructing’s authentic spirit, together with the marquee and outside ticket sales space. Different tributes to Harlem embrace a staircase (pictured above) adorned with names of music legends like Billie Vacation and Louis Armstrong, rooms with quotes on the wall from Langston Hughes and artwork all through the resort depicting the legends.
Visitors may also discover rooms with nice views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park; a restaurant referred to as The Victoria, serving a contemporary tackle southern dishes like shrimp and grits and sizzling rooster sandwiches; and nightly jazz performances on the resort’s bar.
Charges might be discovered as little as $137 per evening or 62,000 Marriott Bonvoy factors. In the event you’re contemplating making a January journey to NYC, you may as well discover nice offers at over 150 accommodations throughout the boroughs, because of New York Metropolis Resort Week.
