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Four Seasons and American Express® Enhanced Spa Treatment Offer

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Four Seasons Resort Spa Promotion
Four Seasons and American Express® Enhanced Spa Treatment Offer
Available through March 15, 2012
The Sheer Bliss of "Me Time," Enhanced with Extra "Free Time." In destinations around the world, the luxury spas of five-star Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts invite you to come rejuvenate with them, whether for a day or much longer. Your experience can go even further with enhanced spa treatments when you pay with any American Express® Card. Spa offers and rates vary by destination. Receive exclusive offers when you mention the Spa Escape promotion at the time of booking, and book and pay with any American Express® Card.  Offers can include complimentary services, additional time added to booked services, and more.

Award Winning Acqualina Resort & Spa in Miami Beach, South Florida

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL. (November 3, 2011) - The October 2011 issue of Andrew Harper’s exclusive Hideaway Report reveals the results of an annual survey of his readers’ favorite luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach is an award-winning hotel in Miami Beach, FL that has been selected as one of the Top 20 Beach and Family Resorts winners in the 2011 Reader Survey. Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report is a notable resource for intelligence on luxury hotel and resort travel and is based on unbiased, firsthand research.

Miramonte Resort & Spa Annual Desert Holidays $99 Rate

Miramonte Resort & Spa, located in prestigious Indian Wells near Palm Springs, rings in the holiday season with a special vacation rate of $99 per night throughout the Desert Holidays program – an annual celebration at the resort beginning the day after Thanksgiving through New Year's Day 2012.

Featuring entertainment and activities every day, the program not only celebrates the holidays with Santa's workshops, holiday story times, roasting chestnuts, creating gingerbread houses and other festive activities, but also includes cooking classes, chef dinners, musical entertainment, wine tastings, star gazing and more.

With the unveiling of the Gingerbread Village the day after Thanksgiving, other family fun events include holiday story times, Santa's Workshops with crafts, cookie decorating, roasting chestnuts, and making s'mores while sipping hot cocoa around the fire pit; and a Letters to Santa drop box in the lobby.  Adults can partake in cooking classes with the hotel chef, and wine tastings and pairings, while everyone can enjoy music, singing performances and delectable dining in between activities.  

Notably, the resort offers holiday dining encompassing not only special meals and buffets for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve, but also a daily "Holiday Dining Around the World," a rotation of traditional dining from countries across the globe every day, available in The Grove restaurant.  

In addition, every Saturday at 9 p.m., guests can join an astronomer under the desert night sky to explore planets, stars and galaxies through the Star Gazer Telescope, perhaps mapping Santa's path for deliveries on Christmas Eve.

THE WELL Spa at Miramonte is not to be missed!  It features an engaging calendar of classes and activities to help you live the Miramonte Resort lifestyle. Options at this destination spa also include wellness and cooking classes, plus fitness and spa events. 

For reservations or more information please call the resort at (800) 237-2926 or visit online for an updated event calendar.

Spa Photo Tour: Casa de Sierra Nevada Spa Resort Culinary School Mexico

 

 

A cluster of historic buildings at the centre of the city, this charming Orient-Express hotel offers the ultimate Mexican destination vacation, spa and culinary experience.

 

The hotel has its own cooking school, Sazon, where you can learn to create traditional Mexican treats.  Sazon at Casa de Sierra Nevada is a Mexican cooking school and boutique, housed in a magnificent 18th century casa in the heart of San Miguel de Allende, a charming colonial town in the highlands of central Mexico. To savor the local cooking at leisure there is a choice of two exceptional restaurants.

 

Laja Spa at the Casa de Sierra Nevada, Mexico, pays tribute to the magnificent Laja River that flows through the mountains in the north and fills the San Miguel Lake.

 

San Miguel de Allende is located in Central Mexico. Mexico City which is 177 miles away. The nearby León Airport is 1 hour and 30 minutes away from the hotel. The Queretaro Airport is just 1 hour from the hotel.   Casa Sierra Nevada offers guests transportation from the airport. 

 

Casa de Sierra Nevada
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Picture Tour: Praia D’El Rey Marriott Golf & Beach Resort, Portugal

The Praia D'El Rey Marriott Golf & Beach Resort in Obidos, Portugal, is a beautiful spa hotel in a historic location, one hour north of Lisbon. The 13th century town of Óbidos is located on a hill and is still encircled by a fortified wall. The well-preserved mediaeval look of its streets, squares, walls and its massive castle have turned the picturesque village into a preferred tourist attraction in Portugal.

After the jump, relaxation and spa therapy in historic Portugal.

A fantastic program for Summer Solstice 2010 at Vail Cascade Colorado

 

Vail Cascade Resort & Spa in Vail Colorado (Twitter @VailCascade) has many  events and activities to ensure that you and your family spend your summer right. Events are varied from yoga to spa to just plain fun!  Summer Solstice runs through September 30 offering hotel guests $99 resident rates, free nights, free activities, discounts and more for spring breakers looking for a mountain getaway.

During Summer Solstice all guests that book a stay at the hotel through September 30 can take advantage of the following deals, events and activities:

Speaker Series: Life Coach
Aria Spa & Club
8/19/10
5:00-6:30pm

Member and Hotel Guest BBQ on pool deck
8/18/10
Held on the Aria pool deck.  

Charry Morris Yoga Workshop
Aria Spa & Club
8/13-8/15 

FAP (Friday Afternoon Pampering)
Aria Spa & Club
8/13/10
5:00-8:00pm 

Women's Self-Defense Class
Aria Spa & Club
8/21/10
9:00am-12:00pm
Taught by Matthew Bailey.

Candlelight Night
Atwater
September
5:30-Close
Join us for a memorable evening as Atwater turns off the lights and illuminates the restaurant by candlelight from 5:30pm to close in honor of Earth Hour. This special international event promotes global awareness of energy saving and efficiency. In addition, we will donate 10% off all proceeds for the evening to Habitat for Humanity.

Labor Day Pool Party
Hotel Pool
9/3-9/5
All Weekend
Poolside BBQ, drink specials and live music 

Learn to Kayak Class
Alpine Quest Sports
8/6/10, 8/20/10
5:00-7:00pm

Minimum of 3 students per class, sign up by 2:00pm on Friday

VISIT VAIL CASCADE ONLINE TO LEARN MORE

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa to honor Wounded Warriors on March 20

Today, the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa announced details of its special Grand Opening Salute Gala scheduled for March 20. To commemorate the launch of the world's largest JW Marriott Resort, the San Antonio property will host a fundraising gala honoring America's military service men and women who have been injured in the line of duty. More than 25 Wounded Warriors and their families will attend the weekend festivities. All proceeds from the event weekend will be donated to the national Fisher House Foundation, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

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Check In & Chill Out Spa Package at St. Barths' Hotel Carl Gustaf

Start off the new year with a Caribbean getaway to St. Barths, French West Indies to ease the stresses, worries and anxieties which plagued your psyche throughout the previous twelve months. Join Hotel Carl Gustaf on the beautiful island of St. Barths with the new Check In & Chill Out package and be assured that pampering begins the moment you arrive, continues throughout your six-day tropical vacation, and then leaves you refreshed and rejuvenated so you can return to your everyday life ready to tackle all of its challenges.

Montage Laguna Beach offering a Special Holiday Season for Ages 2-12

Montage Laguna Beach, an oceanfront resort in California and the premier California stay spa for SpaIndex.com, will feature and exciting array of activities for children and families this holiday season, including Santa’s Workshops, Santa Tuck-ins with Milk & Cookies & Just-for-Children New Year’s Eve Party.

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NBC names Fitness Ridge Resort in Utah as exclusive destination partner for The Biggest Loser

Congratulations to the newly named "Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge" in Ivins, Utah, selected to be the exclusive weight loss destination to NBC's television show "The Biggest Loser."  The Resort provides an affordable, calorie-controlled, structured program, boot camp style, for both men and women of any fitness level.  The program is aligned with The Biggest Loser lifestyle and features hiking, stimulating cardio and stretch classes, healthy and tasty spa cuisine, and practical education to help participants succeed.

Read more about The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge on SpaIndex.com: Guide to Day Spas and Stay Spas

Browse recipes for Spa Cuisine courtesy of The Biggest Loser