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ISSUE 127 UPDATES
J U N E 2014 HOTELS FLIGHTS
THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW TOUR OPERATORS
Hit the open road with Hayes and Jarvis
HAYES and Jarvis has put the USA’s highways and byways on the right road by offering a variety of self-drives that range from the spectacular California coastline to the historic ‘mother road’ of Route 66. Destination Manager Suzanne Harvey said: "We recommend our self-drives as it takes away all the stress of organising and planning it yourself. These routes have been carefully selected as they show the very best of the USA.” The packages typically include flights, accommodation and car hire.
sees
The Historic Route 66 option clients
starting off Lake in
Chicago, before driving through eight states and taking in St Louis, Oklahoma City,
Michigan, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Las Vegas, before ending up in Los Angeles. The 15-night trip starts from £1,399pp, flights with United Airlines. The nine-night Lighthouse and Lobsters itinerary takes in the best of coastal New England from and back
Departing on September 9 the trip includes Kennebunkport, Rockland, Acadia National Park,
St Andrews (Canada),
Portsmouth and Cape Cod. It is priced from £1,349pp, flights with Virgin Atlantic. The 11-night Golden California option
departs San Francisco on October 2, heads to Monterey and Carmel before moving inland to Las Vegas and finishing in San Diego. It is priced from £1,249pp with United flights.
Hayesandjarvis.co.uk
to Boston. Bangor,
Loews Spa pampering
LOEWS Miami Beach Hotel's new luxurious spa brings award-winning treatments and therapies to the heart of Miami South Beach in Florida. Located in the hotel’s 790-room historic
St. Moritz tower, the new ‘exhale’ spa features 16 spa therapy rooms, large changing rooms with a steam room and whirlpool, a mani-pedi lounge and an expansive gym with a ‘mind body’ studio where guests can experience award- winning Core Fusion workout programmes and ‘flow yoga’ classes. A full menu of spa therapies is on offer including signature restorative massages, rejuvenating facials, nail care, waxing and Eastern healing therapies. For those enjoying the sun at Loews Miami Beach, exhale will perform cabana and poolside therapies.
loewshotelsblog.com
Come Together in Mall of America
THE ‘Ladies and Gentlemen….The Beatles!’ exhibition, which recently debuted at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, will
feature at the
Midwest Music Museum inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota until September. The exhibition celebrates the 50th
Anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in the USA and features the impact they made from a fan’s perspective. On display will be original Beatles
materials including memorabilia, records, photographs, tour artifacts, videos, and more.
Mallofamerica.com
IN BRIEF American heads to North Carolina:
Following the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, the combined airline launched a Manchester-Charlotte, North Carolina, service last month. Operated by US Airways, it leaves Manchester at 14.25, arriving into Charlotte Douglas International
Airport at 18.20.
americanairlines.co.uk Kimpton’s vine time in Seattle:
Kimpton’s Hotel Vintage Park, one of the city’s most iconic buildings, is now the Hotel Vintage after a multi-million dollar renovation. Each of the
125 Starwood’s lofty target: Starwood newly
re-imagined guest rooms is named after a Washington winery. The hotel has partnered with 12 of the state's wineries.
Kimptonhotels.com
Hotels' fast-growing Aloft brand has added another property in Oklahoma with the opening of Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown – Bricktown. The brand’s third hotel in Oklahoma joins two Alofts in Tulsa. It has 134 large loft-like rooms and 10 suites with Jacuzzi tubs and sleeper sofas.
alofthotels.com
PUT A PREMIUM ON U.S. SHOPPING
TWO SIMON® Shopping Destinations’ California centres now feature stores by well-known designers. Desert Hills Premium Outlets – just
over an hour's drive from Los Angeles and 20 minutes west of Palm Springs – has the USA’s first Alexander McQueen, Helmut Lang and Belstaff boutique outlet stores, introduced after a $100 million refurbishment. Shop 'til You Drop packages are
offered by several hotels. Meanwhile, in San Diego, Fashion
Valley is set to be the new home for a17,500 sq-ft retail space occupied by a UK fashion favourite: Topshop|Topman.
simon.com
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