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Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta

2007-08-07T10:44:00.000-07:00

With business, shopping and the arts at your door and service that lends new distinction to Southern hospitality, Four Seasons is dynamic Atlanta's premier hotel address - offering mid-town views, ultra-spacious rooms and peerless meeting space and dining.

Atlanta Destination Overview

Atlanta is a lively , thriving city, the capital of Georgia, and a center of commerce and the arts. Many fortune 500 companies have corporate or regional headquarters in Atlanta, and young professionals are moving there in ever increasing numbers. Many visitors come to Atlanta looking for the Old South stereotypes: white columned mansions surrounded by magnolias and owned by languidly moving, elegantly dressed ladies wearing white gloves and hoop skirts, and speaking in a southern drawl.. What they find is much more cosmopolitan and a lot more interesting, though it is still possible to relax with a glass of lemonade under a peach tree. Atlanta has spent the last 135 years building what has been described as the Capital of the New South and the Next Great International City.

Atlanta is the city of Martin Luther King, Jr., father of one of the country's most important social revolutions, and of Ted Turner, who brought the world a revolution of another sort. The dramatic downtown skyline, with its gleaming skyscrapers, is testimony to Atlanta's inability to sit still, even for a minute. And its role as host for the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996 (it had already hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and the Democratic National Convention in 1988) finally convinced the rest of the world that Atlanta is a force to be reckoned with as well as a great place to visit. Consistently ranked as one of the best cities in the world in which to do business, Atlanta is headquarters for hundreds of corporations, including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Holiday Inn, Georgia-Pacific, Home Depot, and BellSouth and Cox Communications. A major convention city and a crossroads where three interstate highways converge, it's home to the country's second busiest airport and is the shopping capital of the Southeast.

Although the city limits are only 131 square miles, the metro area is vast and sprawling. With 3.5 million in population and still counting, there seems to be no limit to its growth. There are major art, science, nature, and archaeology museums, a vibrant theater community, an outstanding symphony, a well-regarded ballet company, opera, blues, jazz, Broadway musicals, a presidential library, Confederate and African-American heritage sites, and dozens of art galleries. Add to that entertainment attractions such as Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, a regional theme park, a botanical garden, and major league sports teams, and you have the ingredients for a family friendly city. The culinary spectrum ranges from grits and biscuits to caviar and sushi.

Fried chicken and barbecue are available, but Atlanta also serves up Thai, Ethiopian, and Russian cuisine. The 1960's saw the beginning of downtown development with the rise of the million-square-foot Merchandise Mart, designed by an innovative young Atlanta architect named John Portman. It became the nucleus for the nationally renowned Peachtree Center complex. Portman's futuristic design for the downtown Hyatt Regency in 1967 introduced a towering atrium-lobby concept that at the time was considered to be quite revolutionary. Today, Peachtree Center, a 14-city-block "pedestrian village," contains three Portman designed megahotels as well as the Atlanta Market Center, 200,000 square feet of retail space, many restaurants, and six massive office towers.

The Setai

2007-08-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Miami Beach Destination Overview

Miami Beach is a finger of land separating Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, connected by five causeways to the mainland. At its southern tip is South Beach, known as the Art Deco District, or SoBe. This 10-block stretch of Ocean Drive, which fronts South Beach, is one of the most celebrated ocean fronts in America. The Art Deco District Welcome Center is located there, along with an eclectic mix of chic restaurants, boutiques, delicatessens, produce markets, outdoor cafes and nightclubs. The palm shaded beach side of Ocean Drive in Miami Beach attracts families to its wide, sandy beach and children’s play area.

Volleyball, in-line skating on the winding sidewalk, swimming, sunning and water sports are favorite pastimes. Surfside, Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles make up the northern part of “The Beach.” The heart of Miami Beach and the Art Deco District, Lincoln Road, is an open-air mall of 175 galleries, shops and restaurants along an eight-block pedestrian promenade with shade trees down the middle. At one time, Lincoln Road was a posh shopping strip equal to Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. The street was closed to traffic, and in the 1960s, it began to decline. In step with the South Beach renaissance, Lincoln Road has been transformed into a row of successful art galleries, lively performing-arts showcases and trendy cafes.

Visitors can stroll through numerous galleries or admire the Lincoln Theater, home of the New World Symphony. There is also a delightful Sunday flea market and farmers market. Some of the more popular attractions in the greater Miami area are Viscaya Museum and Gardens, Little Havana, Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium, and the Miami Metro Zoo. Biscayne Boulevard is a prime spot for shopping. It features the Bayside Marketplace- a shopping experience in the Tropical style.

Shopping is also excellent at the Cocowalk shopping and entertainment complex. The Greater Miami area has over thirty golf courses.Other recreational opportunities include wind surfing, scuba diving, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing. Perfect weather and flat terrain make Miami Beach popular with bicyclists. The best time to visit is winter, but in the off-season (after Easter and before October) there is still plenty to do and rates are more reasonable.

There is no word for it in English Â– because nothing quite like it has ever before existed. Bearing the unmistakable imprint of legendary hotelier Adrian Zecha, The Setai is an intimate oceanfront resort in the heart of South Beach. Set amid tropical gardens and sparkling pools at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, The Setai introduces the Asian traditions of simplicity and elegance to South Beach. 131 rooms in total with 86 studio suites and 45 suites, an intimate private spa, three pools and remarkable restaurants and bars. It is located on Collins Ave at 20th street near Miami Beach's thriving cultural district, as well as the nightlife, fine dining, shopping and other South Beach attractions.

FOUR SEASONS HOTEL LAS VEGAS

2007-08-02T19:45:00.000-07:00

Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas Is The Only Luxury Hotel Of Its Kind In The City. Small, Quiet And Residential, This Non- Gaming Hotel Is An Oasis Of Tranquility, Closely Linked To The Thrill And Spectacle Of The Glittering Strip. Steps From The Dynamic Energy Of The City Of Las Vegas, Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas Is An Elegant Enclave Offering Highly Individualized Personal Service.

Landmark or attractions near Four Seasons Las Vegas
South Strip: 0.8mi/1.3km from South East
Center Strip: 1.0mi/1.7km from South East
MC Carran Intl Airport (LAS): 1.4mi/2.2km from North West
Titanic: the Exhibition: 2.5mi/4.0km from South East
Sports World Casino: 2.8mi/4.5km from South West
Las Vegas Convention Center: 2.8mi/4.6km from South West
Wet 'N Wild: 3.7mi/5.9km from South East

A quiet and residential non-gaming hotel. An elegant enclave offering highly individualized personal service. Located at the South end of the Las Vegas ...

Four Seasons Las Vegas is a LUXURY five star hotel, which has 5 floors.

Airport: LAS

Four Seasons Las Vegas Amenities: Iron/Ironing Board; Coffee Maker in Room; Hairdryers Available; Television with Cable; Restaurant; Barber/Beauty Shop; Mini Bar; AM/FM Alarm Clock; RV or Truck Parking; Free Newspaper; Handicapped Rooms/Facilities; Pool; Babysitting/Child Services; Safe Deposit Box; Business Center; Bar/Lounge; Laundry/Valet Services; Pets Allowed ...

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2007-07-26T04:03:00.001-07:00

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