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The Luxury Hotel Insider: Exclusive luxury hotel deals, features and special rates from the luxury hotel experts at Five Star Alliance.
Named one of Tripbase's Best Luxury Travel Blogs for 2011, below are Five Star Alliance's newest articles featuring exclusive information on luxury hotels worldwide including special offers and deals at the world's best hotels.

| By: Rachael Weir

Featuring an opulent setting in the heart of Louisville, The Brown Hotel is a historic property with Georgian-Revival style and Southern charm. Situated about four miles from the famous Churchill Downs, the luxury hotel offers a variety of guest rooms and suites, including the exclusive Muhammad Ali Suite. Named after the city's famous son, and dedicated in 2001 by "The Greatest" himself, this suite provides an elegant setting in shades of gold and black. Showcased throughout the suite are signed pieces of Ali memorabilia, photos, and boxing gloves. There's a dining room with wood floors and a crystal chandelier, plus a separate living room with wet bar. 

The Muhammad Ali Suite Living Room at The Brown Hotel

Available as a one or two bedroom suite, the master suite features a mahogany four-poster king bed. Within the adjacent master bathroom, guests will find a grand space with a marble Jacuzzi tub. 

The Muhammad Ali Suite Master Bedroom at The Brown Hotel

The Brown Hotel is a landmark building in downtown Louisville, situated at the corners of Fourth and Broadway. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel recently completed a $12 million renovation, restoring the grand hotel and elevating the property with contemporary luxuries, new furniture, lighting, and carpet. Across from the Brown Theater, the property is close to the Palace Theater, Kentucky International Convention Center, and about 4 miles from Churchill Downs.

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| By: Five Star Alliance

Born out of a desire to integrate contemporary art into everyday life, 21c Museum Hotel launched in downtown Louisville, Kentucky in 2006. 21c Museum Hotel is the first of its kind-- a 90-room hotel dedicated to world-class luxuries, Southern-style hospitality, and contemporary art from living artists. Nestled in the heart of Museum Row and downtown Louisville, 21c is an epicenter for culture, activity, and artistic expression. 

21c Museum Hotel

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| By: Five Star Alliance

21C Museum Hotel

21c Museum Hotel derives its name from its in-house museum. The 21c Museum is North America's first museum dedicated solely to collecting and exhibiting the art of the 21st century.

21c Museum features permanent, commissioned installations, and presents dynamic group and solo exhibitions by both emerging and established artists, including Bill Viola, Yinka Shonibare, Camille Utterback, Tony Oursler, Slater Bradley, Jennifer Steinkamp, Kehinde Wiley, Kara Walker, Alfred Jaar, Anthony Goicolea, and many others.

Additional cultural programming, including poetry readings, films, artist lectures, and theatre and music performances, extends the Museum’s mission to bring innovative new art to the public.

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| By: K. Clare Johnson

 

21C Museum Hotel21C Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky is the first of its kind-a 90-room hotel dedicated to world-class luxuries, Southern-style hospitality and contemporary art from living artists. 

21C Museum Hotel

The unofficial mascot of the hotel is the Red Penguin. 

The Penguins are part of an art installation by Cracking Art Group and fittingly, there are 90 penguins. The penguins have been exhibited widely throughout Europe and have nested at 21C Museum Hotel since 2005. The penguins were originally commissioned for a public art project at the 2005 Venice Biennale. 

 

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