Harvest Days and Demonstation Kitchen at The American Club, Wisconsin

The American Club, the Midwest's only AAA Five Diamond resort, once provided rooms, meals and recreational facilities for immigrant employees who could not afford housing. Today it's a year-round resort offering a host of diversions-- from award-winning golf courses to the Kohler Waters Spa. Located less than an hour north of Milwaukee in the charming village of Kohler, The American Club is famous for its special events like the Kohler Food & Wine Experience and Christmas Kohler. What's on now: Harvest Days, a traditional Wisconsin celebration of the most beautiful season of the year. This Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, and Thursday through Saturday, October 29-31, adults and kids alike can enjoy the fall with a giant pumpkin contest and pumpkin patch, a towering hay fort, wagon rides, a corn maze, a petting zoo, a scarecrow contest, children's crafts, and a Halloween costume party. What's more, there will be an abundance of Demo Kitchen Classes at The American Club during Harvest Days (think autumn comfort foods and soups). [Map]

Dazzling Discounts at the Boulders Resort and Golden Door Spa, Arizona

Escape to the Sonoran Desert and get luxury for less at the Boulders Resort and Golden Door Spa. Located just 15 minutes north of Scottsdale, the luxury resort is offering rooms from $149 a night--which The New York Times highlights as a hot deal of the season, "more than half off high-season rates." Surrounded by towering cacti and dramatic granite rock formations (some 12 million years old), the adobe-style resort is designed to blend in to the natural setting. You'll find a number of recreational activities, including championship golf, tennis, hiking and rock climbing. And luxurious spa treatments at the Golden Door Spa, of course.

Newsworthy: Personalized Cocktails, Ricotta Martinis at Sicily’s Verdura Golf and Spa Resort

Here's a real scoop from the isle of Sicily: At the brand new Verdura Golf and Spa Resort, the first resort from the prestigious Rocco Forte Collection, Massimo, the Bar Manager, will create drinks based on your favorite ingredients (and mood). Craving pomegranate? He'll make something refreshing and fruity from locally grown fruit. Addicted to the hotel restaurant's to-die-for cannoli? Massimo makes a mean Ricotta Martini, that's like a liquid cannolo, no joke. This guy's no amateur; he's served celebs aplenty in glittering Dubai where he concocted creative cocktails at the Burj Al Arab, the world's first seven-star hotel. For more deets, click here.

Private Jets to Las Vegas: Incredible Package Deal with the Wynn and Encore Resorts

What down economy? In true Wynn jet-set style, the Encore and Wynn Las Vegas Resorts are wooing visitors to Sin City with a glam package deal. You'll get private jet service (roundtrip airfare from Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport or John Wayne Airport in Orange County) coupled with luxe accommodations for three nights. On the jet, a Wynn concierge will hand over your room keys and get you drunk spoil you with Champagne. When you arrive, a limo will whisk you away to the resort so you can dodge that notorious Vegas taxi line. The price tag? A cool $780 per person for double occupancy, or $260 per night. Not bad when you factor in the perks. Available through November 29, 2009. [Map]

Spain’s Finca Cortesin Hosts the PGA European Tour’s Volvo Match Play Championship

When it opened last fall on Spain's Costa del Sol, Finca Cortesin made waves for landing a spot on Conde Nast Traveler's Hot List of new hotels. Designed with Moorish and Andalucian architectural influences, Finca Cortesin is "a stunner," to quote The Independent (UK), filled with mosaics and porticos, not to mention the views "across to the sea in one direction and to the mountains in the other." In fact, most of the 67 rooms have private terraces to take in the views of the Mediterranean. Oversized Italian marble bathrooms have walk-in showers and separate soaking tubs. Spanning 2,200 square meters, the spa has a chemical-free pool, thermal suites, and snow cabin. From October 29-November 1, the Finca Cortesin's golf course-- the longest in Europe-- will host the PGA European Tour's Volvo Match Play Championship. Note that the Cabell Robinson-designed course has a Jack Nicklaus Golf Academy.

Spotlight on the Spa at the Coeur D’Alene Golf and Spa Resort, Idaho

The destination resort on the shores of lake Coeur d'Alene gets props for its setting-- nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern Idaho-- and year-round activities. One of the best things about the Coeur D'Alene Resort, aka the "Playground of the Northwest," is the 30,000 square-foot spa, designed with water and stone elements by the renowned design team at TAG Inc. Signature therapies are derived from nature's seasons in the surrounding 140 acres of wilderness in the pristine Northwest. Spa experiences thus incorporate the medicinal value of Idaho's mineral-rich lake algae, spruce and cedar trees. Facilities at the two-level spa include 21 treatment rooms, a glass Quiet Room with fireplace overlooking the 25-mile-long lake, and the SilverTAG Shower, the region's first medi-spa. There's even an area designated for men, equipped with a Ferrari-red leather barber chair for relaxing shaves, manicures, and hair-cuts. The signature treatments run the gamut from facials to hydrotherapy baths. Try the Forest Mineral Scrub, made with essence of spruce and exfoliating mineral salts, or the Mountain Lake Natural Spirulina Wrap, which incorporates all-natural pure lake algae.

$99 Rates at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

We just got the scoop on $99 room rates at the Fairmont Princess, Scottsdale's luxurious AAA 5 Diamond resort. November- February is peak season in the Arizona desert-- with corresponding room rates of $300+-- which makes this a particularly hot deal. Mellow out in the Willow Stream Spa, one of the finest in the area, play a round of golf, or hit the tennis courts. The resort's got it all.

Hot New Hotels: The St. Regis Princeville Resort Opens After a Big Makeover

Back in 2007, we reported on the overhaul of the famous Princeville Resort on the quiet island of Kaua'i. Starwood Hotels and Resorts saved the legendary hotel from fading glory, injecting millions into its resurrection, adding a restaurant (the Kaua'i Grill) by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and introducing bespoke St. Regis services (like butlers). Featuring a dramatic lobby with a cascading chandelier comprised of over 4,000 pieces of Murano glass, the 252-room St. Regis Princeville Resort was redesigned by hotel design firm WATG and local Hawaiian architecture firm Group 70. Just opened yesterday, the resort has a killer setting on the lush Napali Coast, an area nicknamed "City of the Prince" after a royal visit by Hawai‘i’s Prince Albert, son of King Kamehameha IV in 1860. Facilities include the 10,000-square foot Halele'a Spa, a luxurious space where guests are spoiled with customized wellness treatments, an infinity pool overlooking Hanalei Bay, and Princeville's two top 18-hole golf courses, including the championship Makai course which is currently being renovated for a winter 2010 completion.

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James Bond Casino Christmas Party Nights at the Heritage Golf and Spa Resort

Kick off the festive season in style with the The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort. The award-winning resort-- nestled in the rolling green countryside of County Laois-- is throwing a James Bond-themed bash on December 11th and 12th. What's in store? The casino night will start off with a fully themed James Bond arrival on the red carpet with 007 pre-dinner cocktails. Next up: a four-course dinner served in the ballroom at tables named for Bond characters. Then Ms Money Penny and her team will take their place and the casino will begin. Q (aka The DJ) will keep you dancing until the wee hours. What's more? Prizes will be given out for the "Best Dressed Bond Characters" of the night. Tickets priced at 55 euros per person.

Morocco on My Mind: Beaching It at the Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort

Got a case of the Mondays? Fuggedaboutit. Here are some pix that will have you "cubicle dreamin'" about some sultry beaches in a land far, far away. The Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort is a bastion of luxury on the sand in Morocco's lush Palm Bay. Facing the ocean, the resort channels the Kasbah look in its exotic-looking architecture (fountains and riads aplenty). At this year-round resort, you can soak up the sun, get wet with some water sports, play golf and tennis, and get pampered in the spa.