A Musical Stay at Fairmont Pacific Rim

The Lobby Lounge of the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel located in Vancouver, Canada is always churning out great live music for its guests! The Fairmont has partnered up with radio station Shore 104, who handles picking out local special guests to perform at the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s Lobby Lounge every Friday night. Recently the Fairmont Pacific Rim and Shore 104’s Westcoast Music Sessions have featured acts such a Martin Acosta, Kuba Oms, and the Velvet Revolution for guests. Live music is played daily with the Westcoast Music Sessions and special guests held every Friday. Hotel guests and visitors are encouraged to come and experience the live entertainment while enjoying delicious food and beverage available for purchase. The Fairmont Pacific Rim has a variety of food offerings during their live music sessions such as a raw bar, sushi, salads and specialty beverages.

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Fun Fact Friday! Hotel Rooms Replace Mood Rings

The Opus Hotel Vancouver, one of the 4-star properties on our site, allows you to pick a room based on your favorite color palette! Six room types, ranging from Standard to Suite, are decorated in 5 different color schemes, so go ahead and book the cranberry red room if you’re feeling fiery or the warm blue room if you’re feeling a relaxing atmosphere. Check out rooms, rates, and availability here. >>

It's Getting Hot in Here: Conde Nast Hot List 2012

Conde Nast Traveler, purveyor of fine hotel reviews and travel advice, has just released its 2012 edition of the Hot List, a list of hotels that are setting the hotel world aflame with fresh designs and new concepts, or maybe just a solid new look at classic luxury. 41 reporters embedded themselves anonymously in hotels across the globe to review their targets. What results is a list of 121 hotels around the world that are so on fire they should be put on your watch list, just in case they end up burning down. 

A couple highlights from the Hot List that caught our eye:

The Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver was originally opened in 1927 but after an illustrous career that saw the likes of Elvis Presley and Katherine Hepburn grace their front steps, the hotel went dark for a while. Emerging from its cocoon in 2011, the hotel is looking to recreate the legend it forged in the last century.

The Andaz Shanghai brings the contemporary style of the Andaz brand to the heart of China. Its minimalistic design and great spa are the perfect combination for any type of traveler to the Shanghai area. The customizable LED lighting featured in its premium rooms and suites is also incredibly fun.

Keep on the lookout as we take a more in-depth look at a few of our favorites from the Hot List in the days to come.

Thank You, Canada: Thanksgiving at the Wedgewood This Weekend

Ladies and Gentleman, it’s that time of the year again. Fall is upon us and the leaves are turning, and that means just one thing. Turkey Day’s a-comin. And it just may be that you’re the kind of person who thinks that holidays are a time to get away. Well, the Wedgewood Hotel in Vancouver agrees with you, good sir, and they’re prepared to offer you a package deal that will have you giving thanks for more than just the health of your family and the latest football win. And one of the best parts about Thanksgiving is that if you travel for it, you can have it twice. Canadian thanksgiving is conveniently on the second Monday of October – this year the 10th – and that means twice as much turkey. You don’t have to sacrifice any time with your family to enjoy a weekend holiday getaway courtesy of our northern neighbors. Offering up a tryptophan-induced coma for two and 20% off of spa treatments, Thanksgiving stays at the Wedgewood are a surefire way to start the fall in style.

Free Stuff with Your Stay at Opus Hotel Vancouver

Paint the town red in Vancouver; the Opus Hotel is inviting you to treat yourself to a deluxe evening out with a bevy of free add-ons with the "Lights Out" package. We're talking $170 worth of inclusions! Kick off the good times with free martinis in your stylish OPUS Suite as you primp for an evening out with priority access to Vancouver’s most desirable restaurant, One Hundred Nights. They're open until 3am so of course you'll get late 2pm check out the next morning and breakfast for two. Priced from $279, the package includes these complimentary perks:

* Martinis for 2 | mix or drink it straight up

* OPUS Perks Card | Exclusive offers at 14 Yaletown Retailers

* 15% off Deluxe and Executive Suite room rates

* VIP access to OPUS Bar/One Hundred Nights | flash your room key

* Breakfast for two in One Hundred Nights

PS. The Opus Hotel Vancouver is part of Five Star Alliance's four-star hotel collection. For other four-star hotels, browse the Five Star Alliance site...

Grand Opening Special Rate at Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver

Come celebrate the reopening of the Rosewood Hotel Georgia! After a lavish restoration, the Vancouver hotel is welcoming guests to experience "a return to the golden age of hotel travel." The Hotel Georgia made a splash when it first opened in the Roaring '20s, bringing all kinds of luxuries to the young city. Since that day, a star-studded roster of guests- including Elvis Presley, Nat "King" Cole, Katharine Hepburn- have made the Hotel Georgia their Vancouver home. Now- with Rosewood managing the property- it's home to Sense, A Rosewood Spa, a fitness center, indoor swimming pool, a nightclub and Hawksworth Restaurant. In honor of its 1927 debut, the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is offering a grand opening rate of $192.70 for a Superior Room as well as 50% off other select rooms and suites for a limited time. Advance purchase and two-night minimum stay required. Offer is non-refundable and not applicable to groups.

Take a Trip to Vancouver: $125 Gift Card with Your Hotel Stay

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Vancouver is collaborating with the hotel industry and Tourism Vancouver on a special promotion so that visitors can "explore Vancouver on the city's dime." Book a two-night stay at any participating hotel* before September 30 (for travel by December 31, 2011), and you'll score a $125 gift card to be redeemed at the Tourism Vancouver Visitor Centre for all kinds of goodies (passes to attractions, museums, and more). The full deets can be found here.

*Hotels include the Shangri-La (ooh la la), Four Seasons, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Fairmont Pacific Rim, The Loden, The Opus, Sutton Place, Wedgewood

Eco-Friendly Hotels: Four Seasons Vancouver Goes Green

The Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver was recently awarded the Five Green Key rating for environmental and social stewardship. One of only 30 hotels worldwide to earn this honor, the Four Seasons Vancouver gets serious props for advocating corporate social responsibility. They installed a Sempa Hybrid Heating System to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20-50 percent each month; launched a comprehensive recycling program; installed energy-efficient, LED lights; created a sustainable dining menu at YEW restaurant and bar. Guests can also participate in the Eco-Luxury program and get an in-room recycling bin and daily newspaper delivered in an eco-chic reusable canvas bag. We also dig that the hotel donates food, shampoos, soaps, bedding and linens to local charities.