Southern California Beach Hotels

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Southern California Beach Hotels

Laguna Beach trying to attract visitors to downtown after torrential rains

by admin on December 29, 2010

The city of Laguna Beach is trying to attract visitors back to its downtown after the recent rains. The incentive? Free parking. We get this from a local public radio site:

Businesses in downtown Laguna Beach are still recovering from last week’s storm, which flooded stores at the peak of the holiday shopping season. Now, those Laguna businesses are trying to lure shoppers back.

Those shoppers who have returned to this district are discovering that the parking is free. Every parking meter in downtown Laguna Beach has a green sign reading “Free parking for three hours. Happy Holidays from the City of Laguna Beach.”

It’s part of an effort to help restaurateurs and shopkeepers recover some of the business that they lost during last week’s rainstorms, which sent a river of mud pouring down Laguna Canyon Road and onto the Pacific Coast Highway.

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A toy drive for Haiti being held at Newport Beach Hotel

by admin on December 17, 2010

There is a planned toy drive this weekend at a Newport Beach Hotel. Here is a bit from the press release on the subject:

The goal of the December 19th event is to fundraise for toys and donations for Haiti in support of the AJE Foundation. Guests and media attendees are encouraged to bring new unwrapped toys to be placed in the bins at event doors of the Newport Hotel through December 19, 2010.

Adults Juvenile Empowered Foundation is on a mission to rebuild the lives of people in Haiti. AJE’s vision is to empower disadvantaged people by providing the support needed to achieve self-sufficiency, challenging the vicious cycle of poverty and lack of access to basic resources.

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St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point in the news

by admin on April 8, 2010

There was a lot of news recently about new owners taking over the St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point. Here are some excerpt from the LA Times piece on the topic:

St. Regis Monarch Beach, the posh Orange County resort tarred in a public backlash to corporate travel spending, has a new owner after a transaction that values the property at about $235 million. …

Like other hotels, the 400-room resort was hammered by the downturn in the economy. It was further battered as corporate executives canceled meetings and retreats at upscale resorts in part because they didn’t want to appear to be living large while a recession squeezed the middle and lower classes. …

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Holiday Inn Santa Monica relaunches

by admin on March 24, 2010

The folks over at the Holiday Inn Santa Monica recently put out a press release announcing the relaunch of their hotel. Here are some excerpts from that release:

Holiday Inn Santa Monica Beach – At the Pier has joined the fast-growing ranks of Holidays Inns worldwide in receiving the new Holiday Inn sign and seal of approval. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) started the major brand renewal initiative in 2007 with a mission to create a more contemporary brand image, drive consistency and increase the quality of all Holiday Inns.

The popular Santa Monica hotel completed necessary renovations well ahead of the program schedule, which is slated to reach over 3,200 hotels by the end of 2010.

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Fun story about historical Santa Barbara beach hotel

by admin on March 14, 2010

There was a charming article recently on the old Potter Hotel along Santa Barbara’s West Beach. Here are some excerpts:

I got a call from my friend Jerry Jacobs, the proprietor of the Lost Horizon Bookstore, to “c’mon down and check out a few things I just got in.” Jerry usually has a good selection of Santa Barbara books and ephemera and I’ve been a frequent visitor to his shop for nearly a quarter of a century. A personal request for a shop visit usually means he’s come across another great item for my research.

Fifteen minutes later I was holding a 1904 “Guide to the Rides and Trails of Santa Barbara.” For twenty-five cents the 52-page guide gave the reader over sixty things to do and places to go in and around Santa Barbara. It contained a map of the city as well as a fold out map covering the coast and mountain ridgeline from Rincon Point to Naples. The publisher, W. W. Osborne, was a relative newcomer to Santa Barbara and had opened his bookstore a few years earlier at 931 State. Osborne’s Bookstore would remain a State Street landmark until closing its doors just a few years short of its 90th anniversary.

A few days later I picked up a stack of photos and postcards from a tourist’s visit to Santa Barbara, yep, in 1904.

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Several Beach Hotels make the Travel and Leisure Mag top 100 list

by admin on December 28, 2009

Travel and Leisure released their list of the top hotels in the world and not surprisingly several on the list are beach hotels. The AP story on the subject included this:

The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, The Setai in Miami Beach, Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Maine, and The Palazzo in Las Vegas, are among the new properties that made Travel + Leisure magazine’s list of the 500 best hotels in the world.

The list also includes 66 properties that offer rooms for $250 a night or less, including the Inn on the Alameda, Santa Fe, N.M.; Hotel Lucia, Portland, Ore.; and Rockhouse Hotel, Jamaica.

The No. 1 hotel in the U.S., according to the magazine, was the Inn at Palmetto Bluff, in Bluffton, S.C. Other top domestic hotels included the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, in Beaver Creek, Colo.; the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla.; the Halekulani in Oahu, Hawaii; and The Carlyle in New York.

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A tip on a Huntington Beach hotel deal

by admin on December 9, 2009

A travel blogger over at the LA Times reported found a sweet deal at a Huntington Beach hotel. Here is an excerpt:

Psst…. Want to get a big room discount at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach? Call the manager.

Deal: Under the Holiday Hot Deal, the the 290-room hotel, which is actually across the street from the beach along Pacific Coast Highway, is offering 40% off its best available (unrestricted) rate for stays through Dec. 30. That means you can get some rooms for less than $150 plus tax per night.

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