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These Hotels Will Make You Want to Extend Your Work Trip
Between staying on track with your sea of emails, making sure you get everywhere you need to be on time and staying on the very top of your game, there’s a lot of stress that goes into work trips. Whether you’re attending...
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Between staying on track with your sea of emails, making sure you get everywhere you need to be on time and staying on the very top of your game, there’s a lot of stress that goes into work trips. Whether you’re attending an industry conference or meeting with top executives to try to grow your company, you’ll likely want to take at least a day at the end of your trip to totally relax and decompress before you head back home. Luckily, Loews Hotels makes the relaxing part seamless via various activity and entertainment options, spa services and excellent restaurants. Take a peek below and see what suits for your next work trip.
Reporter: Alyssa Brown
Created in partnership with our friends at Loews Hotels.
Reporter: Alyssa Brown
Created in partnership with our friends at Loews Hotels.
Whether you’re in Miami for a conference or a long couple of days of meetings, treat yourself to a VIP experience poolside to fully unwind when it all comes to a wrap. A SOAK cabana rental at Loews Miami Beach includes your very own butler, a marble bathroom and outdoor shower, easy access to all the boozy cocktails and nibbles you could want, hourly poolside pampering and the promise of relaxation.
After a few days of meetings at Loews Coronado Bay, you’ll no doubt be itching to get out on the water. If you’re a total novice to sailing, book a boat and a lesson with the crew at Action Sport Rentals.
If you’re taking an extra day in LA during your work trip, plan to spend it soaking up that good ole California sunshine. Complete with an iconic Hollywood backdrop, the pool deck at Loews Hollywood should do the trick.
Dinner at The Bear & Monarch is a fabulous way to finish off a successful work jaunt to San Francisco. Here you’ll sip on delicious cocktails like The Bear signature carbonated drink of walnut and golden raisin infused Bulleit rye with sweet vermouth, and dine on hearty house made pastas, beef that’s been aged for 108 days and rustic veggies.
On that extra day off you’ve got scheduled in, take advantage of the complimentary house car and explore the Upper East Side like the VIP that you are. Catch a ride to The Met, MOMA or the Frick Collection if you’re feeling artsy. Or, explore Madison Avenue’s famous shopping strip.
If you’re curious about Pacific Northwest wines and have a little extra time on your hands during a Seattle stay, you’ll want to check out this sommelier suite retreat. In addition to your suite booking and fully stocked PNW wine fridge, you’ll have a wine tasting for two at the new Browne Family Vineyards tasting room in Pioneer Square and a personal tour of the Loews Hotel 1000 wine cellar where you can select a bottle to take home. Plus, you’ll get a guide to local tasting rooms and vineyards in Woodinville wine country, in case you have enough time to go off exploring.
Wandering Santa Monica is best approached on bike so you can stop and go as much as you like without worrying about parking, traffic or too much time spent walking. Just behind the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, you’ll find Spokes ‘N Stuff, a spot where you can rent a bike for the day and enjoy a little extra time exploring the famous pier or the neighboring beach towns.
You know what really helps settle you into a stressful week of meetings in NYC? A head-to-toe pampering that’ll have you feeling like you’ve got every last thing under control. At Julien Farel Restore Salon & Spa at the Loews Regency New York, you can book in for a power massage, mani/pedi, haircut and style, and finish it off with a makeup application so you're ready to ace your next presentation.
It would be impossible not to hear about Akira Back during your work stay at Toronto’s Loews Bisha Hotel. The Japanese-meets-Korean fare will send your taste buds into party mode, making this dining destination a must for celebrating the successful end of your trip.
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If visiting whale sharks, African penguins, beluga whales and southern sea otters excites you, extend your Atlanta stay and head to The Georgia Aquarium. Included in the price of your room package will be a couple of tickets for entry and a free ride to the aquarium.
Anyone who travels often for work knows the secret to keeping your cool throughout your trip is all in the hotel spa and fitness center. The Luxury Spa at Loews Chicago delivers the zen, offering everything from an 80-minute deep tissue massage to a honey-mandarin body scrub made of the good, local stuff while the fitness center and pool offers an outlet to keep your endorphins high and your workout game strong.
Leaving Philly sans bourbon tasting is a mistake you don’t want to make. Pencil a visit to Bank & Bourbon into your agenda and opt for the bourbon tasting with the restaurant’s very own Bourbon Master.
You may be in Tucson for a work trip, but that doesn’t mean it has to be all work and no play. At Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, you’ll find two par-72 golf courses that are sure to inspire you with an excuse to add just one more day to your travel agenda. A word to the wise: you’ll want to schedule your golf outing so you can see sunset cloak The Santa Catalina Mountains and Sonoran Desert landscape with its neon hues.
Finish off a big work day in Montreal at La Société Bistro and you’ll be sipping on champagne and breaking into a lobster tail in no time at all. And if you happen to be in town on Tuesday or Friday, dollar oysters from 5 to 8pm are a must.
While staying at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, you can opt into a day for two at the Frist Art Museum and kick off your day with a couple of glasses of champagne and tasty croissants. On display till May is an impressionist collection that includes works by Degas, Monet and Van Gogh.
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