A Golden Babymoon – Trump Style

January 19, 2010 by Molijn  
Filed under Babymoon

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Trump International Hotel & Tower - One Central Park West

One Central Park West is your address for the ultimate Babymoon experience in the heart of Manhattan. Trump International Hotel & Tower is the only Forbes Five-Star hotel with a Five-Star restaurant in New York. Winner of Mobil Travel Guide’s 2009 Five-Star award, Trump International Hotel & Tower New York was designed by noted architects Philip Johnson and Costas Kondylis.

Trump International Hotel & Tower New York is located in Manhattan at the juncture of Columbus Circle, Central Park West, Central Park South and Broadway. It is adjacent to Central Park and three city blocks away from Lincoln Center. The location provides easy access to Midtown businesses, the Broadway Theater District, and the recreation in Central Park.

Trump International Hotel & Tower offers the Trump Babymoon Package which includes :

  • A welcome arrangement with flowers
  • A congratulations selection of Mama Mio Products
  • Salty & Sweets mix for those Mommy-to-be cravings
  • One Month’s issue of FIT pregnancy magazine
  • A stylish Trump Onesie for the baby
  • A relaxing prenatal massage for her and a hot stone massage for him in the Trump Spa
  • The Trump Babymoon Package is available from the 1st of April 2010 to December 31st 2010, for more details and reservations please click HERE
Newly designed room overlooking ....
Newly designed room

ACCOMMODATION
The 52-story tower features 167 luxury accommodations on its third to 17th floors, including 38 deluxe and superior guest rooms, 89 executive onebedroom suites, and 40 two-bedroom suites, all with splendid marble bathrooms and most with fully equipped European-style kitchens. Guest rooms range in size from 441 to 460 square feet.The hotel offers several exclusive services to its guests, including the comprehensive assistance of Trump Attaché™. A wide array of complimentary services and amenities is also offered, including local telephone calls.

Rooms feature 10-foot-high ceilings with 9-foot-high windows affording spectacular views of Manhattan. Each is equipped with the latest in entertainment and business technology, including high-speed wireless Internet access, an entertainment center with remote controlled television and DVD player, VCR, CD stereo, a fax machine, and twoline cordless telephones with dataport. Fresh flowers, bathrobes and slippers, make-up mirrors, feather duvets, luxury bath amenities, local books and magazines, and umbrellas further enhance each room’s residential quality.

Newly designed room
Newly designed room

TRUMP ATTACHÉ™: Introduced at Trump International Hotel & Tower New York, Trump Attaché is now a signature program of the Trump® Hotel Collection. It provides guests with comprehensive service – no matter how particular – throughout their stay. Following check-out, the Attaché meticulously records each guest’s preferences and maintains a detailed guest history to ensure that no stay feels like the first and no request needs repeating.

Trump Spa
Trump Spa

FITNESS CENTER AND SPA
A 6,000-square-foot fitness facility features a 55-foot lap pool and state-of-the-art athletic equipment. Guests can avail themselves of personal training sessions as well as accompanied biking and jogging workouts in Central Park for an additional fee. Also available is PLUStraining, an individually designed, computer-generated, personal exercise program. The Spa at Trump® International Hotel & Tower offers nutritional consulting, as well as a wide range of massages, herbal wraps, body glow treatments and manicures and pedicures. In-room massages and nail treatments can also be arranged.

Dinner with a view at Trump International Hotel & Tower

Dinner with a view at Trump International Hotel & Tower

DINING
The hotel’s five-star restaurant, Jean Georges, serves contemporary French cuisine. The restaurant bears the name of its award-winning chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, whose other New York restaurants include the highly praised Vong, Mercer Kitchen, Spice Market and Perry Street. For an exceptional experience, in-room dining literally brings the hotel’s restaurant to a guest’s room, and is available 24 hours. With advance notice, a restaurant chef can be arranged to prepare culinary specialties in a guest’s kitchen, and present the gourmet meal course by course.

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TRUMP KIDS

Trump International Hotel & Tower provides everything you could need from a family hotel in New York City. Trump International Hotel & Tower warmly welcome families and have created a special program just for kids. The Trump Kids program offers everything your little traveller needs for a journey to a Manhattan family hotel. Children will love the amenities just for them, and enjoy complimentary use of our swimming pool, with the option for swimming lessons. In addition, the special services offered in the program include:

Trump Kids Program:
Children’s room service menu
Kiddie cocktail menu
Kids robes and slippers (selected sizes)
“Trump Kids” amenities
“Trump Kids” business cards printed with each child’s name
“Trump Kids” bath amenity
Complimentary use of the swimming pool
Swim lessons (by appointment – rates apply)

For tinier travelers, the following amenities are offered with advanced notice:

Cribs with plush linens
No tears baby bath amenities
Bed rails
Stroller
Pack-n-play
Rocking Chair
Nanny services (provided through Babysitters Guild – rates apply)

Babymoon on the beautiful Island of Madeira

October 23, 2009 by Molijn  
Filed under Babymoon, Featured Content

Quinta das Vistas

 

LOCATION
Quinta das Vistas Palace Gardens hotel is favourably situated on the crest of a hill with fabulous panoramic views over Funchal city centre, the Atlantic Ocean and Madeira’s mountains.

Funchal’s historic centre is easy to reach by car in about 10 minutes or by walking (20 min). The hotel provides a courtesy minibus service that runs several times a day to the town centre.

Only a 3 minutes’ walk away you will find a bus stop for buses to Funchal and towards the western part of the island. A private parking is also available.

The location is partly the reason that Quinta das Vistas has become a unique property on the island on Madeira. In a commanding position with breathtaking panoramic views and with easy access to the city of Funchal and surrounding villages, you will be very hard pressed to find a better location with such a wonderful mild healthy climate.

FACILITIES
The hotel offers a full range of facilities including a beautiful south-facing swimming pool complex with a heated indoor pool featuring a passage leading to a hanging outdoor pool that has a waterfall linking to a second heated outdoor pool. Furthermore, there are an ice chamber, Turkish bath, sensation shower, foot spa, jacuzzi, treatment rooms, fitness room, lounge, reading room, a piano bar with veranda and esplanade as well as the gourmet restaurant ‘La Belle Terrasse’, also with veranda and terrace, where guests can enjoy the pleasant Madeiran evenings whilst savouring the chef’s delicious and creative dishes.

In this classy Quinta, the small details really make the difference! From the moment of the arrival, when you are surprised with a private check-in in your room and a welcome gift, guests can expect a first class service throughout their stay in this unique hotel.

Relaxing at the Swimming Pool

Relaxing at the Swimming Pool

SPA
The blue Madeiran Sea, a warm breeze that whispers through the trees, a continuity with nature that extends through verdant native outdoor gardens to embrace a fine semi covered swimming pool and surrounding relaxation areas, while necks and shoulders are caressed and soothed by the whirlpool spa that offers lush views over the bay of Funchal.

An impossible dream? The CHANDRA SPA brings those sought-after qualities even closer, with a diverse menu of choice and several environments each inspired by DIFFERENT CULTURES and personalized to the lifestyle of each guest.

Based in a hotel that takes its visitors’ well-being seriously, guests will actually be able to spa-hop – sampling an Inspired Tropical Rain Massage one day, an Asian-inspired treatment the next day, followed by indigenous relaxing or revitalizing herbal body wraps and facials. The extensive menu includes a comprehensive spa golf program, a Mexican Hot Stone massage, sensorial shower, Hammam experience, group workouts, Yoga and Meditation and several other thrilling experiences!

GOLF
Guests staying at Quinta das Vistas profit from 30% discount on the green fees from Palheiro Golf Course and Santo da Serra Golf Course. Guests can buy the discounted green fees at the front desk of the 4 Quintas.

Indoor Swimming Pool

Indoor Swimming Pool

DINING
The Restaurant “La Belle Terrasse” at Quinta das Vistas Palace Gardens, a gourmet restaurant with a covered and an open terrace offers you the atmosphere of the mild Madeiran evening with an outstanding view over Funchal. Add to this the delightful creative dishes from Chef Magno and you have the perfect recipy for a memorable evening.

The dining room has been decorated in such a way as to protect the original elegant architecture of the past romantic Madeira. Open for lunch and dinner.

Further guests can enjoy dinner at Albatroz Piano Bar, sitting in the traditional manor house this bar serves the winter garden, lobby, veranda and terrace.

Pool-Bar – At the pool area creative and original snacks and drinks are served. It opens for light lunches in a relaxed atmosphere, enjoying a unique panoramic view over Funchal and its bay.

The Royal Tea or Coffee with fresh scones and various pastry can be served also on the veranda or terrace.

GETTING THERE
Madeira International Airport (airportcode = FNC) in Santa Cruz is the main gateway to the region and is used regularly by the main European airlines. It takes around 1hr 30 min to fly from Madeira to any of the Portuguese airports and a little over two hours to get to airports in the centre of Europe. Madeira Airport is the largest construction project ever undertaken on the island. It used to be called Funchal Airport. Its runway has been extended from 1,600 m to its present 2,781 min length. The new part of the runway is built partially over the sea and is very impressive.

The modern, spacious terminal building has a tourist office, a residential tourism booking office, a post office, car rental services, travel agencies, exchange bureaus, a restaurant, bars and shops. It also has two Netpoints for free wireless internet access.

The airport is about 16 km, a 15 minute ride, from Funchal.

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BABYMOONING
Your dream babymoon vacation includes the following :

•2 nights accommodation in a Double Garden View room including breakfast
•One Spa Full Body Treatment PreNatal Pregnancy for her, 1 hour

After 4 months pregnancy :
Pregnancy places strong demands on a woman’s body and is a time for the body to be nurtured and pampered. This massage not only relieves the tensions and aches caused by the extra weight in the center of gravity to the body, but it reduces swelling, soothes the nervous system, acts as a tonic, reduces fatigue and enhances energy

•One manicure for her
•One Spa gift for her
•One Honey cake and 2 juice drinks upon arrival

This Babymoon Package is starting from 370,- euro for 2 persons for the 2 night stay including the above amenities.
For more details about this Babymoon, click here.

Babymoon at Swiss Spa Retreat in Bad Ragaz

September 22, 2009 by Molijn  
Filed under Babymoon

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Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites

A leading spa destination in Switzerland, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is set amongst lush green mountains, clean crisp air and fresh flowing water. Only an hour from Zurich, it is the perfect destination for your Babymoon.

The Resort comprises two hotels : Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites and Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz. Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites is an all-suite hotel comprising 8 suites, 97 junior suites and a royal suite. In May 2009 the Spa Suites were introduced, featuring a penthouse suite, 8 spa suites, 4 spa lofts deluxe, 17 spa lofts superior and 26 spa lofts.

The new Spa Loft Superior is your hideaway during your Babymoon and features a whirlpool, steam shower, Airlux ® sleep system, butler service, air-conditioning, balcony and a Bang & Olufsen TV System.

Spa Loft Superior

Spa Loft Superior

The Babymoon Package includes the following :

•2 nights in one of our new Spa Loft Superior with balcony, Bang & Olufsen TV system and a whirlpool
(The entire Spa Building is working with thermal spa water. Bathing, showering etc. will always be with pure thermal spring water)
•Daily delicious breakfast buffet in our Restaurant Bel-Air
•Fresh Ragazer mineral water from our own spring
•Daily fresh fruits or sweets in your room
•Welcome presents for the to Be parents
•Facial treatment for the Mom to Be from the brand of your choice : La Prairie, Kanebo, Sisley or Carita
•Niance Men Pure Treatment for the Dad to Be with pure Swiss glacier elexir
•Free access to the To B. Wellbeing area – the fitness and wellness oasis
•Late check out on the day of departure (subject to availability)

To view more details, click here : Babymoon Package
To view the Babymoon Package of Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz,
click here : Grand Hotel Hof Ragaz

Spa Loft Superior Bath

Spa Loft Superior Bath

DINING
The Resort offers a broad selection of fine dining at Gourmet Restaurant Äbtestube, serving gourmet Swiss and international cuisine (17 GaultMillau points - Chef Roland Schmid), Restaurant Bel-Air, a sophisticated restaurant serving international cuisine as well as Japanese food (15 GaultMillau points - Executive Chef Renato Wüst - Japanese Chef Tadashi Aoki), restaurant Olives d’Or, a Mediterranean restaurant and Cuisine Equilibrée, Namun, an Asian restaurant with Thai and Chinese menus, Zollstube, a typically Swiss, cosy, wood-panelled restaurant, Golf Restaurant, serving Mediterranean and Asian dishes, Golf Bistro for snacks and light meals and La Merenda at the Tamina Therme.

Restaurant Olives d'Or

Restaurant Olives d'Or

LEISURE
In the picturesque countryside between the Rhine and the Alps, opposite the Bündner Herrschaft, lies idyllic Bad Ragaz where guests can enjoy a host of interesting activities and attractions whilst on holiday.

• On-site tennis courts
• On-site Mini-golf
• On-site Cinema “Teatro”
• On-site Shops (Jewellery and Fashion Boutiques)
• Mercedes Benz cars available to guests

From Bad Ragaz guests can take a cable car directly to the Ski- and Hiking area of Pizol (2,222 m).
Summer: Jogging, Nordic walking, angling, fishing, climbing, hiking, Horse-drawn carriage rides, trekking
Winter: Nordic and Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski touring, winter hiking

The luxury resort is the only one in Switzerland to offer two golf courses. The breathtakingly beautiful 18-hole PGA Championship course with its natural water obstacles, good supply of trees and exhilarating mountain panorama has a huge following which reaches far beyond Switzerland. Every summer, the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open is held
on the championship course.

A 9-hole Executive Course with a large practice centre and Golf Academy has been created at Golf Club Heidiland.

TO B. WELLBEING & SPA
Spanning 5,500 square metres and newly renovated 2008-2009, To B. Wellbeing & Spa offers a tranquil setting devoted to guest wellbeing. Featuring 21 Luxury massage rooms and treatment Suites, Sequoia, Beauty Lomi, Thermo Stone, Soglio herbal massage, Vinotherapy, Chocotherapy, Ayurveda , Klangschalenmassage.

The Resort offers as first one in the world two “Napshell” relaxation rooms.

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Chocotherapy

Saunaworld features a Sanarium, Finnish Sauna, Steam bath, Sole bath, World’s first Swarovski Crystal Embellished Steam Room, Kneipp circuit (a cave-like room full of thermal water in which can guests walk to stimulate blood circulation), Relaxation room with water beds, Napshell® Lounge, Ice Cave and Garden Area.

Waterworld features the spectacular Helenabad swimming pool with mineral water (34ºC), Sports pool for a more rigorous workout (27 ºC) and a Garden Pool (27 ºC) for a refreshing dip with a spectacular mountain backdrop (open from May – October), Solarium.

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Helenabad

Andeer Private Spa, 100m² of pure and indulgent wellbeing Whirlpool, steam bath, sauna with Champagne cooler, massage tables, ‘cuddle lounge’, home cinema and garden.

To B. Body & Sports : a fitness zone with Technogym equipment, Kinesis area, Pilates and Personal Training.

To B. Beauty & Care : Exclusive cosmetic products such as La Prairie, Kanebo, Sisley, Carita and Niance products. For men; Luxury treatment rooms with daylight and James Good for you – Hair- & Makup Stylist.

Private Spa Treatment

Private Spa Treatment

Medical Health Centre (Fully expanded and modernised in 2008)
At the Medical Health Centre specialist doctors ensure that comprehensive medical care is applied using the latest scientific methods. Around 70 staff are employed including 9 specialist doctors, 7 consultants, 29 therapists and other skilled personnel. Everything under one roof:

• Motion & Sport
• Rheumatology
• Weight & Nutrition
• Mental Health
• Plastic Surgery
• Veins treatment
• Watsu
• Qi Gong
• 20 individual therapy rooms
• 2 group therapy rooms
• 1 relaxation room
• Swiss Olympic Medical Centre
• New therapy pool with thermal spring water

GaultMillau HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2009
The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz is the “Hotel of the Year 2009″. This makes them the first hotel ever to have received the coveted GaultMillau twice, since it was bestowed on them already in 1998. Moreover, the Restaurant Namun has been honoured with 13 GaultMillau points. This means that the Grand Resort boasts a grand total of 45 GaultMillau points – held by three of the seven restaurants. Unrivalled in Switzerland !

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LOCATION – GETTING THERE
Situated in the beautiful foothills of the alps in Heidiland in eastern Switzerland, approximately one hour by train or car from Zurich (110km) and 45 minutes from Altenrhein airfield. The nearest helipad is just 5 minutes from Bad Ragaz.

Liechtenstein, Chur and the Bundner Herrschaft region are on the doorstep; St. Moritz, Lake Constance and Appenzell are all within easy reach.

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Swiss International Airlines offers up to 20 daily flights to Zurich from London Heathrow, London City, Birmingham and Manchester.

From Zurich Bad Ragaz is an easy train ride away – it takes about 1 hour and the trains run about every 30 minutes. The hotel also offers a limousine service with their fleet of Mercedes Benz luxury cars.

Altenrhein Airfield – a 45 minute drive away – is ideal for private jets. The Bad Ragaz airfield for helicopters is just 5 minutes away. The hotel can assist with travel from anywhere in Europe including arranging transfers.

Babymoon Celebration at Mardan Palace

September 18, 2009 by Molijn  
Filed under Babymoon

Mardan Palace, with Maiden Tower View

Mardan Palace, with Maiden Tower View

Mardan Palace is the newest destination in the Mediterranean providing the finest Turkish Hospitality with passion and commitment. Located on the beautiful shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Lara region of Turkey. Mardan Palace occupies a total area of 180,000m2, compromising 560 unique Rooms and Suites. The architecture  of Mardan Palace reflects four distinct designs embracing the famous trademarks of the city of Istanbul: The Dolmabahce Palace, Galata Bridge, Maiden Tower and Kuleli Building.

Mardan Palace has created a Babymoon celebration to embrace the luxury and indulge one another with a signature experience for expectant.

The Mardan Palace Babymoon Package includes :

  • Four nights in a Superior Room for two
  • Receive a complimentary upgrade to next available room category
  • Sumptuous breakfast buffet served every morning in the Bosphorus restaurant
  • Personal pre-birth gift for the parents to be
  • One romantic candlelight dinner for two in an a la carte restaurant of your choice : La Brasserie – French, Besiktas – Turkish a la carte, or La Cucina – Mediterranean
  • One Prenatal Massage for her (55 minutes)
    A pampering massage for expectant mothers that is designed to alleviate muscle tension aches and relieves swelling. Massaging taut skin can also help reduce the likelihood of developing stretchmarks
  • Free late check out on day of departure until 4 pm

The cost of the Babymoon Package is starting from 1619,- euro and is valid from
the 1st  of June 2009 to 31st December 2009.

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Besiktas Restaurant

ROOMS
All rooms come equipped with advanced interactive multi-media systems, flat-screen LCD TVs and wireless internet access (including all public areas). Exclusive Hermès amenities will be used for all rooms, while 24-hour Butler Service will be provided to all suites.

RESTAURANTS & BARS
Mardan Palace offers 9 restaurants : the Main Breakfast Restaurant, Russian Restaurant, Turkish Restaurant, Seafood Restaurant, Mediterranean Restaurant, Thai Restaurant, Japanese Restaurant, a Brasserie and a Lobby Lounge restaurant. The underwater Aquamarine restaurant is one of a kind, and is surrounded by a 400,000 gallon aquarium.

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Aquamarine Restaurant

A wide range of bars is offered : the Waterfall Bar, Jazz Bar, Moonlight Bar, a Night club, Vitamin Bar and the Swim Reef Cafe.

All day bars can be found near the beach, at the Spa and at the Bowling area.

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Fountainview at the Tent Bar


SPA & FITNESS
7500m2 of Spa & Fitness providing an extensive range of services, to name a few :
indoor pool with jet lounger, baby paddling pool, relaxation area and pool bar.
Relaxation areas (dark, daylight and garden view, with fire place and heated benches)
A Snow Paradise and one Executive VIP Treatment Suite.

AQUATIC ADVENTURES
One of the largest outdoor swimming pools (16,000m2) in the world is surrounded by a water street with Sultans golden horn gondola service. In the lagoon-like decorated pool that stretches down towards the beach, one of the world famous laser shows together with water animation and sound is provided to you. Dramatic waterfall features with seven different levels of water fountains and beautiful statues will be welcoming guests.

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View from Besiktas restaurant to pool bridges at night




A Swim Reef of 350,000 gallon will allows visitors to swim amongst local fishes in a controlled environment. The Swim Reef offers an enjoyable adventure where guests can interact with 2500 different fish. Guests will be instructed by a guide before experiencing the underwater wonders of the reef, where you can swim and snorkel with an exciting variety of fish.

Four Aquariums, showcasing 5000 fish, reflect the unique atmosphere of the different seas- Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Red Sea.

SHOPPING
Mardan Palace has an own shopping arcade where luxury brands are featured.

KIDS
Especially designed facilities are offered for children aged 0-4, 4- 12 and 13- 17 with a specific timing per age group. The facilities will be manned by trained personnel from 10:00- 12:30 and 14.30 – 18.00. A specially designed Kids house offers toys and entertainment for children. The little ones will be looked after in our Mini club. An extensive children and teenager programme ensures around the clock entertainment.

GETTING THERE
Antalya Airport Code = AYT

Go Turkey, The Official Travel & Holiday Guide : website Go Turkey