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“Bountiful buffets, decadent desserts” and an egg hunt with the Easter Bunny: The Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown will host its annual Easter Brunch on April 5.
The luxury hotel property’s restaurant, The Colonnade, will host two seatings, one at 11 a.m. and one at 2:30 p.m. The brunch will feature two Easter egg hunts, and a menu curated by the property’s Executive Chef Jaime Montes de Oca and Executive Pastry Chef Lyndsey Barton. The menu includes: a seafood display featuring Chesapeake oysters, jumbo poached shrimp, snow crab, and more; roasted chicken; Chilean sea bass; Belgian waffles; French toast; and a wide selection of desserts.
For more information, visit the Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown’s website here. To make a reservation, reach out by email to wdc.holidaysorders.dl@fairmont.com.
Peregrine Hospitality has expanded its portfolio of hotel properties in Northern California, the company announced on March 2, with the addition of The Lodge at Tiburon in Tiburon and the Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos. The acquisition adds 219 guest rooms to the Peregrine Hospitality portfolio.
“These are both exceptionally well-located hotels that align with our strategy of creating enhanced guest experiences while delivering long-term asset value,” said Greg Kennealey, CEO, Peregrine Hospitality. “Both Tiburon and Los Gatos are high–demand markets that attract leisure and corporate travelers year-round.”
The Lodge at Tibourn offers 10,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, while the Toll House Hotel offers 6,300 square feet of flexible indoor/outdoor meeting space.
For more information, visit Peregrine Hospitality’s website here.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has enhanced its booking and management tools for group and meeting planners, the company announced on February 26. The company has partnered with Groups360 to utilize its GroupSync Housing platform to update Wyndham’s booking and management platform.
“The move addresses one of the most persistent challenges in group travel: the manual, fragmented work that happens after a booking is made,”Wyndham said. “By bringing booking, tracking and guest management into a single, connected experience, Wyndham is helping to reduce administrative complexity for planners, improve conversion and visibility for hotels and make it easier for groups of all kinds – from weddings and reunions to youth sports and corporate travel – to coordinate their stay.”
“Group travel should be simple. By extending our digital capabilities beyond the initial transaction, Wyndham is creating a more connected, end-to-end experience for planners—helping drive conversion, improve visibility and ease the operational burden on hotel teams,” said Angie Gadwood, SVP of Sales at Wyndham.
For more information, visit Wyndham’s group booking site here.
Washington, D.C.’s Capital Hilton hotel is inviting guests to celebrate spring and cherry blossom season with a collection of seasonal programming and guest activations, the property announced on March 2.
To celebrate the occasion, the Capital Hilton is treating guests to a second year of the Cherry Blossom Wishing Tree, inviting guests to scribe their wishes for the spring season and tie them to a branch of the tree set up in the hotel’s lobby. The hotel’s Statler Lounge is also rolling out two specialty cocktails: the Lychee Martini and the Pink Haru. Guests can also book the Cherry Blossom Package, available from March 20-April 12. The package includes overnight accommodations, a bento box filled with an assortment of Japanese snacks and candies, a cherry blossom-themed collectable pin, complimentary breakfast buffet for two, and a souvenir kite.
“Cherry blossom season is one of the most exciting times of the year for our city,” said Paolo Pedrazzini, general manager, Capital Hilton. “Whether our visitors are returning locals or traveling from out of town to see the blooms for the first time, we want them to feel the joy and beauty of spring from the moment they arrive.”
For more information or to boo, visit the hotel’s website.
A new boutique hotel backed by musician and producer Pharrell Williams debuted on March 1 in Virginia Beach. The Sitio in Virginia Beach’s Atlantic Park is a new “surf-centric” boutique hotel with North America’s first Wavegarden Cove surf lagoon and 20 guest rooms, the property said.
The Sitio was “conceived as a modern coastal sanctuary” with design-forward guest rooms for “surfers, creatives, and culture-driven travelers.”
The Sitio will provide guests with light bites, natural wines and craft cocktails, and its concierge team can connect guests with surf sessions, private lessons, and deliver surf equipment directly to a guest’s room.
Find more information here.
