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Where the Old West Comes to Life!

While some people may be content to watch the wild west on old western movies, Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona, gives visitors the chance to actually experience an 1880′s western town!

CHANDLER, AZ – While some people may be content to watch the wild west on old western movies, Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona, gives visitors the chance to actually experience an 1880s western town!

Originally located in Scottsdale, this authentic frontier town moved to its current location at Wildhorse Pass at the Gila River Indian Community in Chandler, Arizona, in 2006. Unlike other western themed attractions which can leave a bad impression on their visitors, Rawhide is loved by locals and tourists alike. The readers of azcentral.com and the Arizona Republic nominated and selected Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse of Wild Horse Pass as the Best Western Experience of Arizona.

The wide variety of activities and attractions available at Rawhide make sure visitors of all ages have a wonderful time. At Rawhide you can ride a mechanical bull, a real burro (kids only), or on an authentic stage coach or train . . . and that is just the beginning!

After watching a wild west stunt show at the Six Gun Theater or roping and gun twirling tricks at the Spirit of the West Theater kids can become sharp shooters themselves at the shooting gallery (shows usually last 15-20 minutes). And you’ll want to be extra nice to your family members or you could end up with a warrant out for your arrest and jailed in the Rawhide Jail (courtesy photo included). You’ll also want to leave time to pan for gold and rock climbing. Visitors are delighted to find admission to Rawhide is FREE!

Shoppers will find a wide variety of stores with everything from customized branding irons created by a fifth-generation working blacksmith to contemporary western wear at the Silver Spur. Souvenirs can be found at the Rawhide General Store, and your sweet tooth will be more than satisfied after a trip to Sweet Sally’s Confections.

Commemorate your trip to Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass at the Photo Emporium where the whole family can have their photo taken in 1880s costumes.

Complete your trip with a meal to remember at the award-winning Rawhide Steakhouse and Saloon. Meal portions are plentiful and live music, dancing, and dinner shows entertain you throughout your meal. Note you aren’t allowed to bring outside food and/or drinks into Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler.

Saturday mornings at Rawhide allows you to support local Arizona farmers with a farmers market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Rawhide boasts Saturday mornings they haveproduce from our own garden, community farmers, artisans, vendors, kids activities, cooking classes, breakfast and story telling in Akimel Basho, our newest frontier attraction.

Saturday evenings at Rawhide feature a unique cowboy cookout (now through the end of May and then beginning again in October).

Visitors of all ages will enjoy an authentic chuck wagon cookout under the desert stars. Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler ensures a good time will be had by all by including all of the following in your cookout experience: a mule-drawn hay wagon ride to the desert cookout area (departs at 6:15 p.m.), choice of a wide variety of award-winning meals (including a vegetarian option), live country western music by the Steve Barker Band, hats & bandanas for all guests, cowboy games, cowboy storytelling, a marshmallow roast, and line dancing with 2-step instructions!

While the majority of Arizonans live in flip-flops you ll want to make sure you bring your walking shoes to Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass.

In addition to all of the above, Rawhide also has rodeo grounds, and additional space for cookouts, conference events, and parties.

If you have a home in Chandler you re able to take advantage of all the regular attractions, shops, and restaurants as well as special events held there throughout the year.

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Morgans Hotel Group Co. has opened Skybar on the upper pool deck of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as part of the $750 million property expansion.
The ultra-lounge is located above the HRH Beach Club and is open day and night.

It features an acrylic-edged pool with three peek-a-boo cutouts in the floor that act as skylight windows to the lower HRH Beach Club.

Guests can lounge on the bar seating, custom daybeds, couches and banquettes set on the teakwood-plank floored area.

The lower Skybar pool features 14 cabanas surrounding a circular infinity wading pool.

The cabana menu features the HRH Beach Club Bar & Grill.

Skybar also features premium spirits, bottle service and signature cocktails.

Skybar and the HRH Beach Club nearly double the overall size of the hotel’s pool area.

The lounge offers Relax Mondays during spring and summer.

Created as a means to pay tribute to the local industry crowd, Relax features guest deejays.

Skybar is open from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and from 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Admission is complimentary for HRH Hotel guests and $20 for the public.

Upscale beach attire is strictly enforced.

For more information, call 800-473-7625 or visit www.hardrockhotel.com

The Nines, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Portland, Ore., has received the 2009 Hotel of the Year Award in North America by Luxury Collection and Starwood senior leaders for its guest satisfaction scores, meeting planner satisfaction index and quality assurance.
The Nines was chosen out of more than 70 Luxury Collection hotels and will receive its award on April 22 at a ceremony in The St. Regis New York.

For more information, call 800-325-3589 or visit www.luxurycollection.com/nines

A new property, Hotel Matilda, will open this September in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

The boutique hotel will feature an art gallery with works by current Mexican artists.

The Hotel Matilda will also offer 32 rooms and suites; a gourmet restaurant with garden seating serving contemporary cuisine with regional influences and Latin flair; a lounge featuring light dining, a full bar and a patio overlooking San Miguel; a spa focusing on personalized beauty and wellness experiences; and an infinity pool and deck with lounge chairs and umbrellas.

Among the highlights of the accommodations will be a patio or terrace with a garden created with potted plants, timeless contemporary décor accented with art works and rugs created by Mexican artisans that are modern variations on traditional designs, and a sliding bathroom mirror that doubles as the window treatment.

Spa Matilda will offer a collection of globally and locally inspired treatments in 4,700 square feet.

The spa will offer four treatment rooms including a couple’s room and a Spa Suite with a steam shower and soaking tub, two courtyards, a patio, a Relaxation Lounge for pre- and post-treatment quiet time and fitness and cardio/strength-training facilities.

For more information and reservations, call 011-52-415-152-10-15, email info@hotelmatilda.com  or visit www.hotelmatilda.com

The city of Denver has launched the B-cycle Bike sharing program. About 500 new, red Trek bicycles are now available for sharing at 40 stations around the city.

Each of the three-speed bikes comes with a wire basket, a built-in light and a lock. Denver visitors can purchase a $5, 24-hour membership with a credit card at any B-cycle station.

After becoming a member, riders can pick up a B-cycle from any station and drop it off at any other station. All rides of 30 minutes or less are free, and rides up to one hour coat $1, with prices going up from there.

Starting in June, the Denver B-cycle bikes will be equipped with RFID chips and computers to track mileage, calories burned and carbon offsets.

Users can also sign up for seven-day ($20), 30-day ($30) or annual memberships ($65) online.

Discounts are available for students and seniors.

Once registered in the system as a member, there is no charge for the first 30 minutes every time the member checks out a B-cycle from a station.

After 30 minutes additional usage fees apply that escalate every half hour thereafter.

Bike stations are located downtown near hotels, on the 16th Street Mall, by museums, at the Colorado Convention Center, in parks and at shopping centers. Other stations are located in nearby neighborhoods like LoHi, LoDo, Highlands, Cherry Creek North, the Golden Triangle Museum District and Old South Pearl Street.

Kaiser Permanente is the presenting sponsor of Denver B-cycle, with contributions from other key community partners.

For more information, call 303-892-1112 or visit www.visitdenver.com

The Stratosphere Las Vegas Hotel & Casino has opened the world’s tallest SkyJump attraction, located 855 feet above the Vegas Strip. Guinness World Records declared SkyJump Las Vegas as the highest commercial decelerator descent, breaking the previous record set by SkyJump at Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre with a height of 764.4 feet.

Located atop of the hotel, SkyJump Las Vegas can best be described as a controlled free fall. Riders are suited-up in jump suits and connected to a patented high-speed descender machine.

Similar to skydiving or base jumping, SkyJumpers literally leap off the platform to descend 829 feet to the landing pad below.

The attraction costs $99.99 per person, and riders must be at least 14 years old to jump.

For more information, visit www.skyjumplasvegas.com

For hotel information, call 800-998-6937 or visit www.stratospherehotel.com

Two of Special Hotels of the World member hotels are reopening.

The Lakeside Hotel, The Lake District, Cumbria, U.K. (www.ghotw.com/lakeside ) has reopened its doors following three months of refurbishment owing to unprecedented floods which forced its closure last November, and the Uhu Villa Suites in Budapest (www.ghotw.com/uhu-villa ).

Located on the banks of Lake Windermere, the majority of the Lakeside Hotel’s ground floor rooms and kitchens were overwhelmed by flood water as the lake level unusually rose by nine feet after two days of torrential rain.

The hotel management used the opportunity to better guest experience by enhancing the property.

New elements include dramatic chandeliers, rich-hued wall-papers, a new kitchen, the upgrading of bedrooms and en-suite facilities and the exposure of the original 17th century cobbled floor in Ruskin’s Bar.

The Uhu Villa Suites, previously known as Uhu Villas, recently reopened after 12 months of extensive renovations.

The renovation of the property, which is situated close to the city center overlooking the Buda Valley, now offers four room types, including studio apartments, suitable for business travelers or shorter stays, and one-, two- and three-bed apartments suitable for longer stays or families.

All of these apartments have fully equipped kitchens and separate bedrooms.

For more information, visit www.shotw.com

Dinosaurs Rock fossil and mineral education company has announced its second three-day Family Fossil Dig and Gemstone Hunt in Central Utah, June 27 to 29.

The private tour with Neil Brown and Leslie Freund, the company’s husband and wife co-founders, plus local geologists, is an opportunity for participants to find and take home real dinosaur bone, trilobites (500-million-year-old sea bugs), topaz and geodes, while learning about paleontology, mineralogy and geology.

The tour includes three days of informational talks, Dinosaurs Rock fossil and mineral raffles and giveaways, and guided tours with fossil and mineral experts on privately owned land, where hands-on exploration takes place through fossil digs and gemstone hunts, plus daily picnic boxed lunches.

A box of each family’s fossil and mineral finds will be shipped home.

The price is $699 per person, not including accommodations.

For more information, call 800-411-3466 or visit www.dinosaursrock.com/Fossil_Dig_Utah.html

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., will open a 4,700-square-foot Earth-Friendly Garden on its front lawn on Earth Day, April 22.

Illustrating part of the solution to the ongoing water shortage, the garden features native and drought-resistant plants, as well as a water-efficient irrigation system.

The drip irrigation system is connected to a weather-based irrigation.

This watering technique is proven to reduce water usage by at least 50 percent compared with traditional sprinkler systems.

The weather-based irrigation controller customizes the watering schedule automatically based on the local weather conditions. All of the plants are easy to grow and can be found at local garden centers and nurseries.

The garden is made possible by grant funding from the United States Bureau of Reclamation and a partnership with the Long Beach Water Department.

For more information,

call 562-590-3100 or visit

www.aquariumofpacific.org

Swiss Tourism selected what it considered its top 39 luxury hotels. They are:

The Arosa Kulm Hotel & Alpin Spa, a five-star hotel with clear views of the mountains, and easy access to hiking trails, ski slopes and a children’s ski school; the Tschuggen Grand Hotel in Arosa, a wellness oasis by architect Mario Botta; the Castello del Sole in Ascona in Italian Switzerland; Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona, on the lake and surrounded by its secluded private beach and its own yacht harbor with a wide range of water sports opportunities;

The Bad Ragaz:  Grand Hotel Quellenhof & Spa Suites in eastern Switzerland/Liechtenstein has been chosen twice as Gault Millau Hotel of the Year and the hotel and restaurant have a total of 45 Gault Millau points; Basel’s Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois is set in the heart of the city and has a location right by the Rhine River; Bern’s Bellevue Palace is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World with 129 rooms and suites (including three tower suites and a Presidential Suite);

Bürgenstock’s Park Hotel features views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps and has four top restaurants; Genève’s Beau-Rivage’s suites have views of Lake Geneva, and there is room for up to 800 people in the hotel’s seven luxurious salons;

Genève’s Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues is located in the heart of Geneva and is noted for its high-tech infrastructure, first class ambience and service; Genève’s Mandarin Oriental is located near the lake, Old City and Banking Centre, with 197 suites and rooms;

Genève’s Le Richemond has views of the Alps, the old town and Lake Geneva and sits near Brunswick Garden;

Gstaad’s Grand Hotel Bellevue is set in a large park in the traffic-free village of Gstaad with two chalet annexes, 57 rooms as well as seminar rooms;

Gstaad’s Grand Hotel Park blends tradition and modernity and features extra large rooms;

Gstaad’s Gstaad Palace is run by the third generation of the same family; Interlaken’s Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa features innovative French cuisine at La Terrasse restaurant and culinary delicacies from around Switzerland at the Jungfrau Brasserie;

Kandersteg’s Royal Park Hotel is a compact yet well-appointed hotel with only 26 suites and rooms where guests have complete privacy;

Lausanne’s Beau-Rivage Palace is highlighted by the stately dimensions and decor of its Belle Epoque ballroom;

The Lausanne Palace & Spa is fully modernized and renovated, and the Art Nouveau hotel has a central location with views of Lake Geneva; Lugano’s Hotel Splendide Royal is situated in the town’s prettiest quarter on the shores of Lake Ceresio;

Luzern’s Palace Luzern is set on the lakeside and only a few minutes’ walk to the Old City;

Mont Pèlerin’s Le Mirador Kempinski features 412 rooms and suites, most with lake views and balconies;

Montreux’ Fairmont Le Montreux Palace was built in 1906 and was fully renovated in 2009;

Neuchâtel’s Beau-Rivage Hotel features views of the lake and the Swiss Alps;

Pontresina’s Grand Hotel Kronenhof is a historic hotel with glacier views; St. Moritz’s Badrutt’s Palace Hotel is known for discreet service, traditional elegance and a pleasant atmosphere; St. Moritz’ Carlton Hotel was built in 1913 and restyled by designer Carlo Rampazzi in 2007, and has its own limousine and helicopter service, babysitting, butler service, ski shop as well as the Carlton ski school;

St. Moritz’ Kulm Hotel St. Moritz opened in 1856, paving the way for Engadin tourism; St. Moritz’ Suvretta House is located in the Alpine landscapes of the Upper Engadine;

Vevey’s Grand Hôtel du Lac is a historic hotel with 50 rooms and suites modernized by Pierre-Yves Rochon;

Vitznau’s Park Hotel Vitznau has its own private boat mooring facilities and is Central Switzerland’s only luxury hotel with direct lake access;

Weggis’ Park Hotel Weggis features 10 exclusive Adara suites with wine conditioning cabinet, rainshower, large terrace and lake views; Zermatt’s Mont Cervin Palace has been open to guests for more than 150 years;
Zermatt’s Grand Hotel Zermatterhof picks up its guests by horse carriage when they arrive in car-free Zermatt;

Zürich’s Baur au Lac is a city hotel that is freshly decorated on a daily basis by the hotel’s own florist with 1,000 flowers; Zürich’s Dolder Grand features four extravagant top suites and a spa by Sylvia Sepielli built with European and Japanese influences, including 19 treatment rooms and two spa suites;

Zürich’s Eden au Lac is a century-old hotel set on the lakeside and is a member of Small Luxury Hotels; Zürich’s Savoy Baur en Ville is located in the main financial district and on the car-free Paradeplatz; and Zürich’s Widder Hotel’s penthouse suite’s rooftop terrace affords views over the Old City, Lake Zurich and the mountains.

For more information, visit www.myswitzerland.com