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...With the economy sacked this season, even the activity surrounding the Super Bowl, which will be played on Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla., between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers, is slowing down. "It's never been this soft before," says Alan Bachand, a party promoter and hotel broker who has been working the Super Bowl for the past 12 years. "There just aren't as many good parties going on. Hot tickets that were going for $3,000 are now selling for between $400 and $700. The parties aren't getting as much sponsorship." (See pictures of Super Bowl...
...keeping with the Carnival spirit, the Palazzo Barbarigo is a great place for a steamy rendezvous. Located near the Rialto Bridge, the 16th century palace has been transformed into a moody, Art Deco?style hotel. Its slinky cocktail bar with dark velvet upholstery, smoky mirrors and a view of the Grand Canal is proving a fashionable hangout for locals and visitors alike. (See pictures of Venice's floods...
Situated on the western bank of the Danube, Budapest's Lánchíd 19 hotel is in many ways an extension of the river itself. Its accordion-like façade, constructed of movable glass panels, ebbs and flows with the rhythm of the water, thanks to a meteorological sensor on the hotel's roof. Decorated with images of life on the riverbank - crabs, snails and aluminum cans - the exterior panels light up at night, adding a touch of modernity to the historic riverside where 18th century Habsburg architecture prevails...
...hotel has had an affinity with water from the start: during construction, builders unearthed the ruins of a 700-year-old well that supplied the adjacent Buda Castle, once home to Hungary's kings. The riverine theme continues inside with 10 glass bridges sandblasted with ripple patterns. As the bridges crisscross overhead, their translucence lends the space - a largely empty cube rising seven stories - an almost impossible lightness, as if it were constructed of sunlight...
Winter Season. Four Seasons Chicago's "Suite Heart" package provides champagne and chocolates in your suite, a four-course dinner at the hotel's restaurant, and, natch, breakfast in bed the next day. $595 per night, available Feb. 13-14. (See 10 things to do in Chicago...