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...Stonecipher thought it was hokey when he heard that his biotechnology convention was booked at the Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa outside Phoenix, Ariz. The idea of a hotel designed around a western theme "sounded like a dude ranch," he says. Instead, the marketing manager from San Jose, Calif., found rooms decorated with authentic baskets and pottery from the Pima and Maricopa tribes; an upscale spa that offered such Indian-inspired treatments as tashogith, a clarification bath using juniper and cypress; and the Kai restaurant, which features dishes like lobster with fry bread, a Native American staple. Says Stonecipher...
...fastest-growing trends in travel is theme hotels. There are concepts for every taste: from the elegant Library Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where room numbers are based on the Dewey decimal system of classifying books (900.004 for the Asian History room), to the adventurous Jules' Undersea Lodge at the bottom of the Emerald Lagoon in Key Largo, Fla., where guests scuba dive to the entry of their underwater accommodations. "This is a real trend for the traveler who has been there, done that," says Mary Tabacchi, professor of hotel management at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. "There...
...literary theme “is going around the issue, rather than addressing it head-on,” Aull said. “People are judging him as a person, not as a poet...
...rainy night last Saturday, something vaguely religious was going down at a sold-out Axis Club. New Orleans quartet Cowboy Mouth, under the cover of playing a rock show, was in town to reinforce the creed of the band: life is to be enjoyed. The prominence of this theme in their shows is rather remarkable and it is best explained through a legend popular with Mouth fans...
...Prasse-Freeman must make more of a positive impact than last season. Though there were legitimate reasons for his slowdown—including situations where only nine Harvard players were healthy for practice, forcing him to play all-time PG—Prasse-Freeman says that this year the theme is “No More Excuses...