Tag: Hotels and Resorts

The Ritz-Carton has announced it will be opening a new luxury hotel in the heart of Paradise Valley next year, alongside the $2 billion community The Palmeraie.

Overlooking Camelback Mountain, the resort will have 215 spacious guest suites, 81 villas and 39 estate homes.

Amenities include a 16,000-square-foot spa, health and fitness center and one of the largest resort pools in North America at 400 feet long.

There will also be a secret garden where they will grow seasonal produce for their restaurants.

The Ritz-Carlton’s expansion is sure to continue bringing luxury to the Valley.

– Arizona 100 staff

Arizona-based Two Sister Bosses has announced the development of Ambiente, A Landscape Hotel in Sedona, Arizona.

Slated to open in late 2020, Ambiente will feature 40 cube-shaped guest atriums, each elevated above the ground by steel piers and constructed using floor-to-ceiling, bronze-tinted glass and matte charcoal and rusted metal. The hotel will be constructed around the area’s natural vegetation and topography, which better meets today’s expectations of being responsible land stewards.

The hotel aims to be the city’s leading example of sustainable tourism and innovative hotel design that promotes long-term vibrancy within the community.

– Arizona 100 staff

Paige Lund has been named general manager of the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa, the first female to be appointed to the position. She will lead the resort as it undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation to the pool, guest rooms, spa and golf club.

An industry veteran, Lund is a member of the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association board, where she also serves on the Women in Lodging committee. She is a member of the City of Phoenix Tourism and Hospitality advisory board and sits on the Northern Arizona University School of Hotel and Restaurant Management national advisory board.

– The Arizona 100 staff

Located in southeast Mexico overlooking the Caribbean Sea and a short nonstop flight from Phoenix, Cancun boasts 14 miles of beautiful white sand beaches, world-class golf and both dining and nightlife options that rival Miami and New York.

And a picture-perfect stay also requires picture-perfect accommodations. Enter Le Blanc Spa Resort Cancun, which earned five TripAdvisor honors in 2018. Surprisingly, after winning the awards, Le Blanc did the unthinkable: it closed.

Then just last month, after nearly a year of multimillion-dollar renovations, the adult-only, all-inclusive resort reopened, revealing stunning upgrades, even by luxury standards.

– Arizona 100 staff

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa is weeks from completing an $8 million enhancement that includes the addition of six new pool suites overlooking the Lazy River, 12 new private pool cabanas and an exclusive poolside retreat called Griffin Bay, which is located within the main pool complex and features its own concierge, attendants, enhanced food and beverage offerings and VIP seating.

The enhancement also includes an upgrade to the Revive Spa. As a result, Revive now boasts a nearly 3,500-square-foot fitness center, movement studio and yoga lawn.

The final highlight of the upgrade: 12 pickleball courts.

– Steve Hart, JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

In an effort to create a more robust program that will help Arizona hotels and resorts continue to improve sustainability initiatives, the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association (AzLTA) and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) collaborated to develop and launch a Certified Green Lodging program in recent years.

Since the launch, several hotels and resorts have earned the AzLTA’s Certified Green Lodging seal of approval, including: Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort; Arizona Grand Resort; Arroyo Pinion Resort; Bright Angel Lodge, Casino Del Sol; Enchantment Resort; Fairmont Scottsdale Princess; Hotel Valley Ho, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs; and The Phoenician.

– Dave Drennon, Arizona Lodging & Tourism Association