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Emmy Rossum On Hand As JW Marriott Chicago Hosts Grand Opening

Actress and singer Emmy Rossum was on hand as the JW Marriott had its grand opening in Chicago this week. Rossum stars in Showtime's Chicago-centered series "Shameless." JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts celebrated the event with performances from the Joffrey Ballet and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The hotel is in Chicago architect Daniel Burnham's historic Continental & Commercial National Bank Building in the financial district. The hotel opened last fall and occupies the first 12 floors of the building. It has 610 guestrooms including 29 corner suites and 36 meeting rooms as well as a luxury spa and fitness center, Valeo and two different restaurants, The Florentine, an Italian Steakhouse created by the BLT Restaurant Group, and a lounge serving more casual plates and sushi. Nightly rates start at $209.

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JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE Offers $1 Hotel Deal

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Want a nearly $4,000 hotel stay for just a $1? Be prepared to leap on February 15 when the JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles celebrates its first birthday by offering 10 "Happy Birthday" packages for $1.00. The package includes overnight accommodations in the Chairman Suite, the hotel's luxurious 1,566 square-foot suite over looking the Los Angeles skyline, two glasses of Champagne at gLAnce Wine Bar, breakfast for two at LA Market restaurant and complimentary valet parking.

The "Happy Birthday" package will go on sale at 8:00 a.m. PST on February 15 for $1.00. The package will be available for a Friday or Saturday night stay only between August 6, 2011 and September 10, 2011. The package will be available online only at www.lalivemarriott.com/birthday. To book, enter code ES6.

The JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE is a sophisticated hotel in downtown Los Angeles and is part of the L.A. LIVE sports, residential, and entertainment district that includes Staples Center, the Los Angeles Convention Center and is the future home of Farmers Field. The hotel has 878 guest rooms, a nine treatment room spa, full service fitness center and outdoor pool, diverse dining options, including celebrity chef Kerry Simon's LA Market.

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JW Marriott Opens Tallest Hotel in Indiana

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As our sister site AOL Travel reported, JW Marriott has opened the doors of its latest hotel, the JW Marriott Indianapolis. The 34-story hotel is the tallest in the state of Indiana. The massive hotel is aimed at attracting conventioneers with 1,005 guestrooms, 53 meeting rooms, and a 40,500-square-foot Grand Ballroom, the largest hotel ballroom in the Midwest.

Guests will be pampered in rooms with 40" LCD televisions and a plug-in panel that integrates laptops, MP3 and video players (you'll pay a $12.95 for high speed internet access and unlimited calling). The building includes a Osteria Pronto, and High Velocity, which is described as an energetic, high-tech Indianapolis sports bar.

The hotel is piece of a $450 million complex of Marriott hotels that takes up seven acres offering a total of 2,248 new hotel rooms in downtown Indianapolis. The Marriott complex is just part of an ambitious $3 billion urban investment project in downtown Indianapolis that includes the expanded Indiana Convention Center, Lucas Oil Stadium, and a new International Airport all designed to bring more tourism to the area. Opening rates start at $159. A video tour from local television station WISH-TV is after the jump.

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Tequila Tasting in Springtime

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There's something about springtime -- maybe it's all the allergens in the air -- that puts me in the mood for tequila.

It has nothing to do with any memories of a raucous margarita-filled spring break, for as regular Luxist readers well know, this blue-agave spirit is a lot more refined than that. When you drink a premium tequila, you don't need salt or a lime, just a contemplative mindset while you sip.

One great place to do a compare-and-contrast of over 100 tequilas is Salud, the lobby bar at the JW Marriott Star Pass in low-allergen Tucson, pictured above. "Lobby bar" sounds a bit dreary, this bar actually leads onto a wide deck, with fire pits and a view of the Sonoran desert. Get a snifter from $9 to $26, and perhaps kick it off with a tequila toast every night at 5:30, which is complimentary to hotel guests.

(My trip to Tucson was sponsored by Visit Tucson, and my opinions, as always, are 100% my own.)

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Golf Your Way To A Free Wedding

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Are you a golfer who just happens to be getting married? A new contest lets you put your skills to the test. The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas has partnered with The Knot to create a wedding giveaway. The Perfect Match $150,000 Wedding Contest offers brides and grooms a chance to win an all-inclusive destination wedding and honeymoon that includes 200 of their closest friends and family.

From now until January 31, 2010, couples can enter at TheKnot.com/perfectmatch. Submit a brief description as to why you deserve to win a dream wedding at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, along with photos, and take a quick golf quiz. Six couples will be selected as finalists and flown to the resort to test their skills in The Perfect Match Golf Tournament from March 3-5, 2010, at the new PGA TOUR Tournament Players Golf Club (TPC) San Antonio and the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. Each couple will play as a team in a nine-hole scramble tournament. The couple who wins the tournament returns to the resort for the $150,000 wedding to take place the weekend of May 21-23, 2010. The Knot team of style and design experts will create a one-of-a-kind wedding experience and provide planning. The winning couple will also receive a luxury honeymoon at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa on O'ahu in Hawai'i.

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$1 Million 'People's Inauguration Ball' for the Disadvantaged

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When the JW Marriott in Washington D.C. offered a 'build-your-own-inaugural-ball' for $1 million, Earl W. Stafford jumped at the chance to host a cross-section of our country's disadvantaged during Barack Obama's inauguration. The Marriott's package includes 300 rooms, four suites, $200,000 worth of food and drink, and a view overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue's parade route. Stafford, a Virginia business man, wants to 'bless those who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity' including the terminally ill, wounded veterans, and both socially and economically distressed individuals. Funded through his family's non-profit, The Stafford Foundation, the festivities are planned for Jan. 18-20 with a breakfast, luncheon, three-night's-lodging, and two-balls to boot.

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The Spa at Desert Springs

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The Desert Springs JW Marriott has opened a new luxurious spa facility in Palm Desert, California. The 38,000 square-foot facility includes an organic café, Turkish hammams, digitally programmable desert rain showers, saunas, whirlpools and more in a calming setting that includes limestone and Brazilian Ipe wood and a ten-foot waterfall at check-in.

The spa uses local ingredients including locally harvested citrus and dates, which are used in the Citrus Sugar Scrub and Date Scrub. The Spa's signature body therapy, the Desert Journey, is inspired by the scents of the desert in bloom. It begins with the application of a creamy emulsion made of orange, tangerine and mandarin-scented body butter combined with a light brown sugar scrub. The therapist uses Swedish and gentle rocking techniques to calm the body, then applies hot basalt stones to the chakras and meridians. During the treatment, the therapist provides a paraffin foot treatment; a scalp, neck and shoulder massage; and reflexology to the hands and feet. Other treatments include a mud ritual, wraps and a full menu of facials. The Spa also includes a heated outdoor lap pool, cardio and strength-training equipment and a yoga studio. There is also a beauty salon that offers manicures, pedicures and hair styling.

The most luxurious option at the spa is the 600 square-foot private suite, called the Spa Sanctuary which has a private entrance and is staffed by a personal butler. The Sanctuary has a two-person hydrotherapy tub in the walled-in private courtyard and another tub indoors as well as a changing room, vanity area, digitally programmable shower, living area with a fireplace and high-definition TV. A separate Revive Suite is designed for couples and includes private treatment areas and a hydrotherapy tub for two.

Gallery: Spa at Desert Springs