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Morgans Hotel Group Partners With The School of Life For Mind-Expanding Amenities

Should your hotel stay stimulate your mind? Morgans Hotel Group has inked a collaboration with London-based social enterprise The School of Life. The School of Life runs classes, seminars, sermons and more that address life's big questions including relationships, family community and more.

The Schooh of Life will host a series of talks in hotels across the Morgans Hotel Group portfolio. Members of The School of Life faculty will cover topics such as Conversation, Reading, Travel and Culture. Romance, or more specifically 'How to make love last', will be the order of the day when The School of Life hosts its first event, a Conversation Dinner at Suka at Sanderson on Valentine's Day 2011.

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The Royalton Launches New Bar & Lounge with The Cocktail Collective

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Filed under: Decor, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spirits

New York's chic Royalton, which started the boutique hotel craze when it first opened back in 1988, has just launched Forty Four (above), a stylish new bar / lounge curated by a team of all-star mixologists known as The Cocktail Collective. Occupying the hotel's former Brasserie 44 space with the addition of a square bar at what used to be the entrance to the restaurant, Forty Four's decor is a mixture of rich dark woods, leather upholstery, metal accents and innovative lighting. Selected from the best cocktail bars in the country, the founding members of The Cocktail Collective have created a menu of classics paying homage to the finest hotel bars for the new space. Meanwhile Royalton's Executive Chef Scott Ekstrom, formerly of Daniel and Oceana, has created a modern menu of small plates to compliment the cocktails including Black Lime Shrimp Cocktail, Parmesan Risotto Poppers, White Miso Tuna and Nueske Bacon Crisps.

The drinks list includes the Maiden's Prayer (gin, calvados, Cocchi Americano, and apricot liqueur served up with a twist); The Pharaoh Cooler (a tequila highball featuring fresh organic watermelon and lime juices, house-made grenadine, a hint of cane syrup and a few dashes of rosewater), and a Champagne Cobbler (champagne poured tall over crushed ice with muddled citrus zest, sugar, Peychaud's bitters and a crown of fresh fruits in season). In addition they've come up with a "punch" menu for large groups designed to replace "passé" bottle service. The founding members of The Cocktail Collective include Richard Boccato from Pain Killer in New York City; John Lermayer from The Florida Room in South Beach and Woodward in Boston; Simon Ford, a global cocktail ambassador based in New York City; Willy Shine from Contemporary Cocktails, Inc. in New York City; Misty Kalkofen from Drink in Boston; and Eric Alperin from The Varnish in Los Angeles.

Gallery: Fourty Four and The Cocktail Collective

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Morgans Hotels Spring Hotel Deals

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

The Morgans Hotel Group, a collection of boutique hotels that includes the Mondrian in Los Angeles, the Ames in Boston and the Hudson in New York City, has created hotel deals to tempt spring vacationers and local residents. The Spring to Life package is an advance purchase offer with complimentary Internet access and continental breakfast for two, per day, from $175. It can be booked up to seven days prior to the day of arrival (use promotion code PKSP10 when booking by phone).

For local residents in London, San Francisco or any of the other towns the Come out and Play package offers priority access to restaurants and bars and two complimentary drinks from $149 (mention promotion code PKCOME when booking by phone, local ID required). Offers are valid through September 30, 2010.

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Morgans to Open Ames in Boston This Fall

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

The Morgans Hotel Group, which in addition to the ultra-chic Morgans in New York also owns the Royalton, Hudson, St. Martins Lane, Clift, and Shore Club, will open its newest property dubbed the Ames this fall in central Boston. Described as "Benjamin Franklin meets a supermodel", designed by Rockwell Group in collaboration with the Morgans' design team, the Ames is "a rich blend of "historical ingenuity and innovative and awe-inspiring modernism," as well as a mix of "old-world aesthetics and contemporary luxury, and of dedicated homage to history and forward-thinking innovation." Housed in a 19th-century Romanesque building (above) formerly operated as the headquarters for the Ames tool company, the 113-room hotel offers 95 guest rooms, one apartment and six deluxe one-bedroom suites as well as the Woodward, a luxe new restaurant-bar concept.

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