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Editorial submissions must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The publisher assumes no responsibility for lost material. ISSN 1207-1463 The Official Sponsor Publication of the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies www.TRAVELHotNews.com Canadian Traveller • September 2007 5 All Over The Map Hilton Happenings New Properties, Décor & Programs Throughout The Americas By Anita Draycott Associate Editor, Eastern Canada here is plenty of exciting news coming from the Hilton Hotels HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION Tempire lately, with improvements and innovations taking place at properties from Toronto to Ushuaia. At a recent lunch in the Hilton Toronto, I met a number of executives from various properties in North and South America on the 32nd floor in the very impressive Hudson Bay Company Suite. Using natural wood, stone, beaver fur and deer hide and colours drawn from earth, sun, lake and sky, the designers pay homage to Canada’s oldest retailer. In the spacious living/working area a sextet of maple blocks innovatively converts to tables or stools while a massive solid oak desk provides plenty of workspace. The Hilton Toronto’s Hudson Bay Suite offers guests a uniquely Canadian taste Decorative elements, such as striped Hudson of luxury. The suite is just one example of the impressive improvements to be Bay blankets and vintage photographs of fur found at Hilton Hotels throughout the Americas. traders and explorers, continue the Canadiana theme, as does an intriguing and dress-up frocks are all part of the and snowmobile in winter and enjoy moun- maple leaf mosaic in one of the bathrooms. package. For boys, the Hot Wheels room is tain biking, hiking, fishing and wildlife Floor-to-ceiling windows running the length outfitted with all the equipment of a true watching in summer. of the two-bedroom suite offer expansive racing champion including fast cars, movies If leaving Fido at home is stressful, Hilton’s city views. and games. The room has two twin beds: one No More Doggy Drama getaway in Sao Paulo For your fashionista clients, the neigh- designed as an auto repair shop, the other as Morumbi has just the answer. The package bouring Margery Steele Suite honours the a racing car with a siren lamp and neon lights. includes deluxe room, daily breakfast for two, late Ms. Steele who, for decades, dressed Barbie and Hot Wheels rooms are available daily doggy care from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., three Toronto’s society ladies in her capacity as in the Hilton Toronto, Hilton Buenos Aires, dog walks per day and two spa treatments per director of the St. Regis Room at The Bay and Hilton Margarita Island, Venezuela. person per day. Dogs don’t have to be quaran- (formerly Simpsons). The Art Deco suite Hilton’s got lots of exciting things tined before arriving in Brazil, as long as the features a fully mirrored dressing room, deep happening in South America. At Hilton country’s documentation requirements are soaker tub and a luxurious gold duvet. Buenos Aires, the Totally Tango experience met. Visit www.brasilemb.org/consulado/ Also on the 32nd floor are the executive offers couples a deluxe room, daily buffet consular2.shtml. lounge, offering continental breakfast in the breakfast, a tango lesson at the Academy of A little closer to home, families can morning and host bar and hors d’oeuvres Dance & Arts, tickets for a dinner show at embark on their very own Pirate Escape in the evening, plus the Ontario and Esquina Carlos Gardel (including transporta- adventure at Nassau’s British Colonial Panorama suites. tion), tickets to the World Tango Museum and Hilton, built on the site of what was the infa- Looking to wow those special kids in your access to Health Club.