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Hotels Seattle is an expensive city with high local taxes. Hotels now add a total of 15.6% to the bill (8.6% sales tax plus a tax in part to finance the new sports stadium, Safeco Field). The prices quoted below do not include taxes; they are an average seasonal price, excluding breakfast, unless otherwise specified. Business Doubletree Hotels The Doubletree chain offers some of the best-value, upscale business hotels in the city, located in prime commercial centres, such as Bellevue (near Meydenbauer Convention Center, Lucent, AT&T, IBM, Microsoft and Compaq), and the airport, near Boeing’s offices. All rooms have modem points and two-line telephones. The Doubletree Hotel Bellevue has 353 large rooms and suites, all situated around a vast atrium full of trees and flowering plants. Suites have bars and whirlpool tubs. Facilities include 1530 sq metres (17,000 sq ft) of meeting space, a lounge with two dance floors, fitness centre, pool and spa. The Doubletree Hotel Bellevue Centre has 208 rooms, including family suites with kitchenette, while the Doubletree Seattle Airport is a huge convention hotel with bright, balconied rooms and suites with views. Website: www.doubletree.com Prices: From US$110. Doubletree Hotel Bellevue 300 112th Avenue SE, Bellevue Tel: (425) 455 1300 or (800) 733 5466. Fax: (425) 455 0466. Doubletree Hotel Bellevue Centre 818 112th Avenue NE, Bellevue Tel: (425) 455 1515. Fax: (425) 454 3964. Doubletree Seattle Airport 18740 Pacific Highway South Tel: (206) 246 8600. Fax: (206) 431 8687. Marriott Sea-Tac Famed for its exquisite lounge around a five-storey tropical atrium and waterfall, this 459-room hotel offers business convenience and luxury combined. All rooms are decorated in woody tones with brass fittings. They all have voice mail and offer the use of a Workstation 2000 business centre, while 110 rooms are specifically designed for the business traveller, with concierge service and in-room modem points. Hotel facilities include indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, health club, 25 meeting rooms and secretarial services. There is also an airport shuttle, as well as free parking. 3201 South 176th Street Tel: (206) 241 2000 or (800) 643 5479. Fax: (206) 248 0789. Website: www.marriotthotels.com Price: From US$110. Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers Upon entering the city’s prime Convention Center hotel, there is a lavishly renovated lobby containing works by the Northwest’s legendary glass artist Dale Chihuly. The hotel has 840 excellent-value rooms, accommodating up to 1500, 40 suites and four restaurants, including the highly recommended Fuller’s. All rooms come with modem points, safes and Starbucks coffee. Club Level and Towers rooms on the top five floors are bigger, have excellent views, as well as concierge service and complimentary continental breakfast. The health club on the 35th floor offers one of the best views in the city. Ten meeting rooms are available – with 3150 sq metres (35,000 sq ft) of space and TCI Cable hook-up with Washington State Convention and Trade Center. 1400 Sixth Avenue, Seattle Center Tel: (206) 621 9000 or (800) 325 3535. Fax: (206) 621 8441. Website: www.sheraton.com Price: From US$110. University Towers (Best Western) (formerly Edmond Meany Tower Hotel) This 1930s hotel near the University of Washington is minutes from downtown and was recently renovated in tune with its Art Deco origins. Most of the 155 compact rooms offer great views of the city, Mount Rainier and Lake Union. They all have contemporary decor, irons and ironing boards, in-room voice messaging and modem points and there is a complimentary continental breakfast. There are five meeting rooms, including a 216 sq metre (2400 sq ft) ballroom, as well as catering and audiovisual services. 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE, University District Tel: (206) 634 2000 or (800) 899 0251. Fax: (206) 547 6029 or 545 2103. Website: www.meany.com Price: US$170 (including breakfast). Luxury Bellevue Club Hotel The Bellevue Club has won numerous awards for its original and innovative design and was the 1998 ‘Hotel of the Year’ for Small Luxury Hotels of the World. The decor is a combination of Tuscan terracotta and trailing vines, light and contemporary Asian and Pacific Northwest influences – all setting off spectacular views. The 64 rooms and three suites are truly artistic, with international collections of textiles, woodwork and pottery, as well as in-room modem points, voice mail, teleconferencing capabilities and safes. The large Roman-inspired limestone and marble tiled bathrooms have deep-soak tubs. Club Rooms offer vaulted ceilings and landscaped outdoor patios and some have fireplaces. Superb recreational facilities include pool, spa, tennis courts, basketball and health club. 11200 SE Sixth Street, Bellevue Tel: (425) 454 4424 or (800) 579 1110. Fax: (425) 688 3197. Website: www.bellevueclub.com Price: From US$250. Four Seasons Hotel Seattle The 1920s Italianate architecture suggests the understated elegance of old New York apartment buildings and is completed with impeccable service, oak panelling, chintz and velvet drapes, and potted palms. The intention is to make guests feel at home, with cosy furnishings, desk space and reading lamps in all 450 rooms (in addition to high-speed, fibreless optic Internet connection) and complimentary goodies. However, it is in the heart of Seattle’s entertainment and financial districts. There is a sumptuous health club with indoor pool, whirlpool, saunas and massage room, 1800 sq metres (20,000 sq ft) of meeting and function space, and three superb restaurants, from the formal Georgian Room to a relaxed oyster bar and the sky-lit Garden Court. 411 University Street Tel: (206) 621 1700 or (800) 223 8772. Fax: (206) 682 9633. Website: www.fourseasons.com Price: From US$200. Moderate Gaslight Inn This turn-of-the-century Seattle mansion has been lovingly restored and is now a nine-rooms, seven-suite bed and breakfast, combining period detail and warm modernity. A large living room and library on the ground floor retain original oak panelling and fireplace. Each guest room is different; some have view decks one has peeled-log furniture and Pacific Northwest Indian textiles, while another has a blown-glass chandelier and a view of Elliott Bay. All rooms have refrigerators and use of the laundry room; those in suites receive free off-street parking. There is also a heated swimming pool in the private gardens. 1727 15th Avenue East, downtown Tel: (206) 325 3654. Fax: (206) 328 4803. Website: www.gaslight-inn.com Price: From US$78. Pacific Plaza Hotel By far the best in-city value for the independent business traveller, with a canopied entrance and a bit of historic class. It is within walking distance of the entertainment district, the Convention Center and retail/financial district. Completely renovated in early 2001, most rooms still retain their claw-foot bathtubs and are simply decorated in a European style, with cable TV, voice mail, coffee makers, iron and ironing boards, and electronic security locks. ‘Business’ guest rooms are slightly larger and offer computer and modem points. 400 Spring Street, downtown Tel: (206) 623 3900. Fax: (206) 623 2059. E-mail: info@pacificplazahotel.com Website: www.pacificplazahotel.com Price: US$115 (including continental breakfast). Other Recommendations Hotel Monaco For those sick of stuffy business atmospheres, the Monaco offers happy modern style with a nod to 1920s beach resorts – with candy striped walls, costumed bellboys and one of the liveliest hotel bars in town. Decor in the high-ceilinged lobby is based on a fresco of dolphins at the Palace of Knossos in Crete. Geared for the casual dotcom generation, it is pet friendly (complimentary live goldfish, with names, are available in case you are lonely), with 144 rooms and 45 suites, 11 of which boast Fuji-jet baths. All have voice mail, fax machines, in-room modem points, irons and CD players. 1101 Fourth Avenue Tel: (206) 621 1770 or (800) 945 2240. Fax: (206) 621 7779. Website: www.monaco-seattle.com Price: From US$170. Hotel Vintage Park Shades of grape, rose and chardonnay pay tribute to Washington’s wine industry in this refurbished 1920s apartment block. Every evening there is complimentary wine tasting around a large fireplace. Each of the 126 rooms is named after a Washington winery or vineyard and furnished in custom-made cherry wood; some have fireplaces and two-person Jacuzzis and all have in-room modem points and refrigerators. Staff will bring guests books of their choice from the local library and guests may also use the exclusive Gateway Athletic Club nearby or have exercise equipment brought to their rooms. 1100 Fifth Avenue Tel: (206) 624 8000 or (800) 624 4433. Fax: (206) 623 0568. Website: www.hotelvintagepark.com Price: From US$240. |
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