Illuminating the slopes can be an awe-inspiring view, but experiencing the lighted trails at off peak times and often at a lower cost are some very enticing benefits. Of course, you have to brave the chill factor.

These mountains offer moonlight ski runs:

Zermatt, Switzerland for 63 Swiss francs and 47.50 for children, the price includes dinner and one-way transport.

Keystone, Colorado, $51 to ski from 4-9 and they also offer Full Moon Snow-shoe tours at $35, reservations required.

Whistler Resort, Canada offers Night Cross-Country skiing at 4-8 Canadian dollars.

Stowe Mountain, Vermont offers night skiing at $21-$27
Source: NY Times

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Hold onto the sunblock and dive into the newest suites to hit the hotel scene - the Infinity Pool Casita Suites at El Dorado Casitas Royale by Karisma. The new hotel-within-a-hotel at the award-winning El Dorado Royale caters to those with ultra-luxurious standards, offering suites that top the hippest of the hip and make a new category for affluent travelers.

For the ultimate in privacy, couples can request either the second-story Infinity Pool Casita Suites, with dazzling ocean views and individual pools that seemingly extend to the horizon or the new Infinity Pool Swim-Up Casita Suites. These ocean-level suites have a private pool connecting the deck to a winding river and swim-up bars. The on-call Casita Concierge team caters to every whim: from rose-petal baths at dusk, to chocolate fondue at midnight and sunrise swims in a private pool overlooking the Caribbean Sea.

Like the 173 palapa-roof suites at El Dorado Casitas Royale, the Infinity Pool Casitas feature romantic king-size four-poster beds, oversized luxurious bathrooms, and tanning deck with beach beds. Couples can leave their inhibitions behind in the Aguas del Amor, the Casitas’ private, open-air shower or watch the sun set from the in-suite Jacuzzi for two. Each Casita offers a satellite TV, DVD player and library, complimentary mini-bar stocked daily with premium liquor and other beverages and snacks, coffee/tea maker and upgraded amenities kit. Guests can experience interactive dining at the hotel’s 10 innovative restaurants; moonlight swimming in 11 pools; innovative cocktails at 13 bars as well as a full-service spa.

Gourmet-Inclusive cuisine, in-suite aromatherapy, a pillow menu, a bottle of champagne upon arrival, access to the Casitas private lounge and exclusive beach butler service are all included. Infinity Pool Casita Suites range from $440 - $520 per person, per night.

Couples looking to tie the knot can exchange vows at the quaint, on-site beachside chapel or under an open-air, palapa-roof gazebo and honeymoon in one of four Presidential one-bedroom Casita Suites. To celebrate its opening, El Dorado Casitas Royale is offering a special promotion for all weddings booked by Feb. 1, 2008. Couples who get married at EDCR between Aug. 15 and Dec. 28, 2008, will receive the choice of a complimentary return stay to celebrate their one-year anniversary, a $900 gift certificate to be used at the property’s spa or a complimentary room upgrade and two additional rooms of the couple’s choice.

After seeing the movie 1408 and researching the actual hotel where it was filmed, I decided to find some luxurious accommodations where you may experience the paranormal. Where better then a historical bed and breakfast to find a spirit. Apparently ghosts find these bed and breakfasts not only luxurious but also worth haunting… Check out these real Haunted Houses - Haunted B&Bs!

Thornewood Castle

A business tycoon named Chester Thorne spent a million dollars in 1908 (roughly 20 million with today’s inflation) to build his dream house. He dismantled a 16th century castle and moved it from England all the way to Washington State. Thorne’s ghost still haunts, never leaving his dream home. The staff will find light bulbs unscrewed multiple times throughout the day and one guest said that she was looking in a closet, the turned around and saw a man in a brown horse-riding suit, “What are you doing?” he asked her and then disappeared. She later identified Thorne from a photo.

Miss Molly’s Hotel

Known as the most haunted house in Fort Worth, Miss Molly’s is a small B&B originally built as a boarding house in 1910. The house has a shady past as it was a speakeasy during Prohibition and a bordello in the 1940s. Many visitors report seeing the ghost of a young girl and have also smelled strange perfumes. Toilets flush on their own and unlocked doors won’t open. Some guests have even spotted ghostly apparitions of working girls around rooms numbers eight and nine.

Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast

The actual home of the 1892 Borden Axe Murders. The murders, which brought fame to the small town of Fall River, were thought to be committed by the victims own daughter - Lizzie. Lizzie Borden was the only suspect in the slaying of her father and step-mother. Although acquitted of the crime, Lizzie acted very suspiciously by attempting to purchase cyanide. Shortly before the murders the entire household became violently ill and Mrs. Borden suspected poison. Mr. Burden’s body was found in the living room slumped over the couch with multiple axe wounds including one which not only cut deep in to his skull but cut his left eye in two. Mrs. Burden was found upstairs in the guest room, also killed by an axe. Not only can you stay in the house, but you will be served the same breakfast the couple had before they were killed!

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, announced it will open the Shangri-La Hotel, New York in 2010. The group signed development and operating agreements with RFR Holding LLC, and a client of ING Clarion Partners, to construct a 206-room luxury hotel in the Park Avenue corridor of Midtown Manhattan, and will operate the property under a long-term hotel management agreement.

The hotel will be in a new 64-story tower adjacent to the landmarked Seagram Building, built on the site of the former YWCA building at 610 Lexington Avenue. It will have a dedicated entrance on 53rd Street between Park and Lexington avenues.

The unique design for the slender 709-foot-tall tower calls for exterior columns incorporated into the building’s faceted curtain wall, using low iron glass to achieve a crystal clear appearance of the tower. The hotel’s ground floor lobby will have a soaring 100-foot atrium with skylight, providing the striking sense of arrival that Shangri-La guests have long appreciated in the group’s Asian hotels.

State-of-the-art elevators operating at 1,400 feet per minute will whisk guests from the lobby to guestrooms. In keeping with the contemporary interpretation of luxury as space, Shangri-La plans to offer the largest guestrooms in Manhattan, and they will feature floor-to-ceiling glass windows affording expansive views of Park Avenue, Central Park and Midtown. More than one third of the rooms will be suites and nearly all rooms will be over 500 square feet. Deluxe rooms will range in size from 641 to 940 square feet, while suites will be 1,023 square feet and up.

The Shangri-La Hotel, New York will be the first US hotel property designed by renowned architect Lord Norman Foster. The interior design team will be led by Jean-Michel Gathy, founder and head designer of Kuala Lumpur-based Denniston International Architects & Planners Ltd. The interiors will be contemporary in style with Asian influences.

Sixty-six of the 206 guestrooms will be sold as condominium hotel units. These units will be operated as part of the hotel and interspersed throughout hotel floors. In addition, 17 ultra high-end residential condominiums ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet will occupy the top 10 floors of the tower. Residents of the private condominiums will have dedicated elevators, access to Shangri-La amenities and services, plus a tailored range of customized household services.

One of the hotel’s highlights will be Shangri-La’s signature spa brand - CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La. CHI combines Chinese and Himalayan healing therapies, inspired by the mysticism of the Shangri-La legend captured in James Hilton’s famous Lost Horizon novel. CHI’s spacious private spa suites will be among the largest in the city, offering a “spa within a spa” atmosphere.

The hotel will have an 80-foot swimming pool and sundeck with a retractable roof on the ninth floor. Other facilities will include a fitness center; business center; 5,000 square feet of function space, all with windows; and a signature retail shop. The hotel will also have a lobby lounge with sidewalk café; ground-floor bar and second floor restaurant that will feature two private dining rooms.

The New York hotel joins Shangri-La properties under development in the West, as part of the group’s strategy of opening luxury hotels in key international gateway cities. Shangri-La, which operates 50 properties in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, is committed to expanding in North America and Europe and showcasing its renowned hospitality through new, intimately sized properties. Shangri-La hotels are also currently under development in Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Vancouver and Toronto.

“We searched long and patiently for the ideal partners and property for our New York debut and have found them in this special project,” said Giovanni Angelini, Shangri-La chief executive officer and managing director. “This hotel will be a perfect complement to our high-profile developments underway in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Maldives and others. Even more important, we look forward to becoming an active and involved corporate citizen in this amazing city and newly adopted home.”

“We are delighted to partner with Shangri-La and bring the group’s legendary hospitality to New York,” said Aby J. Rosen, co-founder of RFR Holding LLC. “We believe there is no better showcase for Shangri-La’s New York debut than this elegant tower, that will stand proudly along side RFR’s landmarked Seagram Building and neighboring Lever House on Park Avenue. Shangri-La operates world-class luxury hotels, and we look forward to working with them to build this great hotel in New York City.”

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently manages 50 hotels under Shangri-La and Traders brands with a rooms inventory of over 24,000. Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services. Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Thailand, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. The group has over 40 projects under development in Canada, China, France, India, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Philippines, Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information, visit www.shangri-la.com.

The 25-story Fairmont Beijing enjoys a premier downtown location near business and shopping areas such as the Capital Tower, LG Building, China World Complex and Oriental Plaza as well as eminent landmarks including the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square.

The hotel will feature 235 spacious guestrooms, restaurants and bars including a library lounge, function space together with a multi-purpose theatre, a business center and a 1000 square meter Willow Stream Spa offering fitness facilities and a swimming pool. The award-winning architectural firm Paul Tange & Associates has been selected for the project. The Japan-based firm is renowned for creating structures that not only reflect a building’s design but also encompass its role in the community in which it is located.

With the opening of the landmark Fairmont San Francisco in 1907, one of the world’s leading luxury hotel brands was born. The grand collection of fabled castles, secluded lodges, storied meeting places and modern retreats have hosted the rich and famous, kings and queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers and stars of the stage and screen. During 2007, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is proud to mark its centenary and guests at hotels from North America and Europe to the Middle East are invited to join the celebrations.

“We are delighted to be working in conjunction with Dr. Chan Chai and the Reignwood Group to develop Fairmont Beijing,” said Chris Cahill, Fairmont’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “Fairmont has offered warm hospitality in unforgettable locations since 1907, when The Fairmont San Francisco first opened its doors. We are excited to continue our tradition of providing service excellence to guests in Beijing with one of fastest growing companies in China.”

Fairmont Beijing joins other recently announced projects in the region, including Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a future hotel development project on Macao’s Cotai Strip

Also known as Babymoon, luxury pre-birth getaway packages are popping up on the menu’s of many high-end resorts as the perfect escape for expectant couples looking for some pampering before their bundle of joy arrives.

As a first time mother-to-be, planning our last peaceful getaway has got me searching for the perfect escape to take with my hubby. With so many choices, I am having a tough time deciding. Take a look at the W Hotel’s response to this new trend in travel.

W Hotel San Francisco, New York, San Diego, Westwood - W hotel has really got it going on. Named the ‘Baby Me Package’ and is offered if you book and stay by April 30, 2008. The package includes; fashionable Skip Hop DUO baby bag, The MOdern Girl’s Guide to Motherhood book, Cute cotton Whoops Baby Onesie, subscription to Cookie magazine, Bliss Foot Patrol, 2 delicious delights from the Womb Service Menu, membership to modernmom.com. Book online and mention Baby Me Package.