Fort Lauderdale Grande
Hotel Information: This Havana-chic hotel welcomes guests with bold colors and contemporary decor. The lobby, illuminated by warm globes of light, leads to a natural-gas-fed pit that shoots up flames. The hotel’s design concept incorporates the elements of earth, air, fire, and water, to harmonize with the surrounding environment. Businesspeople, yachting enthusiasts, and discriminating leisure travelers appreciate the luxurious atmosphere.
Amenity highlights: The hotel’s 33-slip marina provides a lavish showcase of yachts for guests to stroll among and daydream or window shop. Overlooking the marina and the Intracoastal Waterway is a new edition of restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow’s China Grill family, with upscale fusion cuisine. A heated outdoor pool with an adjoining restaurant and bar offers poolside service. Wireless Internet access is complimentary in public areas.
Guestrooms are decorated in Havana-chic style, with cool greens, neutral sand tones, and soft blues. Furnishings are custom-made and sleek, with a contemporary feel. All rooms feature plush bedding, floor-to-ceiling windows, and private, furnished balconies.
Bathrooms have granite counters, ultra-modern fixtures, and showers with playful mosaic tiles. LCD TVs come with pay movies. Other amenities include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), compact refrigerators, and MP3 clock radios.
All rooms are nonsmoking.
