Resort Press Room

Orbitz Customers Vote The Gant ‘Best in Stay’ in Aspen

Seven Colorado properties rank among the best for service, amenities, comfort, location and value

ASPEN – Mar. 2, 2010 – Industry awards, especially customer-nominated accolades, speak milestones about a property’s ability to walk-the-talk. With this mantra in mind, Orbitz recently released its 2010 Orbitz ‘Best in Stay’ Award recognizing 51 hotels that earned the best reviews from real guests that have previously stayed at the property. Using a scale of 1-5, each property was evaluated on service, amenities, comfort, location and value. The Gant and two of its sister properties, the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa and the Royal Palms Resort & Spa, claimed three spots on the list for Destination Hotels & Resorts. The Gant was the only property in Aspen to make the mark receiving a near-perfect 4.8 rating, and it was one of seven properties statewide to earn this recognition. 

In addition to The Gant, below is a listing of the other six Colorado properties that made the 2010 Orbitz ‘Best in Stay’ Award list: 

1. Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center Hotel
2. Hotel Teatro
3. Mountain Thunder Lodge
4. The Pines Lodge
5. The Steamboat Grand
6. Vail Cascade Resort & Spa

 “Anyone in the hospitality industry can attest that it is the staff that makes the difference. From reservations, guest check-in to housekeeping and our infamous Gant Men bell staff, it’s a team effort to keep our guests happy and content,” said Erin Peck, director of sales at The Gant. “This award reaffirms that after 35 years, The Gant is still a leading property well disciplined in the art of gracious customer service and guest comfort.”  

Deals & Discounts at The Gant

Situated in a peaceful enclave within steps of Aspen’s majestic mountains and vibrant downtown, The Gant is an upscale, yet economical, mountain property featuring one to four-bedroom condominiums ranging from standard, deluxe to premiere based on interior furnishings and amenities. Each condominium combines the comforts of home with the conveniences of a hotel, such as gourmet kitchens, private balconies or patios, wood burning fireplaces, cable TV with HBO, CD/stereo, DVD, wireless Internet, complimentary in-town shuttle, and daily housekeeping/dishwashing, childcare, laundry facilities and a full-service front desk and concierge.

Below are two current offerings at The Gant. For more details, visit the property’s Special Offers.

Pay it Forward Colorado

In an effort to encourage Colorado residents to lend a neighborly helping hand, The Gant launched, Pay it Forward Colorado, a community service rewards program that gives guests a tiered lodging discount or free nights in gratitude for volunteering now through Dec. 2010.

• Three hours of service earns a 20 percent discount, using promotion code PAYIT20.  
• Six hours of service earns a 25 percent discount, using promotion code PAYIT25.
• Eight hours or more earns three nights for the price of two or six nights for the price of four, using promotion code PAYITFREE. Free nights applied at check-in.

Countdown to summer

Summer thoughts bring more than respite from the cold; they also bring savings at The Gant. Guests that book a summer vacation by March 31 will earn a 30 percent discount; book by April 30 and receive a 25 percent discount and book by May 31 and receive a 20 percent discount.

To learn more or to book a reservation, please visit www.gantaspen.com or call 866.956.6317.

About The Gant
Situated in a peaceful enclave at the base of Aspen Mountain with convenient access to downtown and the ski lifts, The Gant is Aspen’s finest condominium resort.  A resort within a resort, The Gant offers high quality, friendly hotel services at the highest level of any Aspen condominium property. The Gant’s privately owned condominiums are regularly refurbished and fully equipped, offering the comforts of home to today’s travelers and meeting guests, with the services of a hotel.

About Destination Hotels & Resorts
The Gant is one of more than 30 independent, upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. To protect and preserve the unique communities in which the company operates, Destination launched Destination Earth, an environmental sustainability program in 2008. New for 2009 is the 582-room Terranea Resort situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California. The 102-acre ocean front resort will feature a 25,000-square-foot destination spa, three swimming pools, three restaurants and a Todd Eckenrode-designed par three golf course. In addition to Terranea in the greater Los Angeles area, Destination operates properties in key metropolitan areas and resort markets including Washington, D.C., Denver, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Palm Springs, Houston and Lake Tahoe. Destination is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based investment, development and management firm Lowe Enterprises.  For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.