Top 5 Ultra Modern Hotels in the US

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Top 5 Ultra-Modern Hotels in the US

The United States offers a long list of fabulous five star hotels for guests of all stripes and requisites. A few of these hotels have already established a tradition of tasteful opulence, and fewer still have managed to blend classic elegance and state-of-the-art designs.

The Peninsula Beverly Hills

No other hotel in southern California has received AAA Five Diamond and Mobile Five Star rating for 11 consecutive years truly a retreat from the usual extravagance.

The Peninsula Beverly Hills is a jewel in the center of Los Angeles most famous addresses. Located at the intersection of Wilshire and South Santa Monica Boulevards, the hotel is within walking distance of the shopping and financial centers of Century City and Beverly Hills, including the famed Rodeo Drive, and about 20 minutes from the international airport.

Designed to provide guests the feel of an elegant private residence, the hotel offers 196 guest rooms, including 36 suites and 16 private villas, accentuated with luxuriant tropical gardens. Top-of-the-line electronic system is standard amenity in all rooms, allowing guests to control the environment with their fingertips.

The Belvedere restaurant offers modern American cuisine in a graceful ambience. Alfresco dining is available at The Roof Garden, and afternoon tea is served daily in The Living Room. Club Bar features live entertainment in a tasteful environment.

Exquisite spa treatments are offered at The Peninsula Spa, a rooftop garden retreat, which also has a 60-foot lap pool, bordered by ten private cabanas. The Fitness Center offers the latest in high-tech workout equipment and personal trainers.

The Venetian

Imagine Venice in the middle of the desert. It takes modern vision, good taste, and big investment to put a slice of Venetian charm in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

The Venetian is an all-suite 5 star hotel and casino resort complex and prides itself on being the worlds largest private convention center. Guests can take gondola rides on sparkling-clean artificial canals, past costumed performers, something tourists rarely see in present-day Venice. Only in Las Vegas!

This luxury hotel, which opened in 1999 on the site of the renowned Sands Hotel, has won the Conde Nast and Travel & Leisure Awards. Its 19 restaurants on site are run by James Beard Award-winning chefs, and its pools are among Las Vegas best luxury hotel pools.

Among its other major come-ons are the Grand Canal Shoppes, Canyon Ranch Spa Club, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, casino and the Venezia Tower, all providing an exhilarating atmosphere in the greatest leisure city in the world.

The Peninsula New York

This 104-year-old landmark in the heart of New York City, in Midtown Manhattan, reopened in November 1998 after a US$45-million renovation, keeping its eminent place in the Big Apples most famous shopping, business and cultural district.

Its wide and luxurious guest rooms and suites, spruced in contemporary style with art nouveau accents, are designed for the demands of executives on luxury travel. Like most Peninsula hotels, all rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art electronic system that allows guests to control their environment with the touch of a fingertip.

Fitness facilities in a relaxing ambiance, with impressive views of Manhattan, are a special treat at the high-tech Peninsula Spa and Health Club. Fives is a top choice for fine dining, and Pen-Top Bar & Terrace provides soothing views of New York for guests who want to unwind in style.

Peninsula New York, which has received the AAA Five Diamond Award for four years in a row, is ideal for upscale private events, high-level executive meetings, or just some personal pampering in the City that Never Sleeps.

The Tides South Beach

With its striking Art Deco-style faade, designed by master architect Lawrence Murray Dixon and finished with limestone and white chunks of coral excavated from the ocean floor, The Tides South Beach is devoted to what tycoons and upscale vacationers come to Florida for luxury holidays. Its a unique blend of elegance, Miami history and modern convenience. Ocean Drives prime and tallest address, acquired by the Kor Hotel Group in 2006, was redesigned by Kelly Wearstler, introducing museum-caliber artifacts in the hotels interiors. Her redesign is lauded for introducing an updated contemporary energy to the property, carefully respecting the edifices historicity and the easy nonchalance of its beachfront spirit.

This five star hotel is famed for its signature suites two spacious one-bedroom suites with private terraces and bright sunrooms overlooking the waterfront. The 2,600-square-foot top-floor signature suite has 360-degree vistas of South Beach and downtown Miami, featuring a private 500-square-foot terrace and vast double-paned windows on the east and west walls. Signature suites offer a wireless controller to provide zone specific musical choices through the suite, and sumptuous pillow-top king beds with 300-count Mascioni linens. The Sofitel Chicago Water Tower

Designed by French Architect Jean-Paul Viguier, The Sofitel Chicago Water Tower offers splendid views of Lake Michigan and Chicagos famous Magnificent Mile. Guests have marveled at the modern design, colors, furnishing and dcor throughout the hotel.

Sofitel Chicago has 415 rooms, including 32 luxurious suites, a spacious ballroom, 10 meeting rooms for up to 330 persons, a business center, a fitness center, and a fine dining restaurant that serves French Mediterranean Cuisine.

This 5 star hotel has been selected for National Geographics Best in City Hotel and named best building in Chicago, an unparalleled landmark in the citys skyline. It is on the Conde Nast Gold list, was awarded Best Hotel in Chicago by Trip Advisor, and its The Caf was rated excellent by Zagats.