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		<title>Know Your Chef: Janine Falvo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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We are so lucky to have Chef Janine Falvo as our Executive Chef at Briza Restaurant in our Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel! Janine made a big, albeit admittedly brief, splash on Top Chef Season 9 &#8211; which is currently airing. We chatted with Janine to get to know her a bit better, and we&#8217;re happy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of illy at Renaissance Dupont Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Preparing for the holidays can be draining, but the Renaissance Washington DC Dupont Circle Hotel has just the shot of energy you need to thrive during the busiest season of the year! It&#8217;s the fifth consecutive year of the 12 Days of illy at the Renaissance Dupont Circle&#8217;s Caff&#233;. Purchase twelve illy gourmet coffee beverages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dine Like J. Edgar Hoover at the Mayflower Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Dinner and a movie? More like lunch and intrigue at The Mayflower Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel. To celebrate the release of the Clint Eastwood-directed film, J. Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, Caf&#233; Promenade will be offering a one-day-only special menu of Hoover&#8217;s favorite lunch on Friday, November 11, from 11am to 2pm. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Briza&#8217;s Janine Falvo a Finalist for Top Chef Season Nine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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We here at Renaissance Hotels are excited to congratulate Janine Falvo, Executive Chef of Briza in the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, for being one of the 29 finalists on the next season of Top Chef! Bravo recently announced the list of hopefuls, and we&#8217;re not surprised Chef Falvo was selected, considering she already is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1500° heats up Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Congratulations to 1500° for being the only restaurant in Florida named to Esquire magazine&#8217;s prestigious list of Best New Restaurants of 2011! This hotly anticipated list was carefully curated by renowned food and wine author John Mariani, who gushed about the Eden Roc Renaissance&#8217;s farm-to-table restaurant on Miami Beach.
&#8220;It&#8217;s big, it&#8217;s splashy, it&#8217;s got a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel &amp; Spa’s Trellis Room Wins 2011 Wine Spectator Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Looking for Southern flavor with modern flair, and an award-winning selection of world-class wines?  Look no further than Mobile, Alabama&#8217;s The Trellis Room in The  Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel &#38; Spa—a AAA 4Diamond restaurant that was recently awarded a coveted 2011 Wine Spectator Award.
The Trellis Room has earned a reputation for a flavorful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renaissance Times Square&#8217;s RLounge Voted Best Scenic View Restaurant in OpenTable&#8217;s 2011 Diners&#8217; Choice List</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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There’s no place in the world that’s comparable to New York City’s Times Square: the billboards, bright lights, and eclectic, bustling crowds. Thanks to its panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, Renaissance New York Times Square’s R Lounge captures the pulse of the city—and thanks to diners’ votes, it was voted one of the Best Scenic View Restaurants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22 Renaissance Summer Cocktail Recipes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Summer&#8217;s here, which means one thing: happy hour.
To celebrate the season, Renaissance is rolling out a variety of specialty cocktails, both mixed classics and inventive flavor combinations. If you&#8217;re jonesing for a frozen margarita or chilled mojito, no problem. But the mixologists at Renaissance Hotels can also pour up one of our original drinks, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baronette Renaissance Chef to Cook at NYC&#8217;s James Beard House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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For those who worship food, the James Beard House is like Mecca. Its namesake is a man whose legacy as a pioneer in gourmet American cooking reverberates in culinary circles &#8212; which is why an invitation to cook at the House, as was extended to Steven Grostick, executive chef at Toasted Oak Grill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity &#8220;RX&#8221; Cocktail Program at Renaissance Dupont Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Bottoms up! Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington D.C. is mixing up unique cocktails inspired by notable district-dwellers, and for a good cause, too: all proceeds from the &#8220;RX&#8221; cocktail program will benefit the Children&#8217;s Miracle Network, a non-profit for children&#8217;s hospitals, and the hotel will match the donation for the most popular RX cocktail. [...]]]></description>
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