eau palm beach resort & spa - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T21:02:03Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/eau+palm+beach+resort+%26+spaPay It Forward: Caridad Center fundraiser aims to make up for lost timehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/pay-it-forward-caridad-center-fundraiser-aims-to-make-up-for-lost2021-12-28T19:53:43.000Z2021-12-28T19:53:43.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9963075858,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9963075858,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400" alt="9963075858?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>By Amy Woods</strong></p>
<p>Two years have passed since the last Call to Heart Ball benefiting the Caridad Center, a vital Boynton Beach nonprofit providing free health care to uninsured people.<br /> On Jan. 25, 2020, more than 330 guests filled the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan and raised nearly $500,000. On Jan. 29, a modest 200 will gather in the same luxurious location with coronavirus safety protocols in place.<br /> “Hopefully, we’re still going to raise the same amount of money,” CEO Laura Kallus said.<br /> Renamed the Essential Call to Heart Ball, the evening affair will celebrate the center’s core donors as well as its core patients.<br /> “We wanted to focus on our essential donors who really came through for us during the pandemic,” Kallus said. “Our patients are essential workers — the ones who did not have the privilege of staying home.”<br /> The ball also will highlight the essential nature of the largest no-cost clinic in Florida. It annually serves 5,000 of the area’s poorest people through a network of 170-plus volunteer providers.<br /> “If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s how essential we are in the services we provide to the community,” Kallus said. “It is glaringly obvious that the way to help prevent the spread is to provide health care to those who are uninsured.”<br /> The ball will have a cocktail reception followed by dinner, entertainment and a live auction. Dress is black-tie optional.<br /> “We’re going to keep it as celebratory as possible,” Kallus said. “I think we all need that now.” </p>
<p><strong>ABOVE RIGHT:</strong> <em>Shahid Freeman and Caridad Center co-founder and board member Connie Berry at the 2020 ball.</em> <strong>Photo provided</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">If You Go</span><br /><strong>What:</strong> Essential Call to Heart Ball<br /><strong>When:</strong> 6 p.m. Jan. 29<br /><strong>Where:</strong> Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan<br /><strong>Cost:</strong> $500<br /><strong>Information:</strong> 561-853-1638 or <a href="http://www.caridad.org">www.caridad.org</a></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p></div>South Palm Beach: New delay for beach stabilization projecthttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/south-palm-beach-new-delay-for-beach-stabilization-project2016-09-29T16:30:00.000Z2016-09-29T16:30:00.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p><strong>By Dan Moffett</strong><br /> <br /> South Palm Beach residents are going to have to wait longer for their long-awaited beach stabilization project to begin.<br /> Mayor Bonnie Fischer said county project planners have told her work on the town’s beaches won’t begin before November 2018, a delay of a year from the target start date.<br /> Fischer said the problem is that the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa has decided not to participate in the project, according to county environmental officials, who told her the hotel worried about allowing heavy equipment on the beach during tourist season. With the hotel out, planners will have to submit new permit requests to state and federal agencies, a process that typically takes months.<br /> Fischer said engineers likely also will have to redesign the project, relocating the seven concrete groins that are to be installed to capture sand. The work now will stop at the southern boundary of Lantana Municipal Beach.<br /> “We’re going on 10 years with this now and we just got another delay,” she said. “Sand does not stay within political boundaries. Municipalities really need to work together. Unfortunately, with Eau Palm Beach out, we’ve got a little issue where they’re not interested in working together.”<br /> The resort was the only private commercial enterprise in the project’s half-mile footprint. The town of Manalapan has no public beaches and is not included in the stabilization plan.<br /> Michael King, the Eau’s managing director, said the resort was “never really part of the project” and had environmental concerns.<br /> “We thought the groins were not good for the southern coastline because they would be disrupting the natural flow of sand to the south,” he said.<br /> Town Manager Bob Vitas criticized county officials for failing to communicate with the project’s prospective participants. Vitas and Fischer have worked for months to line up easements for construction with condo associations and homeowners. Now much of that likely will have to be redone, Vitas says.<br /> “You would have thought that this county and its environmental management agency department would have reached out long ago to the folks at the Eau and got this thing taken care of before we jumped through all those hoops,” he said. “And now we have a 12-month delay and that translates into 12 months of cost. That’s not anything that this town is responsible for. This delay is truly not ours. It is the county’s delay.”<br /> The $5 million plan for stabilizing South Palm Beach’s shore is built on a partnership among governments that have committed to split the bill: The federal government will pay half of the project, the county 30 percent from its tourism bed tax, and the town the remaining 20 percent.<br /> <strong>In other business</strong>, council members awarded a $34,300 contract to Alexis Knight Architects of West Palm Beach to study and report on possible Town Hall improvements by the end of the year.<br /> Vitas said the cost is about half what the town was prepared to pay. Alexis Knight will determine how the town might remodel its building and use space better.</p></div>Business Spotlight: Hotels like Floridians’ response to summer dealshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/business-spotlight2015-07-29T14:30:00.000Z2015-07-29T14:30:00.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960589894,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960589894,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="538" alt="7960589894?profile=original" /></a><em>One of the oceanside cabanas at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>By Steve Pike<br /> <br /></strong> There was a time — not that long ago — when hotels and resorts along the beach had a “slow” season. The snowbirds were gone and the locals stayed home. That’s no longer the case. Thanks in large part to lower gas prices and attractive staycation packages, the area’s beach hotels and resorts are as busy in the summer months as in the “season” winter months.<br /> “The trend has changed in recent years with us seeing that summers have gained momentum and have a very healthy buzz,” said Colin Clark, general manager of The Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach. “For the fourth year in a row we have experienced a record-breaking year. Palm Beach Island and the county continue to be buoyant with increasing visitors each year.”<br /> The Four Seasons’ summer packages are good examples of how area hotels drive summer business, particularly among Florida residents. The resort offers Florida resident rates that begin at $199 per room, per night through September, as well as a third night free for guests over the same period.<br /> Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan also has a Florida residents’ rate that begins at $199 per night and includes free valet parking and free meals to kids under 12.<br /> Among the summer promotions at the Delray Sands Resort in Highland Beach is one (online only) whereby guests pay the day’s high temperature for a room the first night of a stay.<br /> At the newly flagged Tideline Ocean Resort & Spa — A Kimpton Hotel (formerly The Omphoy) in Palm Beach, director of sales Kate Connor said, “We are definitely seeing increased occupancy.”<br /> Tideline offers Florida residents weekday and weekend rates, as well as a “Summer Stay and Save” promotion that gives guests as much as 30 percent room rates.<br /> “It’s been a great summer all around for us as well as the other hotels in Palm Beach County,” Connor said. “We’re seeing a lot of last-minute bookings, but we’re also seeing a lot of people taking advantage of those summer offers.”<br /> Summer guest demo-graphics, said Connor, a longtime hotel executive in Palm Beach County, haven’t changed, “but they’re just coming in greater numbers.”<br /> The majority of the business at those hotels, she said, is from the summer drive market — guests who come from the Orlando and Miami areas to take advantage of the rates and the beaches.<br /> “People realize they don’t have to go far for a great vacation,” Connor said.</p></div>Business Spotlight: Eau Resort & Spa managers give their best for Habitathttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/business-spotlight-eau-resort-spa-managers-give-their-best-for-ha2015-07-01T16:32:38.000Z2015-07-01T16:32:38.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582068,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582068,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="360" alt="7960582068?profile=original" /></a><em>Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa managers (l-r) Michael Oakes, Nick Gold,</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>By Christine Davis</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"> On June 9, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa managers traded their Manalapan oceanfront sanctuary for a no-frills Boynton Beach construction site when they installed the roof on a home being built by Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County. Wearing hard hats and work gloves (not part of their usual work wardrobe), they worked in teams of two and three, climbing scaffolding and ladders to place and secure roof trusses and apply wood sheeting. The home is expected to be completed by October.<br /> “It was a privilege to be able to help place a secure roof on this home for Lydana Fileus and her children,” said Nick Gold, director of public relations for Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. “We believe that our teamwork and community spirit are two of the core values that make our guests feel so welcome at Eau Palm Beach, and we wanted to share that commitment with this most deserving family.” <br /> <br /> Caffe Luna Rosa, Delray Beach, donated $1,000 to Steve Weagle’s Ride for the Red Cross. Weagle, WPTV’s weatherman, accepted the check from the restaurant’s partners, Bonnie Beer and John Gergen, on behalf of the restaurant’s owners and staff. They were joined at the event by Maria Melo and Laura Golden from the American Red Cross, South Florida Region. Funds raised by Weagle’s annual bicycle ride will be used to help educate local residents on preparing for hurricane season. <br /> <br /> Thanks to a grant and donations from Delray Medical Center and Regal Home Health & Care Management, the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce has a new automated external defibrillator installed in its lobby.<br /> <br /> Waterstone Resort & Marina, at 999 East Camino Real, Boca Raton, received TripAdvisor’s 2015 Certificate of Excellence Award for consistently achieving outstanding traveler reviews on the site. As a qualification for the award, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582855,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="180" class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582855,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="7960582855?profile=original" /></a><br /> Here’s the follow-up news on CEO Jordan Zietz, 13. For GameReef, his video game console rental company, he won the Boca Chamber Education Foundation’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy Golden Bell Award. Then he went on to represent Boca Raton at the regional competition in May competing for college scholarships. And he won third place, and a $20,000 scholarship. This fall, he’ll enter eighth grade at Pine Crest School in Boca Raton.<br /> <br /> The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University has earned full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Accreditation signifies that national standards for structure, function, and performance are met by a medical school’s education program leading to the M.D. degree. <br /> The liaison committee is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to a medical degree in U.S. and Canadian medical schools, and is a joint committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association. <br /> <br /> Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s expanded Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute building is ready to receive patients in early July, and recently the hospital broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot expansion of the 35,000-square-foot Gloria Drummond Physical Rehabilitation Institute. <br /> The hospital’s bondholders report showed that earnings more than doubled in its fiscal third quarter as it experienced double-digit patient growth. The nonprofit hospital earned $7.25 million on operating revenue of $115.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, up from earnings of $3.32 million on revenue of $102.1 million in the same period a year ago. In the fiscal third quarter, the 400-bed hospital has seen 11.5-percent growth in patient discharges and a 14-percent increase in emergency room visits, year-over-year. <br /> Among clinical developments reported to shareholders, the hospital’s Lynn Cancer Institute Morgan Pressel Center for Cancer Genetics is currently developing a specialized program for families at high risk of pancreatic cancer including a genetic test.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582081,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582081,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="180" alt="7960582081?profile=original" /></a> <br /> Virginia Snyder was named this year’s Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. She and other award winners will be honored at the Chamber’s 25th Annual Luminary Gala on Oct. 9, at the Delray Beach Marriott. Jestena Boughton, Dr. John Conde and Terra Spero are Business Person of the Year finalists. Crane’s Beach House & Tiki Bar, Delray Medical Center and Delray Motors are Business of the Year finalists. Exhilaride Golf Carts, House of Perna and Saltwater Brewery are New Business of the Year finalists. Dare2BGreat, Milagro Center and Village Academy are Non-Profit Organization of the Year finalists. Two Fat Cookies, Unique Boutique and Vixity are Retailer of the Year finalists. Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Caffe Luna Rosa and Salt 7 are Restaurant of the Year finalists. Jennifer Aracri, Chuck Halberg and Scott Porten are Ken Ellingsworth Community Service Award finalists.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The future development potential of this submerged land just north of the Boynton Inlet is unknown.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><br /> <br /> It sort of sounds like the early Florida “buy swampland” story, but it DID work once. Here’s the current version.<br />Bob Berman’s Egret Landing Realty Inc. now owns a piece of submersed land just north of the Boynton Beach Inlet. He bought it early May as part of a bundle of parcels from Jupiter Properties, which was going out of business, he said, and then he turned around and listed it for sale for $6 million. It IS waterfront …<br /> “I didn’t know what I was acquiring at the time,” he said. “But I do own the bottom land, while it’s wet on top.”<br /> What can be done with it? He’s researching. Currently, his listing reads: “Per recent Supreme Court decision, perfect for floating homes and/or private moorings area. Owner financing available with 30% down or 5% discount for cash.”<br /> He’s referring to a decision spurred by a lawsuit out of Riviera Beach. That 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision opened the door to floating homes by ruling they would not meet the definition of a “vessel.”<br /> Could the submerged land have a dock, anyway? That’s questionable, too. “From an aerial photograph, it looks like docks from adjacent properties might encroach, but I don’t know,” Berman said.<br /> According to the MLS listing, the size of the “parcel” is 1.42 acres. Its address is 000 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan.<br /> County records show that Jupiter Properties filed a tax sale certificate in 1989. It was the highest bidder and paid $2,000. Malcolm Dubois was the registered agent for Jupiter Properties, which listed a Loxahatchee Drive, Jupiter, principal address.<br /> “Hey, if you find out anything, let me know,” Berman said, which is pretty much what his neighbors say.<br /> So far, he hasn’t had any bites; “barely a nibble.” <br /> <br /> If an unwanted family of raccoons has taken up residence in your attic, the South Florida Wildlife Center’s Humane Wildlife Services can help remove them and keep them away. The center’s new service goes above and beyond, but it does not trap or euthanize wild animals, nor does it exterminate animals of any kind, including rats, mice or insects. <br /> The center’s wildlife service can humanely remove animals from structures using species-specific techniques, identify animal-caused damage and entry points using a site inspection, install custom animal-proofing for all entry and potential entry holes to avoid future intrusions, and even reunite wildlife offspring with their mothers when present and accessible. <br /> For pricing and information, visit <a href="">www.HumaneWildlifeServices.com or</a> call 866-SOS-WILD. <br /> <br /> The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County launched a million-dollar marketing campaign that aims to spread the word about cultural activities through the summer via radio, digital and billboard ads. Its HeadEastForTheArts.com website will give Gulf Coast travelers a way to take advantage of discounted hotel rates combined with vouchers to enjoy Palm Beach County’s art and culture at reduced prices. <br /> The funding for the advertising campaign comes from the county’s recently enacted sixth-cent hotel bed tax. <br />Also for this summer, the council coordinated the efforts of 15 arts organizations to donate more than $5,000 in summer camp scholarships to county children who cannot afford summer arts programs.<br /> Organizations that donated include the Boca Raton Museum of Art, FAU Pine Jog Environmental Center, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. <br /> In May, the Flagler Museum was named the Arts and Culture Nonprofit of the Year Award winner by the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>INSET BELOW:</strong> Dionna Brahs-Hall</em><br /><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582697,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="180" class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960582697,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="7960582697?profile=original" /></a> <br /> The Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches’ chief operating officer, Dionna Brahs-Hall of Lake Worth, has been appointed chief executive officer of its association and its BeachesMLS division.<br /> Jessica Rosato, with Nestler Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty, has received membership in the Million Dollar Guild and she has earned the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist designation in recognition of her experience, knowledge and expertise in the luxury home market. <strong><br /><br /></strong><em>Send business news to Christine Davis at cdavis9797@gmail.com.</em></p></div>Business Spotlight: Eau brand hopes to charm with unexpected delightshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/business-spotlight-eau-brand-hopes-to-charm-with-unexpected-delig2014-04-02T17:03:03.000Z2014-04-02T17:03:03.000ZChris Felkerhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/ChrisFelker<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960504876,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960504876,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="538" class="align-center" alt="7960504876?profile=original" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>The Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa strives to maintain the same great service</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Dignitaries and attendees take part during the March 7 unveiling of the Eau Palm Beach’s new sign.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Guests relax in the lobby as they check out some of the resort’s offerings.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span><b>Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>INSET BELOW:</strong> The beach bag and flip-flops that each resort guest receives.</em></p>
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<p> The Palm Beach estate-style lobby basically is the same. The restaurants have the same names — Angle and Temple Orange — and Eau Spa remains one of the world’s great luxury spas. But dig a little deeper at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan and you’ll find a greater wealth of guest experiences and awareness than when the 309-guest-room hotel operated as The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach.</p>
<p> At least that’s what John Bradway, Eau Palm Beach director of marketing, hopes guests will find. Bradway came to the beachfront property in August and has been hard at work ever since, building the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa brand. </p>
<p> The hotel ownership group — RC/PB Inc. — de-flagged the hotel as a Ritz-Carlton property in July after a long dispute with Ritz-Carlton parent Marriott International. </p>
<p> The hotel was renamed Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa — the name coming from its 42,000-square-foot Eau Spa, which is recognized as one of the top spa brands in the world.</p>
<p> “The spa did build some credibility in the property, but ultimately my job is to get (guests) loyal to the Eau brand,’’ Bradway said. “We’ve put together a comprehensive sales-and-marketing program and we’re advertising throughout the Northeast in newspapers, on TV and in lifestyle publications. And we’ve launched a new website.’’</p>
<p> That’s all great, but in the world of luxury hotels and resorts, brand loyalty plays a major role. Guests often are loyal to one hotel brand — for example, the Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons or St. Regis. Taking away a favorite hotel brand is akin to taking away their favorite flavor of ice cream and replacing it with another.</p>
<p> “We’ve converted so many people’’ who were concerned about the management change, Bradway said. “All we say is, ‘Come give us a try.’ It’s about getting people through the front door. Once they see the improvements we’ve made and the place hasn’t (visually) changed dramatically, they like it.</p>
<p> “A big part, too, is that 92 percent of the staff stayed on. People are loyal to brands, but they’re also loyal to service and loyal to people.’’</p>
<p> It also helped that Bradway knows the Palm Beach luxury market, having spent 14 years at The Breakers Palm Beach, where his roles included assistant club operations manager, director of reservations, director of strategic marketing and, ultimately, director of innovation. Bradway also served as director of marketing at Round Hill Hotel & Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and most recently was senior director of brand management at Denihan Hospitality Group in Manhattan, a family-owned hotel company with a portfolio of 14 hotels.</p>
<p> “The opportunity to come back to Palm Beach, where I started my career and launch a new brand was something I couldn’t resist,’’ Bradway said. “We’re building all new marketing programs from scratch. The previous marketing (under the Ritz-Carlton flag) was all outsourced. Now, being an independent hotel, everything is done internally.’’</p>
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<p> Each guest receives a wet-bathing-suit pouch the night before departure for swimming the day of departure; and the lobby “turndown’’ at 5:30 p.m. daily features more than 100 candles and a toast to what Bradway calls “the new-fashioned” Palm Beach.</p>
<p> “It’s a new way of positioning Palm Beach so it’s not the old, traditional kind people expect,” Bradway said. “We put the emphasis on the unexpected.’’ </p></div>