City: Nashville, TN

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (615) 320-1700, (800) LOEWS-12

Address: 2100 West End Ave.

Description: Tasteful, sophisticated, and luxurious, Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel welcomes many business guests and VIPs. One of the chain’s 20 North American properties, this 340-room, 11-story hotel is part of the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel & Office Complex, which includes an adjacent 13-story office building and a 750-space parking garage. The complex is conveniently located on West End, close to Vanderbilt University, Centennial Park, several good restaurants, downtown Nashville, and Music Row.Loews will accommodate virtually any request if you give a little notice. Room amenities include a minibar, CD player, safe, coffeemaker, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, fax machine, and dual telephone line with voice mail. High-speed Internet access is available. The Business Class rooms on the Plaza Level feature extra perks, including concierge service, complimentary continental breakfast, and evening hors d’oeuvres served in the Plaza Lounge.Loews Vanderbilt Plaza has a business center, exercise facility, gift shop, salon and day spa, room service, dry-cleaning service, 24,000 square feet of meeting space, and more. Two restaurants are in the hotel: Ruth’s Chris Steak House, a steak lover’s dream, and the more casual restaurant, Eat, which serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. For relaxing after a long day of meetings, try the hotel’s bar, Drink.Rates for the hotel’s enclosed parking garage are $21 per night maximum. Valet parking is $24. Loews allows pets. If you pay by credit card, there is no pet deposit.