March 29, 2024

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Oceana Santa Monica: Very first US Hilton LXR Lodge

Hilton has just added its very first LXR home in the United States. For people browsing the Los Angeles location, this is a good enhance to Hilton’s present luxurious assets, the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills.

Oceana Santa Monica (Hilton LXR)

Hilton has introduced that Oceana Santa Monica will be the latest lodge to be a part of LXR Lodges & Resorts, which is Hilton’s independent luxurious brand name. The house is joining the Hilton portfolio helpful promptly.

Oceana Santa Monica applied to be independent. The lodge recently underwent a $25 million renovation and is now almost certainly the greatest factors lodge in Santa Monica.

The 70-room lodge is found on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, so it’s just throughout the street from the seashore. The lodge has a few dining alternatives, which apparently are only out there to hotel friends:

  • Sandpiper is the hotel’s most important restaurant, and it’s “reminiscent of a private beach dwelling with a picturesque seaside backdrop”
  • The Veranda is the all-day out of doors eating cafe
  • Sunset Terrace is the rooftop lounge, and it will even element a Nobu pop-up

Listed here are some photographs of the assets, which appears to be terrific, in my opinion:

Oceana Santa Monica exterior


Oceana Santa Monica foyer


Oceana Santa Monica pool


Oceana Santa Monica pool


Oceana Santa Monica cafe


Oceana Santa Monica terrace bar


Oceana Santa Monica gym


Oceana Santa Monica guest area


Oceana Santa Monica suite

Redeeming details at Oceana Santa Monica

You can redeem Hilton Honors points and totally free weekend night time certificates at Oceana Santa Monica. A regular place at the hotel seems to commence at 95,000 Honors points for each evening, and you can get a fifth evening cost-free when redeeming details.

The resort does have a $45 for each night time vacation resort cost, which applies when paying out money, but not when redeeming points. As a issue of comparison, compensated charges feel to get started at $500+. So this is a first rate use of points, but the value isn’t essentially that outsized (because it is not like rates are commonly $1,000+ for each night).

The conventional room listed here is a king studio suite, which is approximately 500 sq. feet. That’s huge for a regular home.

Hilton LXR places

Oceana Seashore Household is Hilton’s sixth LXR property (and the initially in the United States), as the group normally has the pursuing attributes:

  • Habtoor Palace (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
  • OCEANA (Santa Monica, United States)
  • Susona (Bodrum, Turkey)
  • The Biltmore, Mayfair (London, United Kingdom)
  • Zemi Beach front Home (Anguilla)
  • Mango Dwelling Seychelles (Mahe, Seychelles)

Zemi Beach front Household, LXR assets in Anguilla

Why luxurious Hilton additions excite me

I’m generally thrilled to see Hilton include extra luxury attributes, specially impartial types like this. Traditionally 1 of Hilton’s major difficulties has been that its luxurious footprint was confined, nevertheless this is an location in which the plan has been improving upon drastically.

There are so quite a few excellent implications for this with Hilton Honors:

In other phrases, I enjoy the important standing that can be acquired with out in fact currently being “loyal,” primarily when I can use all those positive aspects at luxurious properties.

Hilton’s luxury footprint continues to develop, which includes houses like the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos, the Waldorf Astoria Maldives, the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach front, Zemi Beach House, the Conrad Abu Dhabi, and extra.

The Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos

Base line

Oceana Santa Monica is the newest Hilton LXR property, and also the initial LXR assets in the United States. The hotel appears to be like beautiful and is in all probability the very best factors resort in Santa Monica.

Individually, I’m not a huge Santa Monica enthusiast. If I want a seaside holiday vacation I’ll go to a location the place there are actual beachfront inns (which means you never have to cross a road). And individually, I never appreciate the vibe of Santa Monica all that considerably either. If I’m going to redeem 95,000 Honors points in LA I’d significantly rather book the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, which is a single of the most effective city hotels in the US.

Is anybody excited to see Oceana Santa Monica join Hilton Honors?