LODGING
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 01:05PM 
CHARLESTON PLACE
130 Market Street Charleston, SC 29401
843-722-4900 or 800-611-5545
http://www.charlestonplace.com/
Charleston Place rates vary depending upon availability versus the season. Deluxe rooms on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor range from $175 to $475. Executive Level rooms on the 5th and 6th Floor range from $189 to $435. These rooms are all nonsmoking and afford you extras such as the Wall Street Journal, use of the business center, and wine and cheese in the evening. Club Floor rooms on the 7th and 8th floor range from $255 to $445. These rooms afford you a variety of extras including private concierge service, breakfast, and evening cocktails.
Charleston Place is an Orient-Express hotel. It is ideally located for a visit to Charleston. Purchased from the Omni Hotel Group, a pool and spa area was recently added. You will find a variety of shops at the lobby level along with fine dining at the Charleston Grill, a favorite with visitors and locals alike.
MARKET PAVILLION
225 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401
http://www.marketpavilion.com/
Located downtown on the corner of Market and East Bay Streets, The Market Pavilion is home to Charleston's most luxurious hotel rooms. It also is the very best place to enjoy rooftop dining at the Pavilion Bar. The panoramic views of downtown Charleston, and Charleston Harbor are beautiful. If you are hungry for more substantial fare, you can go down to the hotel’s four-star restaurant Grill 225. Both the Pavilion Bar and Grill 225 are open for lunch as well as dinner.
French Quarter Inn
166 Church St, Charleston, SC 29401
843-722-1900
The word that comes to mind with this hotel is excellence. Excellent facilities, excellent service, and most importantly, excellent location!
Vendue Inn
19 Vendue Range, Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-7970
This historical inn is located one block from the harbor and waterfront park, and approximately 12 miles from Charleston International Airport. This series of refurbished 1860s warehouses became an inn in 1965. There is a rooftop restaurant and lounge with outdoor heaters. The inn also offers bicycles (free use), complimentary Southern Breakfast and Afternoon Guest Reception, complimentary Wireless Internet, multi-line phones with voicemail and speakerphone, on-site restaurant, meeting rooms, Pre-Arrival concierge service, valet services, including laundry and dry cleaning, complimentary newspaper, nightly turndown service, plush robes, luxurious bath products, and evening cookies and milk. Guests can bring along a pet, since the Vendue Inn is a pet friendly hotel.
Aloft Charleston Airport & Convention Center
4875 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29405
866-716-8143
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/alofthotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1990
Passing through Charleston on a business trip or carefree vacation? Aloft Charleston Airport & Convention Center is just five minutes from baggage claim—but light-years from all those other run-of-the-mill North Charleston hotels. Abuzz with the energy of discovery and interaction, this bold new lodging alternative might just inspire you to stick around and explore everything our namesake city has to offer.
