Los Angeles Renaissance Hotel: the antidote for those business travel blues.

If you thought staying at the Los Angeles Renaissance Hotel at the International Airport would be business travel as usual, think again. Want to fax a report to New York ASAP? The facsimile machine will be on its way up to your room the minute you hang up the phone. Need fully-furnished personal office space on a temporary basis? Customized Executive Offices (CEOs) are available by the day, week or month. Desire breakfast, lunch, dinner or all three after an exhausting 4 a.m. arrival? Room service offers a complete menu of select items around the clock.

Renaissance is the new luxury hospitality product from Ramada International Hotels & Resorts. Since 1981, Renaissance properties have carried the Ramada brand to capitalize on Ramada's international reputation and strong name awareness. However, with some 50 hotels and resorts worldwide, Renaissance will now succeed on its own merits, the goal being future domination of the luxury market just as Ramada currently competes in the mid-priced market.

The new brand is strictly upscale with regard to the facilities, amenities, comfort and service offered business as well as leisure travelers. Targeting the executive business market, Renaissance hotels are located in city centers or near airports. Renaissance resorts are lush properties located in some of the world's most exotic destinations. At the same time, the competitive rates show an equally strong commitment to making high standards highly affordable.

For business travelers on a tight schedule, the hotel's airport location expedites arrival and departure from the metropolitan Los Angeles area. And with easy access to all of Southern California's major arteries, freeways lead directly into downtown business districts, including Century City, Burbank, Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

With state-of-the-art life safety systems, the Los Angeles Renaissance features 505 guest rooms, including 24 executive parlor rooms, 56 suites, two spacious hospitality suites and two presidential suites. Every room is furnished with a complete range of guest amenities, from large, working desk, fully-stocked mini-bar and personal safe to two-line speaker phones with hold buttons, call waiting, a private voicemail box that can be accessed on or off premises, and dataports for facsimile usage and PC hook-up.

Additionally, the Renaissance Club offers guests an added level of comfort and personalized service. There are 98 Renaissance Club rooms located on the top two floors of the hotel, with a butler assigned to serve the Club floors exclusively. Guests enjoy a panoramic view of Greater Los Angeles, plus upgraded amenities, private key access and an open invitation to the elegant Renaissance Club Lounge. Cocktails are served every evening, as are complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a continental breakfast buffet.

For meetings, the hotel features 14,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, accommodating groups ranging in size from 10 to 800. Ballroom ceilings are 15 feet high to accommodate displays, projection requirements and special lighting effects. There are no obstructed views. Acoustics are excellent. Rooms have individual thermostats for maximum comfort, and every meeting room comes complete with sound system and teleconferencing capability. Additionally, the hotel's audio-visual experts ensure that even the most spectacular multimedia presentation goes off without a hitch.

To maximize the ease and convenience of getting down to business, the hotel features a fully-equipped Business Center where typewriters, facsimile machine, telex, photocopier, computers, dictaphones, cellular telephones and secretarial services are available.

But all work and no play makes for executive burn out, so when it's time to relax, Renaissance is made to order, with a complete fitness center offering treadmills, stationary bikes, steppers, free weights, a dry sauna, heated outdoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi. Room service will also deliver exercise bicycles to individual guest rooms, for those who prefer to work out in private. And for tennis and golf enthusiasts, guest privileges are provided at nearby public and private facilities.

The Renaissance Club and Lobby Lounge are perfect for cocktails, and for dining, the hotel is home to two of Los Angeles' most exceptional restaurants. The Conservatory is a European-style brasserie offering breakfast, lunch and dinner. The atmosphere is casual; the bill of fare creative, ranging from low cholesterol dishes for the health-conscious to more traditional bistro favorites. The Library gives guests the alternative of gracious, formal dining. With a seating capacity of 32, The Library's lush wood appointments, collection of fine art, marble fireplace and candle-lit tables create the ideal ambiance for that important business luncheon or dinner.

Lastly, even the Renaissance reservations system was designed with the business traveler in mind. Renaissance properties worldwide are part of a new, high-tech proprietary system called "Renoir." Renoir directly interfaces with airline central reservations systems for one stop ticketing. The system allows all Renaissance properties, reservations centers and airline system users to share the same up-to-the-minute information. Renoir-generated confirmation numbers, including rates, print directly onto travel itineraries for greater clarity and convenience.

For reservations at the Los Angeles Renaissance Hotel or any of the 50 Renaissance hotels and resorts worldwide, call 1-800-228-9898.