The Fontainebleau Resort in Miami, Fla. is located on 20 lush, tropical acres two miles from Miami Convention Center. Revolving glass doors deliver conventioneers and leisure guests to a bustling lobby with a nightclub and floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the pool and tropical gardens. The resort provides lounge chairs, cabanas, umbrellas and assorted water toys, such as parasails, wave runners, rafts and boogie boards.

Child-friendly amenities include a recreation program and an octopus-themed water park with a 260-foot slide. A sundeck surrounds a half-acre lagoon pool with grotto and waterfalls. For adults, the resort's nightclub, the Tropigala, presents live, Vegas-style entertainment with complimentary admission for hotel guests. Patrons can dine on sushi, caviar, carved meats and pastas at the Bleau View or sandwiches, salads and pasta dishes at the Trop-Art Café.

To warm the hearts of golfers, the hotel offers preferred tee times at the nearby l8-hole Miami Beach Golf Club. Guests also can work out at the hotel's fitness center stocked with spa services, free weights, treadmill, circuit machines and stair machines. A boardwalk running parallel to the beach and hotel is a favorite of strollers and joggers.

Guests may choose from Ocean View Chateaus, Bayview suites or Standard Versailles Tower suites with minibars, coffeemakers and personal voicemail or one bedroom suites. Marble bathrooms feature Neutrogena amenities and select guestrooms include flat screen televisions and CD players.