Treat Dad to a Father’s Day of the finest order with a getaway to Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury and a celebratory meal at our on-site restaurant, Terra! You don’t want to drop the ball for such an important occasion, now do you?
Father’s Day Wining & Dining at Terra
Father’s Day isn’t at all far away: It’s staring you down across the calendar from Sunday, June 16th. If you’re at a loss for where to take the VIP in question out for the big day, we invite you to hit the ball right out of the park with a meal at Terra here at Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury! (more…)
Dine Out in Danbury, CT for Father’s Day
Look no further than Hotel Zero Degrees if you’re hoping to hold a business meeting, small conference, or just about any other sort of private event in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Each of our three properties—Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk, Danbury, and Stamford—offers versatile event floorplans reinforced by topnotch technology, coordinating services, and catering, not to mention of course our boutique accommodations for maximum convenience. We’d love to host you and your guests! (more…)
Best Hotel in Connecticut for Private Events
Treat Mom to the sort of Mother’s Day she deserves by gifting her a luxurious Fairfield County getaway with Hotel Zero Degrees! We’ll show her (and any companions) the utmost in boutique hospitality, while putting the many attractions of this corner of Connecticut and its surrounding region right at her fingertips.
A Mother’s Day Vacation With Hotel Zero Degrees
From the stylish guest rooms and suites to premium amenities such as high-speed Wi-Fi, state-of-the-art fitness centers, and local shuttle service, Hotel Zero Degrees hospitality will make that person of honor on Mother’s Day feel mighty special indeed. (more…)
Best Mother’s Day Getaway in Fairfield County
With boutique accommodations at Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk, you’re mere minutes from one of the city’s most happening neighborhoods: South Norwalk, aka SoNo. Allow us the pleasure of treating you to the utmost in warm Fairfield County hospitality and use our stylish hotel as a jumping-off point for exploring this hip and dynamic waterfront district!
SoNo Design District Hotel
If you’re taking advantage of our boutique accommodations here at Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk with some youngsters alongside you, we’d like to draw attention to one of the area’s foremost family attractions.
The Stepping Stones Museum for Children (303 West Ave) in South Norwalk’s (SoNo) Mathews Park provides hands-on learning opportunities for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early-elementary-school-age kids. It’s well worth checking out with your own tykes the next time you call Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk your Fairfield County home base!
Best Hotel near Stepping Stones Museum
Come celebrate the Emerald Isle and the strong and enduring Irish influence on American society with a March getaway to Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford, which will give you front-row seats for one of Connecticut’s great observances of Saint Patrick’s Day.
The Stamford Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
On Saturday, March 2nd—a couple of weekends prior to Saint Patrick’s Day proper, mind you—the city of Stamford brings out the green in full force for its long-running Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. This merry and well-attended procession steps off at Hoyt and Summer streets, proceeds south to Main, where it turns east to follow Atlantic and Bedford streets up to a North Street finish line. You’ll have no shortage of good downtown perches for some street side viewing!
The Grand Marshal for this year’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is Stamford’s Polly O’Brien Morrow, the vice president of the Pitney Bowes Foundation and Pitney Bowes Relief Fund as well as the company’s program manager for global corporate citizenship and philanthropy.
Incidentally, if you’re interested in continuing the festivities at an Irish pub on the heels of the parade, you’ll certainly find no shortage of those here in town, from Bennigan’s and Tigin to Castle Bar & Grill, Fiddler’s Green, and McFadden’s.
Stamford, CT’s Irish Heritage
Irish immigrants played an important role in the early history of Stamford, as the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade’s website notes: They helped construct its canals and railroads and worked in its mills, literally helping build the foundation of the modern city. An 1860 census reveals the significance of the Irish community here: At that point, nearly 30 percent of Stamford’s adult male population originally hailed from Ireland. Early Irish neighborhoods in Stamford included “Dublin,” “Kerry-town,” and “Hoytville.”
Today, the city’s Saint Patrick’s Day Parade honors that specific local heritage as well as the larger Irish-American community—and, of course, the faraway island boasting such rich and influential culture.
Join Us for the 2019 Stamford Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on a Hotel Zero Degrees Getaway
With boutique accommodations at Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford, you’ll be a mere stone’s throw from the Stamford Saint Patrick’s Day Parade route—so you simply couldn’t ask for a better home base for this heartily observed affair! We’ll supply you with the finest hospitality and amenities in the city while you enjoy one of its trademark cultural festivals, coming up fast on the calendar on Saturday, March 1st!
Accommodations for Stamford St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Here at Hotel Zero Degrees, we’re proud to offer our Danbury and Norwalk properties as fantastic Connecticut wedding venues all year round. As 2019 picks up steam, we thought we’d highlight some of the latest trends in wedding planning and décor to serve as inspiration for any of you lovebirds out there who may be planning to tie the knot with us in the near future.
To create this list, we pulled ideas from three main sources: “The 2019 Wedding Trends You Need to Know” from Brides magazine, Justina Huddleston’s “The Wedding Trends That Are Going to Be Huge in 2019” over at SheKnows, and The Everygirl’s “5 Wedding Trends Every 2019 Bride Should Know About.” So without further ado, here are some highlights!
The Classic Look
Brides suggests 2019 marks “the return of classic designs and simple styles” when it comes to wedding dresses, along the lines of Meghan Markle’s influential look at the most recent royal wedding. (The Everygirl observes that Markle’s matrimonial getup has also inspired a “resurgence of the bridal tiara.”)
Three-Piece Sharpness
Somewhat along the same lines—classic, old-school elegance for nuptials wear—Brides notes a natty, three-piece suit will be a dominant look among grooms this year.
Small Plates, “Grazing Boards,” and Culinary Themes
Huddleston’s SheKnows article suggests small plates and the lavish snack spreads called “grazing boards” will be widely used for wedding feasting in 2019. It’s a good way to incorporate more flavors and presentations as well as a more communal mood while still hitting the mark when it comes to artistic presentation and culinary caliber. The Everygirl thinks “themed food stations” will be popular this year: “think raw seafood bars, custom pizzas, taco stands, and more.”
Brighten Things Up
The Everygirl suggests bright, bold colors will take center stage in 2019 weddings. “Pastel and more muted décor will always be a beautiful, classic choice,” the site notes, “but we expect to see more weddings create an elegant affair with moodier and more intense colors than we’re used to.”
Fall Matrimony
At SheKnows, Huddleston notes more couples seem to be tying the knot in fall rather than spring or summer. Here in Fairfield County, Connecticut, autumn can be a wonderful time for a wedding, given the outstanding fall color backdropping things that time of year.
Botanical Beauty
The Brides roundup suggests a continuing trend toward incorporating more greenery into wedding displays, including evocations of trees and boughs. “Florals will be natural, whimsical, and romantic,” wedding planner Bruce Russell tells the magazine.
Screen-Free Weddings
Huddlestone’s SheKnows piece indicates more weddings in 2019 may be restricting electronics to ensure a more in-the-moment, fully focused experience. “It seems like a lot of couples are annoyed by their guests staring at a screen the whole wedding,” she writes, “or having wedding pictures up on Facebook before the reception is even over.”
Bridesmen & Groomsgirls, etc.
Brides points out that “the traditional wedding roles are now seen more as a guide than a rule,” with bridesmen, groomsgirls, bestwomen, and other loved ones increasingly featured.
Have Your Dream Connecticut Wedding at Hotel Zero Degrees
Ready to plan that home run of a wedding? Fantastic! Look no further for the perfect venue than Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury or Norwalk: Simply fill out our online Request for Proposal form and we’ll be in touch to start laying the groundwork with you!
Luxury Connecticut Wedding Trends of 2019
We probably don’t have to remind you that Valentine’s Day is just about upon us. Maybe you could use a gentle reminder that February 14th is by no means the only date on the calendar for showing that special somebody of yours how much you care.
Whether for a Valentine’s escape or any other similarly sweet-hearted occasion, enjoy the most romantic and luxurious accommodations in Fairfield County, Connecticut courtesy of Hotel Zero Degrees! But don’t wait to make a reservation at one of our three boutique hotels…
Romantic Valentine’s Day Getaways in Fairfield County, CT
Here at Hotel Zero Degrees, we pride ourselves on providing some of the best-appointed and most versatile event spaces in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Whether a meeting, a corporate retreat, or a private party, turn to us—and our exceptional catering partners, Z Hospitality Group—for the perfect venue.
With a New Year upon us, we thought we’d take the opportunity to survey some of the meeting and event trends experts have identified for 2019. In today’s blogpost, we’ll be tapping a couple of sources: Event Manager Blog’s (EventMB) “Top 100 Trends for 2019” and a roundup by Barbara Scofidio over at Prevue magazine. We encourage you to check out both, but in the meantime, we’ll pull out a few highlights from each!
Fairfield County, CT Meeting & Event Trends in 2019
Get to know the wonders of the deep—including freshwater, estuarine, and nearshore depths of our Long Island Sound ecosystem—on a getaway to Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk. You’ll be just minutes away from one of the most popular attractions in the entire state of Connecticut: the Maritime Aquarium, celebrating its 30th year introducing visitors to the natural world’s complexity (and fragility) in 2018!
Best Family Hotel near Norwalk Aquarium
Wreaths and advent calendars are popping up at the grocery store, Christmas classics wafting from restaurant speakers, and advertisements for stage productions of A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker plastering the bus stop. In short, the holiday season is upon us, and with it, of course, the holiday-shopping season.
We invite you to come join us here at Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury for both the festive atmosphere this time of year and the ample opportunities to get some of that holiday shopping done, all while taking advantage of our boutique hospitality. And among multiple near-at-hand options for tracking down gifts for all those important folks in your life, an absolute standout—maybe even a one-stop shop—is the Danbury Fair Mall.
Black Friday Shopping Hotel at Danbury Fair Mall
Come join us at Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford for one of Fairfield County, Connecticut’s signature Thanksgiving-time traditions: the Stamford Downtown Parade Spectacular!
This happens to be one of the biggest processions of giant helium balloons anywhere in the country, so to say it’s an impressive spectacle is putting it mildly. Get in the Turkey Day spirit of things at this family-friendly event and savor some Hotel Zero Degrees hospitality just a stone’s throw from the parade route while you’re at it.
The 2018 Stamford Downtown Parade Spectacular
The Thanksgiving balloon extravaganza goes down this year on Sunday, November 18th beginning at noon. The parade runs on Summer, Broad, and Atlantic streets—mere blocks from Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford. Besides an array of familiar characters in oversized-balloon form, the parade will feature richly decorated floats, marching bands, and other festive features to delight streetside spectators.
Family Hotel for Stamford Thanksgiving Day Parade
Connecticut happens to boast some of the richest opportunities in the country for “leaf-peeping”: that is, appreciating autumn colors. With stylish, full-of-character accommodations at Hotel Zero Degrees, you’ve got the perfect home base for leaf-peeping odysseys in and around Fairfield County, where fall foliage really puts the “gold” in Connecticut’s Gold Coast.
Here are a few choice destinations for first-rate fall colors within easy reach of our three hotels!
Best Hotels for Fall Foliage in Fairfield County
Deck yourself out in some spiffy lederhosen or a dirndl, hoist a foamy stein, and tuck into some sausages or pretzels with gusto: Oktoberfest is about to hit the Connecticut Gold Coast with all the merriment and good cheer of Munich’s original!
And with boutique accommodations here at Hotel Zero Degrees, you’ve got ready access to one of the standout Bavarian-style celebrations in the region: the Oktoberfest put on by Get Downtown Danbury.
Oktoberfest Hotel in Danbury, CT
If you’re the nautically inclined sort, we invite you to swing by Hotel Zero Degrees and enjoy all the on-and-off-the-water pleasures of the 2018 Norwalk Boat Show! This four-day celebration of watercraft takes place Thursday, September 20th through Sunday, September 23rd down at the Norwalk Cove Marina, a short land-lubbing commute from Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk.
We’ll treat you to the finest in Connecticut Gold Coast hospitality while you eyeball some fine-looking yachts, powerboats, and other vessels—maybe in the market to buy one—and enjoy a whole host of associated activities.
Best Hotel for Norwalk Boat Show
Now’s the perfect time of year to take advantage of the Gold Coast’s wonderful waterfront, at your full disposal when you call Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk your Fairfield County perch for a luxury summer getaway (or business trip). Our hotel stands near the Norwalk River just a little ways above where it flows into Norwalk Harbor on Long Island Sound, so you’re perfectly poised for some on-the-water (and by-the-water) adventuring while you’re savoring our unique brand of boutique hospitality.
From seafood feasts to beachfront mini-golf, there’s plenty to occupy you on the Norwalk waterfront proper, but today we’d like to spotlight two awesome and convenient opportunities for leaving the landlubbers behind during your Hotel Zero Degrees stay!
Waterfront Activities & Fun in Norwalk, CT
Already lamenting the wind-down of summer? (Not that we’re there yet, as any look at the thermometer will tell you.) Well, we’ve got two powerful reasons to perk up about the segue into fall: (1) Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk continues to be an awesome place to stay for Gold Coast business or pleasure in the autumn; and (2) this particular seasonal transition comes marked around these parts with a truly fabulous seafood soiree in the form of New England Chowdafest!
The 11th annual running of this hugely popular event, which has become a major regional draw, takes place Sunday, September 30thfrom 11 AM to 3 PM at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, CT—just a 15-minute drive from Hotel Zero Degrees Norwalk. Come join us for this unbeatable celebration of one of New England’s signature culinary touchstones, plus an awful lot of other great food, along the lovely Long Island Sound waterfront!
Hotel Near Annual New England ChowdaFest
If a day on the greens is your idea of heaven, come join us at Hotel Zero Degrees Stamford for the perfect golf vacation in the Greater New York City area. We tee you up (if you will) within easy reach of some top-class golf courses, and all the while supply you with classy and well-appointed accommodations in the heart of Stamford, CT.
Here’s a roundup of just a few of the fine courses in our vicinity—you can’t go wrong with any of them!
Hotel for Golf Vacations in Stamford, CT
If you’re enjoying Hotel Zero Degrees hospitality with the whole family, you’re in luck: Our home base of Fairfield County, Connecticut comes packed with outstanding kid-friendly attractions, not least a stellar suite of museums that make learning feel—well, not quite like learning!
Here’s a look at some of those awesome institutions: a worthy daytrip goal on any Hotel Zero Degrees family getaway, whether it’s in Stamford, Norwalk, or Danbury.
Best Family Museums in Fairfield County, CT
When you take advantage of the boutique luxury accommodations here at Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury, you’re within shouting distance of one of the best outdoor entertainment venues in Connecticut.
Just a few miles from our door lies Ives Concert Park, an amphitheater situated on 40 serenely beautiful wooded acres on the Westside campus of Western Connecticut State University. From dance performances and live theater to big-name concerts, you’ve got an outstanding option for an evening out and about within easy reach of our Hotel Zero Degrees room or suite!