The Georgian Court Hotel in Vancouver, for instance, has the Orchid Floor, a group of 18 rooms stocked with Aveda products, complimentary fashion magazines and the type of gadgets that supposedly speak to a woman's heart, such as curling irons and hair straighteners.

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The boutique hotel is part of the Design Hotels family, and all 39 rooms in the two Georgian townhouses are decorated in sophisticated tones of black, white and gray.

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