Article: Hotels tap burgeoning 'mancation' market

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Gene Grabarnick longed for a hotel with all the things a man would want on a getaway with friends.

Where the concierge ushers guests to the hottest clubs. Where requests, from hand-rolled cigars to a favorite beer in the mini- bar, are unflinchingly filled. Where luxury is wrapped in sexy, swanky style.

So, he built it.

The Regent South Beach, the hotel Grabarnick developed here and plans to open in October, is among businesses nationwide targeting guys vacationing -- or as they like to say, "mancationing" -- with their friends. They are offering everything from poker parties to hand-rolled cigars, buckets of beer to sports tickets, all in hopes of tapping a ...

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