While the rainy season may be upon Santa
Barbaras Bacara Resort & Spa, the property is
enticing clients to visit with its weather
guarantee.
Through March 31,
if guests experience more than one hour of rain per day during
their stay, the resort will reimburse them $150 per day. Rates
start at $425 per night.
Bacara
Resort & Spa
Phone: (877) 422-4245 or (805)
968-0100
Web:www.bacararesort.com
Every fall, the
Preservation Society of Charleston holds its
Annual Fall Candlelight Tours of Homes and Gardens,
offering visitors a glimpse inside the citys historic residences
for formal evening tours. The tours will
run through Oct. 23, and Charleston Place Hotel is
offering an overnight weekday plan through Oct. 20.
The plan, priced
from $269 for deluxe accommodations and $349 for Club Level
accommodations, covers continental breakfast and a copy of James R.
Cothrans Gardens of Historic Charleston.
For details on the
fall tours, which cost $40 per night and are not included in the
hotel package, call (800) 968-8175 or visit www.preservationsociety.org.
Charleston
Place Hotel
Phone: (800) 611-5545
Web:www.charlestonplacehotel.com
GDSs: All systems
Noble House
Hotels & Resorts is paying travel agents 15%
commission on its four Florida properties for bookings made
Sept. 16 through Nov. 15 for arrivals through Jan. 31.
The resorts are
Grove Isle Resort & Spa in Miami,
LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples,
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in Little
Torch Key and Ocean Key Resort & Spa in Key
West.
Noble House
Hotels & Resorts
Web:www.noblehousehotels.com
GDSs: All systems
When the Museum of
Modern Art (MoMA) reopens Nov. 20, the Muse hotel
in New York will celebrate the occasion with the MUSEum
plan, valid through Dec. 21.
The overnight
package is priced from $364 per couple and covers overnight
accommodations, tickets to MoMA, MoMA Munchies at the hotels
District restaurant and a Van Gogh Vodka martini for each guest in
the hotels Mini Bar.
The rate is
commissionable at 10% based on the room rate.
The
Muse
Phone: (877) NYC-MUSE
Web:www.themusehotel.com
The Beach
House Hotels in Hermosa Beach and Half Moon Bay are
offering the Small Meeting package through Dec. 30 for
groups of 15 or more. It features discounts on room rates and Sand
Castle Coffee Breaks.
At the Hermosa
Beach property, rates range from $179 to $204, and at the Half Moon
Bay property rates run from $150 to $195. Rates are for standard to
oceanview rooms.
Sand Castle Coffee
Breaks include three types of cookies served in sand pails for
meetings attendees.
Beach House
Hotel -- Hermosa Beach sales and conference
staff
Phone: (888) 895-4559
Beach House
Hotel -- Half Moon Bay Sales & Conference
Staff
Phone: (800) 315-9366
Through March 27,
the Royal Garden Hotel in London is guaranteeing
rates in dollars for clients crossing the
Atlantic.
Under the
promotion, a superior room is priced at $259, single or double,
while a parkview room is priced at $299. Rates cover continental
breakfast and VAT. The rates must be
booked 30 or more days prior to arrival and require a minimum stay
of three nights.
Royal
Garden Hotel
Phone: (866) 521-7017
GDSs: All systems
Weekends through
Dec. 30, the Millennium Bostonian Hotel is
offering the Art Deco package, complete with tickets to
the Museum of Fine Arts exhibit, Art Deco: 1910-1939.
The package covers
accommodations with turndown service, breakfast for two at the
hotels Seasons Restaurant, two admission passes to the exhibit and
a welcome gift.
The weekends-only
plan is priced from $359 per couple per night through Nov. 8 and
from $259 per couple per night Nov. 9 through Dec. 30.
Millennium
Bostonian Hotel
Phone: (866) 866-8086
Web:www.millenniumhotels.com
GDSs: All systems
Meanwhile, at the
Millennium Hotel Cincinnati art lovers are invited
to view the Petra: Lost City of Stone exhibit, which is on display
at the Cincinnati Art Museum through Jan. 30.
Petra: Lost
City of Stone, an overnight package, is valid for the duration
of the exhibit, covers accommodations, two tickets to the exhibit,
valet parking and continental breakfast for two.
Rates start at $163
per room, double. Rates for a second night start at $89, exclusive
of taxes, gratuities and package amenities.
Millennium
Hotel, Cincinnati
Phone: (800) 876-2100
Web:www.millenniumhotels.com
GDSs: All systems
The Ocean
Hammock Resort in Palm Coast, Fla., is offering two golf
plans through Jan. 17.
The 20-room Lodge
at Ocean Hammock created the Lodge Golf package, priced at
$229 per person, double, when two people are golfing or $319 per
room, double, when one person is golfing. The plan covers accommodations, one round of golf at the
Ocean Hammock Golf Club and a golf bag.
The 149-room
Harborside Inn at Ocean Hammock Resort created the Harborside
Golf plan, priced at $159 per person, double, during the week,
or $169 on weekends. ncluded is buffet breakfast and one round of
golf at the guests choice of four courses. For an additional $100,
golf at Ocean Hammock is included.
Ocean
Hammock Resort
Phone: (800) 654-6538
Web:www.oceanhammock.com
Clients can swim
with dolphins when they vacation at the Orlando World
Center Marriott Resort.
The Swim with
the Dolphins Experience, a two-night plan that is valid
through Jan. 4, is priced from $719 per room, double, and offers
deluxe accommodations with an upgrade to poolview accommodations if
available.
Also included is a
buffet breakfast at the hotels Solaris Restaurant and a one-day
admission to Discovery Coves Swim with the Dolphins
Experience. The Swim with the Dolphins
Experience features a reserved dolphin swim; unlimited access to
Coral Reef, Ray Lagoon, Tropical River and Aviary; and use of
snorkel equipment, wet suits, towels and lockers. Also, a seven consecutive-day pass for unlimited
admission to SeaWorld Orlando or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is
included.
Orlando
World Center Marriott Resort
Phone: (800) 380-6754
Web:www.marriottworldcenter.com/packages.html
GDSs: All systems
Curacaos
Hotel Kura Hulanda is offering its Managers
Special through Dec. 23. The
three-night plan is priced at $510 per room, double, with extra
nights priced at $225 per room.
The cost covers
accommodations in a superior room, admission to Museum Kura
Hulanda, unlimited use of the fitness facilities, transportation to
the Jura Hulanda Beach Club and nightly turn-down service.
Taxes and service charges are
included.
Hotel Kura
Hulanda
Phone: (877) 264-3106 or (011) 5999
434-7700
Web:www.kurahulanda.com
GDSs: Amadeus, Sabre, Worldspan
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