Destination
Hotels & Resorts Mountain Collection, a group of eight
properties in Aspen, Snowmass, Telluride and Vail, Colo., and
Jackson Hole, Wyo., created the Book for Tsunami Relief
program, whereby 3% of the proceeds of all new reservations made by
April 17 for travel through Dec. 1 will be donated to
Unicef.
The standard 10%
commission will remain intact during this time. In order to support
the initiative, travel agents must book the reservation
online.
Destination
Hotels & Resorts Mountain Collection
Web:www.destinationrockies.com/info/offersrelief.asp
Following repairs
necessitated by the devastating 2004 hurricane season, the Sanibel
Island, Fla., resorts in Sanibels Signature Collection --
Sundial Beach & Golf Resort, Sanibel Inn, Song of the Sea and
Sanibels Seaside Inn, are reopening and are offering
Welcome Back rates.
Partially reopened,
the Sundial Beach & Golf Resort is offering a rate of $259 per
night on condominium accommodations, valid through March 17. The
complete reopening of the resort is slated for May 1.
Meanwhile, the
remaining resorts will reopen on March 8 with Welcome Back rates
valid through April 30. At the Sanibel Inn, rates are from $315 per
night; at the Seaside Inn, rates are from $299 per night; and at
the Song of the Sea, rates are from $329 per night.
Sanibels
Signature Collection
Phone: (888) 4-SANIBEL
Web:www.sanibelcollection.com
Tenaya
Lodge at Yosemite in Yosemite National Park, Calif., is
offering 15% commission on stays through March
31.
The 15% commission
also applies to stays from September through March 2006.
Daily rates start
at $319 per night, double.
Tenaya
Lodge at Yosemite
Phone: (877) 322-5492
Web:www.tenayalodge.com
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Similarly,
Litchfield Plantation in Pawleys Island, S.C., a
member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, increased its
commission to 12% through 2005.
The 600-acre, gated
estate, a former rice plantation, features 32 guest rooms, a
restaurant, a private marina and meetings facilities.
Litchfield
Plantation
Phone: (800) 869-1410
Web:www.litchfieldplantation.com
Torontos
Old Mill Inn & Spa is hosting A Hard Days
Murder a murder-mystery weekend plan on April 2 and 3.
Clients visiting the inn that weekend will be sent a dossier prior
to the event so that their secret lives can be entwined into the
plot. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on April 2.
Pricing starts at
about $244 for the murder-mystery activities, which include a
welcome reception, two lunches, one dinner and dancing. Overnight
accommodations in a king room start at about $162,
double.
Old Mill
Inn & Spa
Phone: (866) 653-6455
Web:www.oldmilltoronto.com
French Wine
Explorers created an itinerary retracing World War IIs
history in France by visiting the countrys wine regions.
The eight-night
Wine & War tour teams with authors Don and Petie
Kladstrup, writers of a book of the same name, as clients meet with
chateau owners in Champagne, Burgundy, the Loire Valley and
Bordeaux who fought the Nazis. Chateau owners relate their
experiences during WWII and offer the group a tour and
tasting.
The Wine & War
tour departs April 5 from Paris and covers accommodations,
transfers, meals, all wine tastings and admission fees. The price
is $6,595 per person, double.
French Wine
Explorers
Phone: (877) 261-1500
Web:www.wine-tours-france.com/wineandwartour.htm
Barbados
Cobblers Cove, a Relaix & Chateaux property,
said its winter rates are valid through April
8.
Nightly rates range
from $475 to $1,365 per night, double occupancy, and cover American
breakfast daily.
The Camelot and
Colleton suites are priced from $1,800 and $2,100 per night,
double, respectively. The meal supplement, offering lunch or dinner
daily, is $74 per person.
Cobblers
Cove
Phone: (800) 567-5327
Web:www.cobblerscove.com
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With the April 15
deadline approaching for filing taxes, the Pan Pacific San
Francisco is making April a month for tax-free
accommodations. During the month,
the property will cover the customary 14% hotel tax.
Deluxe room rates
start at $189 per night, double. Superior
rooms start at $209 per night.
Pan Pacific
San Francisco
Phone: (800) 533-6465
Web:www.panpacific.com
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Sea
Island (Ga.) created the Eco-Adventure package
for stays at one of its properties, the Cloister Hotel,
through April 30.
The three-night
package, which must include a Wednesday or Friday night, covers
accommodations in a Cloister guest room; a boat tour of the salt
marshes; daily breakfast for two; and a picnic lunch for
two.
The plan is priced
from $1,150 per room, double.
Sea
Island
Phone: (800) SEA-ISLAND
Web:www.seaisland.com
Merit Golf
Vacations created the three-night Palm Springs,
Calif., plan with rates valid through April 30.
The package
includes accommodations at the La Quinta Golf Resort & Club,
three rounds of golf per person at any of five courses (tee times
must be booked in advance), use of a shared golf cart, use of a
Hertz midsize car for the stay and resort taxes. The plan is priced
from $1,119 per person, double.
Merit Golf
Vacations
Phone: (800) 946-5318
Web:www.meritgolfvacations.com
As part of the
citys Paris on the Potomac celebration, the Fairmont
Washington, D.C. is offering the French Poodle
package through May 31.
The French Poodle
plan covers overnight accommodations, Pink Poodletinis for two and
continental breakfast at the hotels restaurant, Juniper.
Also covered are
tickets for two to the Phillips Collection, which is showing
Modigliani: Beyond the Myth through May 29. The exhibit is a
collection of works by Amadeo Modigliani, an Italian artist who
spent many years living in Paris.
The plan is priced
from $259 per room, based on double occupancy.
Fairmont
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com/washington
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The St.
Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino created the
Total Escape all-inclusive package, valid through May
31.
The plan covers
deluxe accommodations; roundtrip airport transfers; a disposable
camera; three meals daily (a $35 surcharge per person applies for
meals at the Royal Grill); a $25 match-play coupon at the casino; a
$20% discount at the golf shop and the spa shop; and a 50% discount
on a second massage for the same individual.
Rates begin at $389
per night, double, through April 3 and from $319 from April 4
through May 31. A five-night minimum-stay is required.
St. Kitts
Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino
Phone: (888) 236-2427
Web:www.stkittsmarriott.com
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The
Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz., is celebrating a decade
of offering meditation services with the Ten of Zen
package at the resorts Centre for Well-Being spa.
The plan features
accommodations for three nights, a choice of two
50-minute
spa services and a
meditation CD, Soul Journey.
The package is
priced at $875 per night, single, or $1,200 per night, double, and
is valid through June.
The
Phoenician
Phone: (800) 888-8234
Web:www.thephoenician.com
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Riding on the
coattails of the popular hit series, Desperate Housewives, New
Yorks Muse hotel is offering the Dont Be
Desperate overnight package for girlfriends looking to get
away from their everyday lives.
The plan, priced
from $345 per person, per night, covers accommodations; a
Gabrielle-inspired lingerie makeover and shopping spree; admission
to the All American Male Strip Club; a Dirty Secret Martini at the
hotels Mini Bar lounge; a keepsake bathrobe (in case of Susan-like
accidental lockouts); and morning-after breakfast in
bed.
For clients who are
booking at least five rooms, the hotel will block out an entire
floor (for extra privacy and partying). Commission is 10%, room rate only.
The
Muse
Phone: (877) NYC-MUSE
Web:www.themusehotel.com
Whistler, B.C.s
Summit Lodge & Spa created a two-night retreat
for girlfriends looking to get away from everyday
stress.
The Girls
Getaway package, valid through Dec. 23, covers two nights
accommodations in a deluxe studio suite with a kitchenette,
fireplace and balcony; and a one-hour, deep-tissue massage for each
guest.
The plan is priced
from about $637 per room, double, through March 31; from about $425
from April 1 to 30; from about $375 from May 1 to Nov. 23; and from
about $500 from Nov. 24 to Dec. 23.
Summit
Lodge & Spa
Phone: (888) 913-8811
Web:www.summitlodge.com
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LAuberge de
Sedona (Ariz.) created the Romance Under the
Stars year-round package for couples.
The two-night plan
is priced at $1,429 per couple and includes accommodations in a
lodge room; a butler-served dinner for two; a 10-course tasting
dinner in the hotels LAuberge restaurant; and an in-room couples
massage.
LAuberge de
Sedona
Phone: (800) 272-6777
Web:www.lauberge.com
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