In time for the National Cherry
Blossom Festival, slated for March 31 to April 15, the
Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C. is offering the
Cherry Blossoms Bloom overnight plan as well as the Cherry
Blossom Bliss spa package, both available March 23 to April
29.
The overnight
plan is priced from $379 for a deluxe room or $979 for a
one-bedroom suite and is priced per room, per night,
double.
The plan features
valet parking, a trio of cherry treats (a cherry dessert made by
the hotel's pastry department, cherry-flavored chocolates and gummy
cherries) and American breakfast for two in the hotel's Cafe
MoZU.
The Cherry
Blossom Bliss spa treatment is a two-and-a-half-hour
exfoliating treatment that combines a cherry sugar scrub, body wrap
and an 80-minute aromatherapy massage. The price is $420 plus
gratuities.
To book the spa
treatment, call (202) 787-6100.
For a complete
list of National Cherry Blossom Festival events, visit www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org.
Mandarin
Oriental, Washington D.C.
Phone: (888) 888-1778
Web:www.mandarinoriental.com/washington
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South
Star Tours is offering clients a chance to visit
Argentina and Brazil during Carnival.
A six-night,
self-guided trip to Rio de Janeiro departs Feb. 15. An 11-night,
self-guided tour visiting Buenos Aires; Iguassu Falls, Argentina;
and Rio de Janeiro departs Feb. 10.
The six-night
trip, from $1,699 per person, double, covers accommodations, some
meals, a half-day city tour, a visit to Sugarloaf Mountain and a
ticket to the Carnival Ball.
The 11-night
trip, priced from $2,399, includes city tours in Buenos Aires and
Iguassu and an excursion along the Iguassu River in addition to the
components listed for the six-day trip.
Both trips
include roundtrip air from Miami and transfers within South
America.
Travel agent
commission is 11%.
South
Star Tours
Phone: (800) 654-4468 or (310)
937-1001
Web:www.southstartours.com
Bermuda's
Fairmont Southampton has partnered with
World Poker Tour Events, the events division of
the World Poker Tour, to offer the Poker in Paradise with
WPT Events plan.
The three-night
plan is valid from Feb. 8 to 11 and will be highlighted by a poker
tutorial with Mike Sexton, a professional player and commentator
known in poker circles as the "Ambassador of Poker."
The plan also
includes a welcome reception and dinner with Sexton, a closing
dinner, a three-hour session of pick-up poker, a WPT Events Texas
Hold 'em tournament and one golf clinic at the Fairmont Southampton
Golf Course.
Fairmont is
offering three prizes in the tournament.
The price is $999
per person, double. Most meals, taxes, gratuities and program fees
are included.
Fairmont
Southampton
Phone: (866) 840-8524
Web:www.fairmont.com
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The Muse
Hotel in New York is offering the One Night Stand
romance package, valid for Friday and Saturday stays through Feb.
24.
Included in the
plan is a "Blindfold Breakfast" for two, a copy of "A Lover's Guide
to the Kama Sutra" and two tickets to the Museum of Sex, with
private car service to and from the museum.
The plan starts
at $399 per room, double, for deluxe accommodations and $629 for
junior suite accommodations.
The Muse
Hotel
Phone: (800) KIMPTON or (212)
485-2400
Web:www.themusehotel.com
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Millennium Hotels and Resorts has just the
ticket for shoppers with its Macy's Shopping package,
valid through March 31.
The overnight
plan features an 11% Macy's Savings Pass and a $25 gift card. Both
can be used at any Macy's store in the U.S.
Prices vary
depending upon location and are valid for single or double
accommodations.
The package is
offered at all Millennium properties in the U.S. Cities that have a
Millennium hotel and a Macy's department store are Boston; Boulder,
Colo.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago; Cincinnati; Durham, N.C.; Los
Angeles; Minneapolis; Nashville; New York; St. Louis; and
Scottsdale, Ariz.
While there is no
Macy's in Anchorage, the package is being offered by the Millennium
Alaskan Hotel Anchorage; guests can take advantage of the savings
pass and gift card on their next trip to a participating Macy's
store.
Millennium Hotels and Resorts
Phone: (866) 866-8086
Web:www.millenniumhotels.com
The
Mayflower Park Hotel in Seattle has designed the
Comforts of Home plan with business travelers in
mind.
The plan, valid
Jan. 1 to April 30, features fresh flowers, high-speed Internet,
valet parking and full breakfast for two.
The overnight
package is priced from $189 for classic accommodations, $209 for
deluxe accommodations and $229 for suite accommodations. Rates are
per room, double, and do not include tax.
Mayflower
Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
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The
Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, Calif.,
has created a learning getaway designed to stimulate the artistic
and creative side in its guests.
The Creative
Impressions two-night plan, priced from $950 per room, double,
includes "Art-tinis" upon arrival, two broad-brim hats and two
80-minute Tibetan Sound massages (one per guest). The plan also
features a beginners' art lesson for two, the chance to take home
their masterpieces and two tickets to the nearby San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art.
Creative
Impressions is available through June 30. Blackout dates
apply.
The
Claremont Resort & Spa
Phone: (800) 551-7266
Web:www.claremontresort.com
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Boston's
Hotel Commonwealth is offering a Red
Sox-themed plan throughout the 2007 baseball
season.
The plan, priced
from $289 per room, double, covers accommodations in a room
overlooking Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox; two tickets for a
guided Fenway Park tour; full breakfast for two in the hotel's
Eastern Standard restaurant; and valet parking.
The plan does not
include tickets to a Red Sox game.
Hotel
Commonwealth
Phone: (866) 784-4000
Web:www.hotelcommonwealth.com
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