Rates & Dates: Denver property creates Winter Warm-Up getaway

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The Winter Warm-Up package at the Hotel Teatro in Denver is valid for overnight stays through March 30.

Priced from $195 per room, double, the plan covers accommodations, in-room breakfast for two, aromatherapy bath, turndown service and hot cider or hot chocolate.

Hotel Teatro

Phone: (888) 727-1200 or (303) 228-1100

Web:www.hotelteatro.com

GDSs: All via Small Luxury Hotels

The Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada, Fla., is casting a line to all fishing enthusiasts with the American Sportsman Fishing package, valid through Dec. 24.

The plan combines a guided, backcountry fishing trip on Florida Bay with an overnight stay at the resort.The package, priced at $639 per room, double, includes a boxed lunch and a $25 gift certificate for tackle (or other items) in the resorts sports shop. Additional nights are available for $145 per night.

Cheeca Lodge & Spa

Phone: (800) 327-2888 or (305) 664-4651

Web:www.cheeca.com

The Eden Roc Renaissance Resort & Spa created the Rocn Around Miami Beach package for winter travelers.

The plan, valid through Jan. 1, includes two nights in a superior suite, breakfast for two at the resorts Harrys Grille, a gift certificate to the Bal Harbour shops, a 25-minute massage, VIP admission to South Beach nightclubs and a gift of martini glasses and a recipe book.  The plan is priced at $694 per person, double.

Eden Rock Renaissance Resort & Spa

Phone: (888) EDEN-ROC or (305) 531-0000

Web:www.edenrocresort.com

GDSs: All systems

The Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale (Ariz.) at Troon North is inviting runners entered into the second annual P.F. Changs Rock n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon this January to prep for the race and rest up afterwards with the Marathon package, available Jan. 4 to 10.

The plan, priced at $435 per night, single, or $505 per night, double, includes casita accommodations, one 80-minute massage per per- son, daily break- fast, a health-oriented welcome kit upon arrival and one carb-loading dinner to prepare for the race.

The plan is priced per room and requires a three-night stay at the hotel.

In addition, the hotel is offering overnight rates without the perks, valid the same time period, starting at $295 per night, single or double.

The P.F. Changs Rock n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon will take place on Jan. 9 in Phoenix. For more information on the event, visit www.rnraz.com.

Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

Phone: (888) 207-9696 or (480) 513-5039

Web:www.fourseasons.com

Rocky Mountaineer Vacations released its 2005 brochure and is enticing clients to book and pay for their trips before Jan. 15 with an early-booking bonus.

The bonus is the Explore Vancouver tour, valued at $338 per couple, which can be tacked onto the beginning or end of any rail options. Explore Vancouver includes overnight accommodations in Vancouver and a half-day city sightseeing tour and is valid with all new bookings of five nights or longer.

Rocky Mountaineer Vacations

Phone: (800) 665-7245

Web:www.rockymountaineer.com

The Napa River Inn in Napa, Calif., is featuring the Downtown Napa Wine Experience through Feb. 28, combining an overnight stay with discounts at select area wineries.

The plan is priced from $189 per room, double, and covers overnight accommodations, breakfast and two Downtown Napa Wine Tasting cards, valid for discounts at area wineries.

Napa River Inn

Phone: (877) 251-8500

Web:www.napariverinn.com

Monarch butterflies, blue herons and elephant seals are the stars of the show during Pismo Beach, Calif.-based Cliffs ResortsWinter Wildlife package, valid through Feb. 28.

The overnight plan, priced at $269 per room, double, covers breakfast and lunch for two and a guided van tour with stops throughout San Luis Obispo County to see wildlife.

The first stop is a guided tour of a monarch butterfly wintering location. Then its on to a heron rookery and the coastline near Piedras Blancas to see elephant seals.

Rates for additional adults are $70 per day while rates for children age 15 and younger are $60 per day.

The Cliffs Resort

Phone: (800) 826-5838

Web:www.cliffsresort.com

Clients can bone up on the citys history -- and conspiracy theories -- with the Fairmont DallasExperience the Historical Heart of Dallas plan, valid throughout the year.

The two-night plan is priced from $456 per room and covers accommodations and dinner for two at the Fairmonts Pyramid Grill.

The heart of the hotel package is admission to and an audio tour of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, formerly the Texas School Book Depository (thought to be the place where Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy) and admission to the Conspiracy Museum, for conflicting theories about the assassination abound.

Fairmont Dallas

Phone: (866) 840-8519

Web:www.fairmont.com/saveourhistory

GDSs: All systems

The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation in Greensborough, Ga., heats things up this winter with the three-night Rustic Romance plan.

Rustic Romance, priced from $325 per night for a minimum of three nights, includes lakeview accommodations, a private dinner prepared in front of a chiminea bonfire, a butler-drawn bath, a rose petal turndown and a signature massage for two.

Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation

Phone: (800) 241-3333 or (706) 467-0600

Web:www.ritzcarlton.com

GDSs: All systems

Last-minute holiday rates abound ...

With the release of the movie The Polar Express, the Muse hotel in New York created the Seeing Is Believing package to invite clients to relive the tale.

Valid through Dec. 29, the package features overnight accommodations, a Do Not Disturb sign (for a long winters nap, according to the hotel), hot chocolate upon arrival and a copy of the book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.

Priced from $329 per night, double, the plan is commissionable at 10% on the room rate portion only.

The Muse

Phone: (877) NYC-MUSE

Web:www.themusehotel.com

New Orleans Hotel Monteleone and Southern Comfort Cocktail Tours partnered to create the Comfort and Joy holiday package, combining food and drink with the history of the city during the holiday season.

Offered nightly through Dec. 31, the plan includes two nights accommodations, passes for Southern Comfort Cocktail Tours Comfort and Joy tour and a walking tour of bars and restaurants in the French Quarter.

Clients also receive an autographed copy of Kerri McCaffetys book Obituary Cocktail, which inspired the tour; a holiday bell gift; Southern Comfort holiday recipes; and shopping discounts at area merchants.

Sunday- through Thursday-night stays are priced from $315, while Friday- and Saturday-night stays are priced at $365. All rates are per room, double and include taxes and gratuities.

Hotel Monteleone

Phone: (800) 535-9595 or (504) 523-3341

Web:www.hotelmonteleone.com or www.southerncomfortcocktailtour.com

The Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City is partnering with Christmas Box International during December to provide pajamas for neglected and abused children in the Salt Lake City area.

To coincide with the charity, the hotel created the Christmas Box package, valid Dec. 1 through 29.

The package features overnight accommodations, a late checkout, a copy of the classic holiday book The Christmas Box, a keepsake angel tree ornament and a $10 donation to Christmas Box International.

The plan is priced at $119 per room, single or double. Guests are invited to bring in new pajamas or make a monetary contribution so that the Hotel Monaco can donate pajamas on the guests behalf.

Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City

Phone: (800) 805-1801 or (801) 595-0000

Web:www.monaco-saltlakecity.com

GDSs: All systems

The Chesterfield Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., is celebrating New Years Eve with a three-night package beginning Dec. 28.

The package, priced from $1,210 per room, double, covers accommodations in a Queen Superior room, full American breakfast for two each morning, one traditional English afternoon tea for two and a New Years Eve gala formal dinner-dance in the Chesterfields Leopard Lounge and Restaurant.

The gala dinner dance includes a champagne toast for two, hats, noisemakers and a gourmet dinner.

Chesterfield Hotel

Phone: (800) 243-7871

Web:www.chesterfieldpb.com or www.redcarnationhotels.com

The Plaza Paris Vendome also is celebrating the arrival of the new year with overnight rates, valid for two-night stays from Dec. 28 through Jan. 2.

The rates, starting at about $456 for superior accommodations or about $521 for deluxe accommodations, cover daily breakfast, hot chocolate and French pastries and a box of chocolates from Jean-Paul Hevin chocolatier. Rates are per night, double.

Plaza Paris Vendome

Phone: (800) 323-7500 via Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Web:www.plazaparisvendome.com

E-mail:[email protected]

GDSs: All systems via Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Clients can ring in 2005 with Montage Resort & SpasNew Years Celebration package, featuring a three-night stay at the Laguna Beach, Calif. property and admittance for two to the resorts New Years Eve Gala event.

The plan, priced from $1,995 per room, double, covers accommodations in an oceanview room, the gala event and daily breakfast. The New Years Eve Gala includes dinner with wine, live music by Platinum Groove and dancing.

Montage Resort & Spa

Phone: (888) 715-6700

Web:www.montagelagunabeach.com

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