To
celebrate the full moon each month,the Cliffs
Resort in Pismo Beach, Calif., will offer the Dancing
in the Moonlight package.
The overnight
plan covers accommodations in an oceanfront suite; a gourmet cheese
plate and bottle of champagne; a dance lesson; and a Celestial Soak
bath prepared by the resort's bath sommelier.
The plan is valid
on the following dates and priced at $269 per room, double, unless
otherwise noted: April 2, May 2 and 31, June 30 (priced at $359),
July 29, Aug. 28, Sept. 26, Oct. 26 (priced at $359), Nov. 24 and
Dec. 23.
Cliffs
Resort
Phone: (800) 826-5838
Web:www.cliffsresort.com
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With a local
population of sea lions sharing the same Southern California coast
that the Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club calls
home, the hotel, in Redondo Beach, has launched a program to help
benefit the Marine Mammal Care Center at nearby Fort MacArthur in
San Pedro, Calif.
The Stay and
Save a Sea Lion plan features accommodations for two in an
oceanside room, use of a paddle boat on the weekends in the winter,
a disposable camera and a welcome bag for kids upon
check-in.
In addition, the
package includes a donation to Marine Inc., a tour of the Marine
Mammal Care Center by appointment and a sea lion plush toy.
The package is priced from $239 per room,
double.
Portofino
Hotel & Yacht Club
Phone: (800) 468-2492
Web:www.hotelportofino.com
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Midtown-Manhattan's Salisbury Hotel
announced a MoMA Museum Lovers package, valid for visits
through Oct. 1.
The Salisbury is
on West 57th Street across from Carnegie Hall, and the Museum of
Modern Art is four blocks south on West 53th Street. It is open
daily, except Tuesdays.
Through March 31,
and from July 1 to Sept. 9, the package is priced from $179 per
night, double, for accommodations from Sundays through Wednesdays,
and from $209 per night for Thursdays through Saturdays. From April
1 to June 30 and Sept. 10 to Oct. 1, the rates are $10 more per
night. Tax is not included.
The price
includes two tickets that guarantee holders won't have to wait in
line to be admitted to the museum and a copy of MoMA's "Highlights"
keepsake book.
Salisbury
Hotel
Phone: (888) NYC-5757
Web:www.nycsalisbury.com
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To keep guests to
their New Year's resolutions, the Biltmore Hotel
in Coral Gables, Fla., has created an intensive Detox
package, complete with a customized fitness and lifestyle
assessment with recommendations for at-home maintenance.
The two-night
plan, priced from $1,800 per person, features accommodations in a
junior suite; the Ayurvedic Experience at the Biltmore Spa, which
includes the Abhyanga body massage, an Indian head massage, an
ayurvedic body scrub, a Gotu Kola Auurveda botanical mask and a
body wrap; the fitness and lifestyle evaluation; a full spa menu
for lunch; and a nutritional consultation.
Biltmore
Hotel
Phone: (800) 727-1926
Web:www.biltmorehotel.com
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The
Buckingham Hotel in New York has partnered with
the Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center to create the Buckingham on
Ice promotion.
In time for
Valentine's Day, the plan is priced at $254 per night with a
minimum stay of two nights required. Buckingham on Ice is valid
through the end of March
The package
offers accommodations in a deluxe suite, a two-course dinner at the
Rock Center Cafe and VIP skating on Rockefeller Center's famous ice
rink; the deal enables skaters to skip lines and includes skate
rentals.
Buckingham Hotel
Phone: (888) 511-1900
Web:www.buckinghamhotel.com
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The
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park is welcoming cycling's
biggest event, the Tour de France, which will begin in London for
the first time in its history.
The Tour de
France 2007 package includes two nights' accommodations in a
deluxe Hyde Park room or Park View suite, full English breakfast
each morning, bicycle rental for the duration of the package and a
three-course meal served either in the room or in the hotel's
restaurant, the Park.
The plan is
priced from about $2,675 for two nights, double, plus VAT and a 5%
service charge. The plan is valid for
stays July 5 to 8.
The three-day
start to the race, known as the Grand Depart, includes an opening
ceremony in Trafalgar Square; the eight-kilometer Prologue, which will pass in front of the hotel;
and the Stage 1 route.
The 94th Tour de
France will run from July 7 through 29. For more information on the event, visit the official Web
site of the 2006 Tour de France at www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/presentation/us/parcours.html;
for details about Tour de France London events, visit www.tourdefrancelondon.com.
Mandarin
Oriental Hyde Park
Phone: (866) 526-6567
Web:www.mandarinoriental.com/london
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The Inn
at Robert's Grove in Placencia, Belize, is offering three
seven-night whale shark diving packages timed to coincide
with peak sighting periods of the whale shark, the world's largest
fish.
The package will
be offered starting March 30, April 30 and May 28. The cost is
$2,532 per person, double, for the March and April departures and
$2,386 for the May departure.
The cost covers
air and land transfers in Belize, accommodations, all meals, three
days of whale shark diving (two tanks per day), two days of reef
diving (two tanks per day), use of all diving gear and all taxes
and service charges. Park entrance fees are additional.
Inn at
Robert's Grove
Phone: (800) 565-9757
Web:www.robertsgrove.com
The Home
Ranch, a Relais & Chateaux dude ranch near Colorado's
Steamboat Springs ski resort, is offering discounted rates
for March stays.
When guests
purchase two regularly priced room nights, which start at $420 for
lodge rooms and $525 for cabins, the third night is $50 per person.
Regular rates are per person, double.
Rates cover all
meals, ranch activities, use of snowshoes and cross-country skis
and transportation to Steamboat.
The Home
Ranch
Phone: (970) 879-1780
Web:www.homeranch.com
Between March 31
and April 7, Canadian Mountain Holidays is
offering guests the option to take a heli-skiing trip to
the operator's base in Revelstoke, British Columbia, for any
duration.
CMH's trips
usually are a minimum of four days, but during this week, guests
can stay from one to seven nights, with nightly rates starting at
about $615 per night.
The rate covers
all meals, snacks and nonalcoholic beverages; professional ski
guides; use of heli-skis (snowboarders are encouraged to bring
their own equipment); and all taxes, including the general sales
tax rates for non-Canadian residents. The traditional seven-night trip costs about $4,306 and
includes roundtrip transfers from Calgary Airport in
Alberta.
Canadian
Mountain Holidays
Phone: (800) 661-0252
Web:www.canadianmountainholidays.com
To honor the
December opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art, the
Langham Boston created an overnight plan with
museum tickets included.
The Institute
of Contemporary Art package, valid through March 30, includes
accommodations; two tickets to the museum; breakfast for two at the
hotel's Cafe Fleuri; use of the hotel's health club and indoor
pool; and a welcome gift from the Institute of Contemporary
Art. The plan is priced from $215 per
room, per night, double.
The
Langham Boston
Phone: (866) 373-4941
Web:www.langhamhotels.com
Pleasant
Holidays launched a two-for-one fare promotion in
conjunction with Air Tahiti Nui and Sofitel properties in
Tahiti.
The promotion is
good for new bookings to April 15 for travel completed by April
30.
The promotion
applies to flights from Los Angeles and a minimum seven-night stay
at the Sofitel Tahiti Resort, Sofitel Moorea Beach Resort, Sofitel
Motu Bora Bora or Sofitel Bora Bora Beach Resort.
Pleasant
Holidays
Phone: (800) 448-3333
Web:www.pleasantagent.com
Legend has it
that a frequent guest in the late 1930s or early 1940s at the
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix asked
the bartender to surprise him with a drink. When his drink was served -- a blend of club soda, tequila,
creme de cassis and lime juice -- the tequila sunrise was
born.
The resort is
honoring the drink's roots through March 31 with the Tequila
Sunrise package, priced from $309 for two in classic
accommodations. The plan includes continental breakfast for two and
a tequila sunrise at the Wright Bar. Taxes and resort fees are not
included in the rate.
The
Arizona Biltmore Resort
Phone: (800) 950-0086
Web:www.arizonabiltmore.com
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Through June 1,
New Orleans will be home to an exhibit of mosaic artworks from the
Vatican Mosaic Studio at the Ursuline Convent, about a block from
the Hotel Provincial in the heart of the French
Quarter.
The Hotel
Provincial is offering the Fragments of Culture plan while
the exhibit is in town, offering visitors a two-night stay,
breakfast at Cafe Beignet and tickets to the exhibit at the
Ursuline Convent.
In addition, the
hotel has created a map detailing the city's Catholic heritage
sites, including St. Louis Cathedral, the National Shrine of Our
Lady of Prompt Succor, Blessed St. Francis Seelos Catholic Church
and the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Seelos in St. Mary's
Assumption Church. The package is priced
from $331.54 per room, double.
Hotel
Provincial
Phone: (800) 535-7922
Web:www.hotelprovincial.com
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The Hotel
Viking in Newport, R.I., is enticing guests to book their
summer vacations early with $50 and $100 certificates for stays
booked by May 31.
The Summer
Getaway plan is valid from June through September and offers a
$50 certificate for two nights and a $100 certificate for three
nights. The certificates are redeemable for meals at One Bellevue,
treatments at SpaTerre or a future stay.
Hotel
Viking
Phone: (800) 556-7126
Web:www.hotelviking.com
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The
Madison, a Loews Hotel, in Washington is offering
the Cherry Blossom package in time for the National Cherry
Blossom Festival, slated for March 31 to April 15 in the
nation's capital.
The overnight
plan, available March 30 through April 15, is priced from $229 for
deluxe accommodations for two and includes parking.
For a complete
list of National Cherry Blossom Festival events, visit www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org.
Madison
Hotel
Phone: (800) 424-8577
Web:www.loewshotels.com
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Guests traveling
to Elite Island Resorts' Palm Island resort in the
Grenadines are offered two free nights with an eight-night
stay, a savings of 20% off winter rates.
The plan is valid
on bookings through April 5 for travel between March 10 to April
5.
All-inclusive
rates for the plan are priced from $3,900 per room, double, for the
eight-night stay.
Elite
Island Resorts
Phone: (800) 345-0356
Web:www.eliteislandresorts.com
With the April 15
deadline approaching for filing taxes, the Fairmont Copley
Plaza created the Tax Refund Weekend package to
help taxpayers spend any refund they might get back on their 2006
taxes.
The package,
which is valid through May 31, covers overnight accommodations and
a credit of the customary 12.5% room tax. Rates start at $235 per
night, double.
Fairmont
Copley Plaza
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com/copleyplaza
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From April 1 to
March 31, 2008, London's Royal Garden Hotel is
guaranteeing rates in dollars for clients crossing the
Atlantic.
Under the
Guaranteed U.S. Dollar Rate promotion, a Superior room is
priced at $319 per night, single or double, and a Park View room is
priced at $350 per night. All rates
include continental breakfast and tax. A minimum stay of three
nights is required.
Prepayment is
required, with one night nonrefundable if a cancellation is made
within seven days of the arrival date.
Royal
Garden Hotel
Phone: (866) 521-7017
Web:www.royalgardenhotel.co.uk
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Seattle's
Mayflower Park Hotel is turning 80 years
old this year. To celebrate the landmark, the property has
created an overnight package designed for three couples traveling
together, whether families or just a group of friends.
The package is
priced at $1,927, or $642 per couple, and covers deluxe
corner-suite accommodations; a five-course dinner prepared by chef
Wayne Johnson in the hotel's Andaluca restaurant; champagne and
commemorative flutes; breakfast the next morning; martinis in the
hotel's Oliver's lounge; and valet parking. The plan is offered through Dec. 30 on a space-available
basis.
Mayflower
Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100 or (206)
382-6990
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
E-mail:[email protected]
The
Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Beach Club, in
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., which plays host to the PGA Tour's Players
Championship from May 7 to 13, is inviting clients looking for a
golfing challenge to play on the property's Stadium
Course.
The course's
signature 17th hole, with its notorious island green, has been
renovated, giving players a chance to play it before any of the
tour professionals.
The Play
Before the Players Play Stay and Play package, priced from
$403 per person, double, is valid through April 15 and offers
overnight accommodations in a Revive guest room.
The package
covers one round of golf on the Stadium Course; use of a caddy; and
a two-hour Tour Academy experience, including a swing
analysis. Commission of 10% is paid on
the room rate only.
Sawgrass
Marriott Resort
Phone: (88)421-8555
Web:www.pgatourexperiences.com
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South
Seas Island Resort in Captiva Island, Fla., has completed
a $140 million renovation. The resort was damaged by Hurricane
Charley in August 2004.
Enhancements
include a new pool area with cabanas that feature butler service;
beach replenishment; a redesigned course at the resort's Captiva
Golf Club; an upgraded tennis club; and two new restaurants, the
Pointe and the Harbourside Bar & Grill. Guest rooms have been
renovated and fitted with new bedding, granite countertops and
flat-panel TVs.
The resort
reopened in January and will hold a grand opening celebration in
mid-March. Current specials include the Winter Getaway,
with nightly rates starting at $279 per room, double.
South
Seas Island Resort
Phone: (888) 2-CAPTIVA
Web:www.southseas.com
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Tauck
World Discovery is offering incentives to travel
agents in hopes of attracting more group business in 2007. The
incentives are valid on bookings of 10 travelers or more for select
itineraries in Europe, the U.S. and Canada.
For every 10th
guest, agents will receive their normal commission rate, but the
tour cost will be waived for the 11th guest. Agents who organize
their own groups can forgo the complimentary 11th passenger and
instead opt for 20% commission on each traveler.
Itineraries
include six land-based plans in Europe, two European river cruises,
seven U.S.-Canada plans and 10 plans within the U.S.
Tauck
World Discovery
Phone: (888) 237-0281
Web:www.tauck.com
Hunter Mountain
(N.Y.) Resort's Kaatskill Mountain Club is
launching midweek plans for those looking to put in some
time on the slopes.
Midweek rates,
which require a two-night minimum stay, are priced from $99 per
person, per night. The rate covers studio suite accommodations and
one all-area lift ticket. The rate is valid for stays from Sunday
to Thursday nights.
In addition to
skiing and snowboarding, the resort offers a snowtubing park.
Depending on the weather and snowmaking capabilities, the mountain
should remain open for winter activities through early
April.
Kaatskill
Mountain Club
Phone: (800) HUNTER-MTN
Web:www.kaatskillmtnclub.com
Bermuda's
Fairmont Hamilton Princess and the
Fairmont Southampton are offering rates for
Easter.
The plan, valid
April 5 to 8, is priced from $379 per night, double, and covers all
activities throughout the weekend. Most activities are planned at
the Fairmont Southampton, but guests at both hotels receive
reciprocal privileges.
Planned
activities include the Bermuda Kite Festival on April 6; Easter egg
painting, bonnet making classes and a sand castle competition on
April 7; and an Easter egg hunt on April 8. Guests can upgrade to Fairmont Gold accommodations for $120
additional per night.
Fairmont
Hamilton Princess or Fairmont Southampton
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
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The Loews
New Orleans created the European Cultural
Celebration package for art lovers visiting the Big Easy. The
plan is valid through June 2.
The package is
priced at $899 per room for a three-night stay with accommodations
in a Grand Luxury room and dinner for two at the hotel's Cafe
Adelaide.
The plan includes
two tickets to the "Femme, femme, femme" exhibit at the New Orleans
Museum of Art; two tickets to the Vatican Mosaic Studio at the
Ursuline Convent; admission for two to the Ogden Museum of Southern
Art, the National World War II Museum, the Gallier House and the
Beau-regard-Keyes House; roundtrip streetcar passes for two to
NOMA; and a souvenir from NOMA.
Commission is 10%
on the room portion of the plan.
Loews New
Orleans Hotel
Phone: (866) 211-6411
Web:www.loewsneworleanshotel.com
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Rates for the preceding are commissionable at 10%, except
where noted.
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