ith the dedication of the World War II
Memorial slated for May 29 -- it's open to the public now -- the
Madison Hotel in Washington is celebrating the
contributions of the World War II veterans by offering a
Memorial Day package.
The plan, valid May 27 through Aug. 31, covers over-night
accommodations in a deluxe king bedroom, continental breakfast for
two and parking. It is priced at $289 per room, double.
Madison Hotel
Phone: (800) 424-8577 or (202) 862-1600
Web:www.themadisondc.com
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Clients can give mom a Mother's Day to remember with the
Magnificent Mom plan at Aruba's Bucuti Beach
Resort.
Available May 7 to 16, the nightly package covers
accommodations, a beach basket with a beach towel, a bottle of
sunscreen, a bottle of water and a copy of "Chicken Soup: Stories
to Warm a Mother's Soul."
The nightly rate is $179 per room, double. Upgrades to a Tara
Beach Suite can be booked for $77 additional per night.
Bucuti Beach Resort
Phone: (888) 428-2884
Web:www.bucuti.com
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Meanwhile, the Pan Pacific San Francisco
created the Mothers' Celebration package for stays
throughout the month of May.
The plan, priced at $299 per night, covers superior
accommodations, a dozen roses, champagne and chocolate-dipped
strawberries. Upgrades and additional nights are available for a
surcharge.
For clients spending Mother's Day at the hotel, the Mother's Day
Brunch Buffet is offered from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with rates priced
at $60 per adult and $25 per child under 12. Tax and tip are not
included in the price. Reservations are required.
With three additional holiday weekends coming up, the Pan
Pacific San Francisco also unveiled rates for the long
weekends.
Rates start at $149 for a superior room or $169 for a deluxe
room and are valid for Memorial Day (May 28 to 31),
Independence Day weekend (July 2 to 5) and Labor
Day (Sept. 3 to 6).
Pan Pacific San Francisco
Phone: (800) 533-6465 or (415) 771-8600
Web:www.panpacific.com
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The Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld also
is inviting clients to spend the holiday weekends at the
property.
Rates start at $139 for the Memorial Day period (May 30
to June 2); $119 for Independence Day (June 30 to July 6);
and $129 for Labor Day (Sept. 2 to 8). Rates are per room,
double, and apply to a limited number of rooms.
Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld
Phone: (800) 327-6677 or (800) HOTELS-1
Web:www.renaissancehotels.com/mcosr
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The Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Beach Club
in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., is celebrating the Fourth of July with
a plan families can enjoy.
The Fairways and Fireworks plan, valid July 1 to 6, is
priced at $129 per night for standard accommodations or $179 for a
villa suite. The rate covers access to the TPC Stadium Course.
Over the weekend, activities include beachside fireworks on July
4, a watermelon-eating contest, "dive-in movies" and children's
crafts.
Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Beach Club
Phone: (800) 457-GOLF
Web:www.sawgrassmarriott.com
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Clients can follow in the footsteps of Stewart Cink -- winner of
this year's MCI Heritage tournament, which took place at the
Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C. --
with the resort's Tartan Tee-Off package through May
31.
Tartan Tee-Off, priced at $400 per golfer, double, covers two
nights at the resort's Inn at Harbour Town with continental
breakfast each morning; a round of golf at Harbour Town Golf Links;
and a round of golf at either the Sea Marsh or the Ocean
Course.
Sea Pines Resort
Phone: (800) SEA-PINES
Web:www.seapines.com
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To introduce guests to its resort, Victoria, B.C.'s
Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa here is offering
free accommodations for one night.
The First Night Is on Us promotion offers complimentary
lodging for the first night when two or more nights are booked in
one of the resort's oceanview suites.
Rates, including breakfast for two, start at about $367 per
night. Commission is 10%, based on one night paid.
Brentwood Bay Lodge & Spa
Phone: (888) 544-2079
Web:www.brentwoodbaylodge.com
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The new Circa39 Hotel in Miami Beach is
inviting New York residents to leave the Empire State and visit the
beach this summer with a Summer Value Rate package
designed exclusively for them.
The plan, valid through Sept. 30, is priced at $119 per room,
double, and covers accommodations, parking and two cocktails at the
Play Bar.
For clients from outside New York state, Circa39 is offering an
introductory rate through May 26 of $79 per room, double,
with a two-night minimum stay required.
Circa39 Hotel
Phone: (877) 8-CIRCA39
Web:www.circa39.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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As headquarters hotel for the Canadian Tulip Festival, taking
place May 6 to 24 throughout Ottawa, the Fairmont Chateau
Laurier here designed two packages to coincide with the
festivities.
The Awesome Blossom package covers overnight
accommodations, parking and a Tulip Festival pass. Rates start at
about $162 per night, double.
Meanwhile, the Tulips and Tea plan features overnight
accommodations, afternoon tea in Zoe's Lounge and a Tulip Festival
pass. The package is priced from about $188 per night, double
occupancy.
Both plans are valid from May 7 to 24.
Fairmont Chateau Laurier
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com/laurier
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Another Fairmont property, the Fairmont Le Manoir
Richelieu located in the Charlevoix region of Quebec,
created a bed-and-breakfast package for the summer months, along
with a host of other packages to entice clients to venture north of
the border.
Priced from $269 per night, the Breakfast at the Castle on
the Cliff package includes accommodations in a Fairmont room
and buffet breakfast in the hotel's Le Saint-Laurent
restaurant.
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu also offers a Casino
package, priced from $279 per night; a Spa plan, priced
from $619 for two nights; and a Golf Getaway package,
priced from $499 per night.
All packages are priced per room, double, and are available from
May 15 to Oct. 15 except the Golf Getaway package, which is
available depending on opening and closing dates of the golf course
depending on weather conditions.
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu
Phone: (800) 441-1414 or (418) 665-3703
Web:www.fairmont.com/richelieu
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Meanwhile, the Fairmont Copley Plaza and
Boston's Museum of Science teamed up to offer the
Einstein Discovery Weekend plan through June 6.
The package includes accommodations, two tickets to the museum's
"Einstein: the Man, the Mind, the Insights That Changed the World"
exhibit and a 10% discount at the Museum of Science Store. Rates
start at $215 per room, double.
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com/copleyplaza
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Through July 4, the Legion of Honor Museum in San
Francisco is showcasing its "Art Deco: 1910-1930" exhibit, and the
Handlery Union Square Hotel is offering a package
with accommodations and exhibit tickets.
The Art Deco package, valid through the exhibit's
showing, includes overnight accommodations in a guest room in the
hotel's historic section, on-site parking at the hotel and two VIP
tickets to the exhibit enabling front of the line access to the
exhibit.
The package is priced at $169 for standard accommodations or
$189 for club accommodations.
Handlery Union Square Hotel
Phone: (800) 995-HUSH
Web:www.handlery.com
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The Mayflower Park Hotel and the
Seattle Art Museum are partnering to offer clients
the opportunity to view the "Van Gogh to Mondrian: Modern Art from
the Kroller-Muller Museum" exhibit, on display May 29 to Sept.
12.
The Van Gogh Goes to Seattle package offers overnight
accommodations, two Hotel Priority Fast-Track Tickets (enables
clients to jump to the front of the exhibit line), a Van Gogh
keepsake book, valet parking and all taxes.
The plan is priced from $219 for classic accommodations, $239
for deluxe accommodations.
Mayflower Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100 or (206) 382-6990
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Opera lovers can take advantage of the Charleston (S.C.)
Place Hotel's Peony Pavilion package during the
Spoleto Festival USA, which will be held here May 28 to June
13.
The four-night plan features club-level accommodations,
continental breakfast, afternoon tea and two tickets to all six
episodes of the "Peony Pavilion" opera performed during the
festival.
The package, priced at $1,800 per couple, is available for the
opera's two performance series beginning June 3 or 10.
In addition, throughout the Spoleto Festival the hotel is
offering weekday rates at $289 and weekend rates at $369. Tickets
are not included.
Charleston Place Hotel
Phone: (800) 611-5545
Web:www.charlestonplacehotel.com
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The Beachside at Nantucket (Mass.) opened for
the season April 23 and is extending a Springtime Escape
plan through May 27.
The two-night stay covers accommodations in a cliffside room,
roundtrip ferry tickets for two on the Steamship Authority ferry
from Hyannis or roundtrip air from Hyannis, Boston or Providence,
R.I., via Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines.
A $50 dinner certificate to the Jared Coffin House and daily
continental breakfast are included.
Midweek rates begin at $129 per person, double, valid through
May 27.
Beachside at Nantucket
Phone: (800) 322-4433
Web:www.thebeachside.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Sundial Beach Resort on Sanibel Island, Fla.,
is inviting couples to get away from it all with the Island
Darlings package, valid through June 18.
The two-night plan includes villa-style accommodations; a boat
tour through J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge; an
in-room couples massage; a sunset cruise; daily breakfast and one
dinner at the hotel's Window on the Water; use of bicycles and
tennis equipment; and champagne and chocolate-covered
strawberries.
The package is priced from $525 per couple. Additional nights
are available.
Sundial Beach Resort
Phone: (888) 4-SANIBEL
Web:www.southseas.com
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Following the acquisition of Bliss spas by Starwood, W
Hotels is offering the Weekend Bliss package
through July 4.
The overnight plan covers in-room continental breakfast for two
and an in-room DVD or video rental as well as an in-room spa pack
by Bliss.
The spa pack contains the Peppermint Foot Patrol, the Medium
Minty Scrub Soap, the Exfoliating Task Mask, the Lemon + Sage
Butter and the Super Slough Scrub, all in a Bliss logo overnight
tote bag.
Prices vary by property and range from $89 to $315 for starting
rates, single or double. Amenities are provided once per stay, not
once per day.
W Hotels
Phone: (877) W-HOTELS
Web:www.whotels.com
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With HBO's hit show "The Sopranos" back in full swing, the
Muse hotel in New York is honoring the family
business with Bada Bing weekend plans.
Valid Fridays through Sundays through June 27, the package
includes overnight accommodations, a round of martinis and cigars
and a deck of playing cards.
The highlight of the Bada Bing package is a Sopranos excursion
to sites from the show, such as the New Jersey nightclub known to
viewers as the Bada Bing and Tony's pork store hangout,
Satriale's.
Also included is dinner and wine at Sparks Steak House. (Sparks
is the Manhattan eatery outside of which real-life mob boss Paul
"Big Paulie" Castellano was executed in 1985.)
Nightly rates start at $190 per person, double, and are
commissionable at 10% on the room portion.
The Muse
Phone: (877) NYC-MUSE
Web:www.themusehotel.com
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Whether clients want to be Up All Night or Wake Up
Smiling, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
in Atlantic City, N.J., created weekday packages with them in
mind.
Up All Night features accommodations in a classic room,
admission to the Borgata Comedy Club and cocktails in either the
Gypsy Bar or B-Bar. The price is $149 per night, double.
Meanwhile, Wake Up Smiling covers accommodations in a classic
room and buffet breakfast for two. The price is $129 per night,
double.
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Phone: (866) MY-BORGATA
Web:www.theborgata.com
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Fathers and sons, brothers or even office buddies need to bond
sometimes, and the South Seas Resort on Captiva
Island, Fla., created a three-night boys- (or men-) only plan with
that in mind.
Boys Will Be Boys covers three nights' accommodations
in a three-bedroom Bayside Villa for four people, a half-day
deep-sea fishing charter, a speed-sailing lesson, kayaking to North
Captiva, a round of golf at Redfish Point Golf Course, tennis court
time and dinner at the resort's Porter House restaurant. Activities
are for all guests in the villa.
Rates for the three-night Boys Will Be Boys plan are from $2,727
for a group of four through May 30 and from $2,517 from May 31
through Dec. 23. Blackout dates apply. Taxes and gratuities are not
included.
South Seas Resort
Phone: (888) 2-CAPTIVA
Web:www.south-seas-resort.com
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Sports Travel and Tours designed the Texas
Two-Step Baseball Road Trip itinerary for Major League
Baseball fans.
The four-night trip, priced at $995 per person, double, begins
May 22 in Dallas and features tickets to two games between the New
York Yankees and the Texas Rangers in Arlington and one between the
Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros in Houston.
Also featured are two nights' accommodations each in Dallas and
Houston; city and stadium tours in each city; and all
transportation during the trip, including air between Dallas and
Houston.
Travel agents earn 5% commission on the cost of the trip.
Sports Travel and Tours
Phone: (800) 662-4424
Web:www.baseballroadtrips.com
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More than 100 Sofitel hotels worldwide are
giving business travelers the VIP treatment with the Sofitel
Excellence package.
The package includes early check-in and late checkout, a bottle
of champagne or wine upon arrival, an upgraded room category and
in-room or buffet breakfast.
The plan is available through Dec. 31 at 120 participating
properties. Sample rates start at $164 per night, double, in North
America; at $210 in the Carib-bean and South America; at $104 in
Asia; and at $363 in Europe.
Sofitel Hotels
Phone: (800) SOFITEL
Web:www.sofitel.com or www.accorhotels.com
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Clients with a need for speed can book the St. Regis
Aspen's Lexus Road Rally package.
The plan, available from June 1 to Oct. 31, is priced from $880
for grand deluxe accommodations to $1,250 for Alpine Suite
accommodations. Rates are per night, per room, double.
The package covers use of a convertible Lexus SC 430 with a full
tank of gas per day, valet parking, one gourmet picnic lunch from
the hotel's Olives Aspen restaurant, two St. Regis Aspen baseball
caps and a book on Colorado's scenic drives.
St. Regis Aspen
Phone: (888) 454-9005 or (970) 920-3300
Web:www.stregisaspen.com
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In the late 1980s, New Orleans had a slogan: "New Orleans, Proud
to Call It Home." The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans is
bringing that tagline back with the New Orleans, Proud to Call
It Home for the Night package, available June 1 to Aug. 4.
The overnight plan comes with a hand-blown glass fleur-de-lis
and a gift basket of New Orleans favorites, such as chicory coffee,
beignet mix, a jazz CD, hot sauce and Mardi Gras beads.
The plan is priced from $175 per room, double. Additional nights
can be booked from $125.
Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
Phone: (800) 241-3333 or (504) 524-1331
Web:www.ritzcarlton.com
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To contact reporter Kimberly Scholz, send e-mail to [email protected].