The Inn at Palmetto Bluff,
sister property to Auberge du Soleil, is set to open Sept. 1 in
Bluffton, S.C., and created the two-night Lowcountry Lux
package to celebrate its grand opening.
Lowcountry Lux
features accommodations in a cottage room; resort fee in lieu of
gratuities; a two-hour kayak tour with a picnic lunch; and the
choice between two one-hour spa treatments or a round of golf for
two. The plan is priced at $695 per person, double. An upgrade to a
riverview room can be arranged based on availability.
Inn at
Palmetto Bluff
Phone: (866) 706-6565
The
Jefferson in D.C. designed a package for business
travelers who need a place to stay on Sunday nights.
The Sunday
Night Club plan offers a rate of $219 on Sundays, a savings of
43%; a phone call home (up to a $10 value); a three-course,
prix-fixe dinner (offered during regular restaurant dinner hours);
and the option to join the Sunday Night Club table with fellow road
warriors.
The
Jefferson
Phone: (800) 235-6397
Web:www.loewshotels.com/hotels/washington_jefferson/
If clients are
cruising out of Seattle, the Mayflower Park Hotel
is offering the Cruise Control Special as an added
value.
The plan covers
shuttle transportation from the hotel to pier 30 or Pier 69 (the
main cruise ship piers), accommodations in classic or deluxe guest
rooms and 50% off extended-stay valet parking for cruise guests.
Rates are $159 for classic guest rooms and $179 for deluxe
accommodations. Extended-stay parking is available for $10 per
night, with a seven-day maximum.
Mayflower
Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100 or (206)
382-6990
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
E-mail:[email protected]
GDSs: All systems
Similarly, the
Pan Pacific Vancouver is offering pre- and
post-cruise packages, valid through Oct. 1.
The
Pre-Cruise plan includes accommodations, full breakfast
for two and a late checkout that coincides with check-in on the
cruise ship. The Post-Cruise package includes
accommodations, breakfast for two, early check-in at 10 a.m. and
two tickets to the Imax theater at Canada Place or the Vancouver
Aquarium.
Both plans are
priced at about $304 for a cityview room or about $342 for a
harborview room.
Pan Pacific
Vancouver
Phone: (800) 327-8585
Web:www.panpacific.com
GDSs: All systems
Miami Beachs
Wave Hotel is offering a weekday plan through
Sept. 30 for clients looking to make a quick visit to South
Beach.
The Return to
Paradise plan is priced at $89 per room, per night, Mondays
through Thursdays. The price includes accommodations, a bottle of
champagne, breakfast for two and two-for-one Bloody Marys and
mimosas from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The Wave
Hotel
Phone: (800) 501-0401 or (305)
673-0401
Web:www.wavehotel.com and specify booking code
FLORWAVE
The Viceroy
Palm Springs created discounted spa plans at the Estrella
Spa for midweek stays, valid through Sept. 30.
The Beat the
Heat package, priced at $225 per person, includes a facial,
hydrating body treatment and cooling foot and leg massage. The
Citrus Delight package, priced at $300, covers a citrus
bath, a citrus ylang-ylang body wrap and a grapefruit ylang-ylang
hydrating facial. Meanwhile, the Summer Solstice package,
priced at $420, includes a seaweed body-slimming wrap, a
detoxifying aroma- therapy massage, a facial and an eye and lip
contour treatment.
Each spa package is
discounted by 25% off the normal rate and covers gratuities. The
plans do not cover nightly rates, which start at $109 per night.
Commission is paid on the room rate only.
Viceroy
Palm Springs
Phone: (888) 622-4KOR or (760)
320-4117
Web:www.viceroypalmsprings.com
The
Fairmont Southampton and the Fairmont
Hamilton Princess, two of Bermudas luxury properties, are
offering the Discover Bermuda plan through Sept.
30.
The package
includes accommodations, breakfast, taxes and gratuities and a $100
resort credit per person, per day. Resort credits can be used for
golf, spa treatments, tennis, jet-ski tours or scuba diving, among
other activities.
Nightly rates start
at $710 per room at the Fairmont Southampton, while rates at the
Fairmont Hamilton Princess start at $598 per room, per day. Both
packages are based on double occupancy and require a two-night
minimum stay.
Fairmont
Hotels
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
GDSs: All systems
The Hotel
Montgomery reopened in San Jose, Calif., this July after
an extensive renovation project and is showing off its new digs
with the Love Suites plan, valid through Sept.
30.
The overnight
package offers accommodations in one of six one-bedroom suites with
special amenities, such as a bottle of champagne, chocolate
truffles and Love Sweets from Jaqua, a couples kit with
buttercream-frosting body cream, body shimmer dust and love dice
candles in a pink bakery box.
The plan is priced
at $259 per night, double, and also covers a $75 dining voucher for
the resorts Paragon Restaurant & Bar and two passes to the
Camera 12 movie theater located across the street from the
hotel.
Hotel
Montgomery
Phone: (866) 823-0530
The Hotel
Hassler in Rome designed a two-night Marriage
Proposal plan to help clients pop the question.
The plan covers two
nights accommodations in a deluxe room, arrival transfers in a
vintage Rolls-Royce, champagne in the guests room upon arrival,
breakfast daily, one dinner, a two-hour horse-and-carriage ride
through Rome, services of the hotels shopping advisor and the
services of the hotels concierge for finalizing the details of the
proposal.
The package is
priced at about $1,530 per person, including value-added tax, and
pays 7.5% commission. Valid through Dec. 31, clients must book the
plan at least two weeks in advance.
Hotel
Hassler
Phone: (011) 39-06 699-340
Fax: (011) 39-06 678-991
Web:www.hotelhassler.com
The Inn and
Spa at Loretto is kicking up the dust with its Old
Santa Fe Trail Rider package, which celebrates the propertys
location on the Old Santa Fe Trail --
-- a former mainstay in Santa Fe, N.M.
The overnight
package, valid year round, includes accommodations in a deluxe
pueblo room, valet parking and a $20 gift card toward a gas
fill-up.
Inn and Spa
at Loretto
Phone: (800) 727-5531 or (505)
988-5531
Web:www.innandspaatloretto.com
GDS: All systems
Sofitel is offering discounts of up to 40%,
as well as breakfast for two at select properties around the world,
through Sept. 6 as part of a last-minute summer
promotion.
Sample rates for
the Summer Getaway Invitation are approximately $251 for a classic
guest room at the Sofitel Plaza Copenhagen in Denmark, $89 for a
superior guest room or $109 for a deluxe guest room at the Sofitel
San Francisco Bay, about $152 for a classic guest room or about
$229 for a deluxe guest room at the Sofitel Montreal and about $384
for a superior guest room at the Sofitel Marara Bora
Bora.
Sofitel
Phone: (800) SOFITEL
Web:www.sofitel.com
GDS: All systems
The Mutiny
Hotel in Coconut Grove, Fla., is offering the Coconut
Grove Vacation plan for two-night stays through Dec.
15.
The two-night
package covers accommodations in a one-bedroom suite, continental
breakfast for two and valet parking. The cost is $327 per couple
through Sept. 30 and $379 per couple through Dec. 15. Additional
nights are priced from $129 per night.
The Mutiny
Hotel
Phone: (888) 8-MUTINY
Web:www.mutinyhotel.com
For customers
looking to spend time with extended families or groups of friends
who want to travel together, the La Costa Resort and
Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., is offering Family Room
rates.
Valid for Monday-
through Thursday-night stays through Sept. 30, the Family Room
rates offer guests a second room (connecting or stand-alone) at 50%
off the regular rate when a first room is booked at equal or
greater value. Rates begin at $210 per night, based on double
occupancy.
La Costa
Resort and Spa
Phone: (800) 854-5000
Web:www.lacosta.com
Catalina, Ariz.s
Miraval, Life in Balance resort is offering a
Motherhood in Balance package from Oct. 10 to
14.
The three-night,
all-inclusive package includes individual meetings with a program
coordinator to create a personalized schedule and address specific
maternal concerns. Clients also participate in various workshops
and program events.
The program is
priced at $2,950 per person and covers all program events;
accommodations; three meals daily; unlimited access to all
facilities; scheduled programs and activities; a $95 credit per
person, per night for spa services; one-on-one consultations for
golf; roundtrip transfers from Tucson Airport; and all taxes and
service charges.
Miraval,
Life in Balance
Phone: (800) 232-3969
Web:www.miravalresort.com
Female guests are
invited to bring their pajamas and a yen for having fun -- and
leave everything else at home -- when the Fairmont
Empress in Victoria, B.C., hosts the Ultimate Pajama
Party for women here Oct. 15.
The two-night
affair is priced at $458 per single room and covers accommodations,
a red-carpet martini reception, seminars and demonstrations,
keynote speakers, a gala dinner, all other meals and special
amenities.
The
Fairmont Empress
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
GDS: All systems
Its divine to be a
woman at the Hotel Monaco Chicago, where the
property created the Divine Diva package.
Divine Diva
includes overnight accommodations; a visit to Spa Space for a
massage, manicure and pedicure; a consultation with a personal
shopper at Marshall Fields; and a Von Dutch baseball
cap.
The plan is priced
at $399 per room for deluxe accommodations or $449 for a
Mediterranean suite. Rates are per room, per night, single or
double.
Hotel
Monaco Chicago
Phone: (800) 397-7661 or (312)
960-8500
Web:www.monaco-chicago.com
GDS: All systems
To contact
Managing Editor Kimberly Scholz, send e-mail to [email protected].