The
Jumeirah Essex House, overlooking Central Park, created
the Picnic in the Park plan for stays through Sept.
3.
The plan covers deluxe suite
accommodations with views of the park; breakfast; a one-hour
carriage ride through the park; two tickets to the Museum of the
City of New York; and a picnic basket filled with linens, plates,
silverware and lunch for two.
The package is
priced from $1,100 per night, double, exclusive of taxes and
service charges.
Jumeirah
Essex House
Phone: (888) 645-5697
Web:www.jumeirahessexhouse.com
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The
Mandarin Oriental, Prague is promoting its
Spring Fling package for stays through June 30.
The plan is about
$800 per night, double, with a two-night minimum stay
required.
A Prague Card (a
four-day pass to the city's major attractions), a bottle of
sparkling wine, fresh strawberries, a spa treatment at the hotel, a
picnic lunch and a map of the neighborhood's parks and gardens is
included.
Mandarin
Oriental, Prague
Phone: (866) 526 6567 or (011) 420-233
088-888
Web:www.mandarinoriental.com
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The Hotel
Plaza Athenee New York is paying travel agents 10%
commission on its Suite Liberty plan, valid for stays on
July 4.
The plan covers
overnight accommodations in a deluxe or executive one-bedroom
suite; a five-hour charter of a private yacht to view Macy's Fourth
of July Fireworks, including a dinner buffet and full bar;
roundtrip, private limousine transfers to the pier with champagne;
and breakfast for two.
The plan is
priced at $30,900 for deluxe accommodations and $29,100 for
executive accommodations. The package must be booked through Karen
Goldberg via phone or e-mail.
Hotel
Plaza Athenee New York
Phone: (800) 447-8800
E-mail:[email protected]
The Tides
Inn is offering discounted rates for guests booking a stay
of at least three nights during the Irvington, Va.-based hotel's
nine-night Fourth of July Celebration.
When guests book
between June 29 and July 9, the rate starts at $295 per night,
double. Prices vary based on room selection.
Tides
Inn
Phone: (800) 843-3746 or (904)
438-5000
Web:www.tidesinn.com
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Through July 15,
Uniworld Grand River Cruises is offering travel
agents a booking bonus of up to $300 per cabin.
The bonus is $150
per cabin for October sailings and $300 per cabin for November and
December sailings. The bonus can be combined with all other offers
and will be paid to the agency once the customer
departs.
Uniworld
Grand River Cruises
Phone: (800) 733-7820
Web:www.uniworld.com
E-mail:[email protected]
The Elan
Resort & Spa Cancun, which reopened in March after a
$15 million renovation, is offering agents a $50 bonus
commission for each night booked through Nov. 1.
Through Dec. 20,
rates start at $250 a night for a tower room, $400 for a
one-bedroom villa, $650 for a two-bedroom villa (sleeps up to four
guests) and $850 for a three-bedroom villa (sleeps up to six
guests).
Elan
Resort & Spa
Phone: (888) 400-3526
Web:www.elanresort.com
Apple
Core Hotels, a group of five hotels in Manhattan, is
offering the Row Your Boat package for July
stays.
The overnight
plan, priced from $179.99 per night, includes a one-hour boat
rental for up to four guests at Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, a
hot dog-french fries-soda combo for two at the Express Cafe at
Central Park's Boathouse Restaurant and breakfast at the selected
hotel.
Participating
properties are the Comfort Inn Midtown, the La Quinta Inn
Manhattan, the Ramada Inn East Side, the Red Roof Inn Manhattan and
the Super 8 Hotel Times Square.
Apple
Core Hotels
Phone: (800) 567-7720
Web:www.applecorehotels.com/promos/boat
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Rail
Europe is discounting one-way, full-fare tickets on all
routes of the Thalys train, which connects Paris, Brussels
and Amsterdam.
The offer is
valid on first- or second-class tickets between all French, Belgian
and Dutch cities Thalys serves. Tickets must be booked by Aug. 15
for travel through Aug. 31.
Sample rates for
Paris-Brussels are $102 for first class and $66 for second class;
for Paris-Amsterdam, $136 for first class and $85 for second
class.
Rail
Europe
Phone: (888) 382-7245
Web:http://agent.raileurope.com
In honor of the
New World of Coca-Cola museum that opened in Atlanta on May 24, the
Atlanta Marriott Marquis is offering a weekend
plan.
The plan, priced
from $185 per night, double, includes deluxe, cityview
accommodations; breakfast for two; hotel valet parking; and two
VIP, open-ended tickets to the New World of Coca-Cola.
The museum,
located in the Pemberton Place complex downtown, replaces the
original World of Coca-Cola attraction, which was in the
Underground Atlanta complex and closed April 7.
When booking by
phone, request promotional code EW4; when booking online, the EW4
code must appear in the Corporate/Promotional Code box.
Atlanta
Marriott Marquis
Phone: (800) 834-7015
Web:www.marriott.com
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The
Majestic Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla.,
created the Dolphin Discoveries package with rates
starting at $419 per night, double, through Sept. 3.
The
dolphin-themed plan includes oceanfront studio accommodations and
the chance to be a trainer for a day at Gulf World Marine Park.
Guests will shadow trainers and appear on stage during the park's
dolphin show. Guest trainers also will receive a Gulf World Marine
Park trainer T-shirt, a 5-by-7 photo taken with the dolphins and
the chance to swim with the dolphins.
Majestic
Beach Resort
Phone: (866) 494-3364
Web:www.majesticbeachresort.com
Santa Fe's
Eldorado Hotel & Spa is offering motorcycle
riders the opportunity to take a Harley for a spin.
The Hop on
the Hog package, valid until Oct. 31, is priced from $1,375
per room for a three-night stay. The plan includes a
Harley-Davidson rental from the Thunderbird Harley-Davidson/Buell
dealer as well as suggested routes in Santa Fe.
In addition, the
property is offering the Santa Fe Summer Gas Rebate
package to help take the sting out of the high prices.
The plan offers
guests a $50 food and beverage credit for weekend stays through
Sept. 3.
Upon arrival,
guests must present a dated gas receipt that corresponds with the
date of check-in. Gas can be purchased locally or at
home.
Rates during the
gas rebate plan start at $219 per night, based on a two-night
minimum stay.
El Dorado
Hotel & Spa
Phone: (800) 955-4455
Web:www.eldoradohotel.com
The
Buckingham Hotel in New York partnered with
Amtrak to offer discounted rates through
Sept. 4 when guests arrive on the Acela high-speed train. Rates
start at $219 per night for a one-bedroom deluxe suite.
An Acela ticket
in first or business class to New York from the Northeast corridor
(Washington, Boston or Philadelphia) must be presented upon
check-in to confirm the discounted rate.
When booking, use
the ACELA code to receive the discount.
The
Buckingham Hotel
Phone: (888) 511-1900
Web:www.buckinghamhotel.com
The five
Marriott and Renaissance hotels of New Orleans are
offering the Lucky Sevens getaway, with rates starting at
$169 per night, double, through Sept. 30.
The plan covers a
room upgrade to the next available room category, a psychic
reading, a good luck voodoo doll and a list of area
casinos.
The plan is valid
at the New Orleans Marriott, the JW Marriott New Orleans, the
Marriott New Orleans at the Convention Center, the Renaissance Pere
Marquette and the Renaissance Arts Hotel.
When booking, ask
for rate code XXBD.
Marriott
and Renaissance Hotels of New Orleans
Phone: (866) 530-3763
Web:www.neworleans.marriott.com
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The
Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, Calif.,
created the American Classics family plan, valid through
Sept. 30.
The two-night
plan is priced from $369 per room, per night, and includes
breakfast for two adults and two children, full access to the Club
at the Claremont, a three-hour Claremont Kids Club membership and a
welcome amenity of cookies, milk and a checkers game.
Admission to the
Chabot Space and Science Center, the Scharffen Berger Chocolate
Factory or the Oakland Zoo is also included.
The
Claremont Resort & Spa
Phone: (800) 551-7266
Web:www.claremontresort.com
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where noted.
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