Clients can spend the Christmas holiday in
Kuhmo, Finland, visiting Santa's workshop in full swing with the
Traditional Christmas plan offered by Nordique
Tours, a division of Picasso Travel, running Dec. 22
through Dec. 28. The itinerary includes a visit with Santa and his
elves at his workshop, a Christmas concert and a host of Christmas
and outdoor activities.
Accommodations are at
the Hotelli Kavevalla on Lake Lammasjarvi. Rates are $1,239 per
person, double, for six nights' accommodations; daily breakfast and
dinner, one brunch, two lunches and one late-night buffet; airport
transfers; and all Christmas activities.
Nordique
Tours
Phone: (800) 995-7997
Web:www.picassotours.com
Manhattan's
Buckingham Hotel is offering guests in the city
the chance to see the world-famous Rockettes at the Radio City
Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall with the Rock
the Night Away plan.
The two-night plan is
valid Dec. 17 to 29 and is priced at $900 per deluxe
suite.
The Rock the Night
Away plan includes accommodations for four as well as four tickets
to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Buckingham
Hotel
Phone: (888) 511-1900 and use code Christmas
Spectacular
Web:www.buckinghamhotel.com
GDSs: All systems
The Hyatt
Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, located on a Native
American reservation in Sanata Ana Pueblo, N.M., created the
Festival of Luminarias package, valid Nov. 27 to Dec. 30
with rates starting at $199 per night.
The plan celebrates
the 16th century Christmas tradition of lighting luminarias, which
today consist of votive candles inside sand-filled paper
bags.
The package includes
overnight accommodations, a $25 resort credit, 10% savings at the
Galleria Tamaya, $20 in slots play at the nearby Santa Ana Star
Casino, valet parking and resort service fees.
Also included is a
welcome gift of a souvenir luminaria, biscochitos (New Mexico's
state cookie), a Southwestern holiday ornament and holiday
cards.
Hyatt Regency
Tamaya Resort Spa
Phone: (888) 591-1234 or (505)
867-1234
Web:www.tamaya.hyatt.com
GDSs: All systems
New York's
Salisbury Hotel, 
built on top of and owned by the Calvary
Baptist Church here, created the People of Faith
promotion, valid Jan. 1 through March 14.
The package
highlights the role the church has played in the history of the
hotel, from its ownership to the building itself.
Nightly rates start
at $169 per room, double, for Sunday through Wednesday stays and
$179 for Thursday through Saturday stays.
The rate covers a
guide to noteworthy sites of spiritual heritage around New York,
which also can be downloaded from the hotel's Web site.
In addition, guests
are invited to the church's visitors' center, located steps from
the property's entrance on West 57th Street (between Fifth and
Sixth avenues), as well as to any services at the
church.
The Salisbury
Hotel
Phone: (888) NYC-5757
Web:www.nycsalisbury.com
GDSs: All systems
The Balsams
Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, N.H., is offering
the Ski Free package in January for stays Sunday to
Thursday.
The package, priced
at $79 per night, double, covers breakfast, lift tickets and trail
passes.
Balsams Grand
Resort Hotel
Phone: (866) 380-6798, use promotional code
SKIFREE
Web:www.thebalsams.com
GDSs: All systems
The Fairmont
Chateau Whistler (British Columbia) is offering incentives
for clients and 15% commission for agents who book its Holiday
Special package, valid Dec. 20 to Jan. 2.
The plan, priced from
$519 per night for a five-night minimum stay, includes a $100
food-and-beverage credit per booking and a Family Fun Pass to the
Tube Park in Whistler.
Fairmont
Chateau Whistler
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
GDSs: All systems
While the guys are
parked in front of the TV, the Omni Orlando Resort at
ChampionsGate is offering women the Football Widows
Revenge weekend package, valid for two-night stays through
Feb. 5.
The plan covers
accommodations for two, use of a private poolside cabana, spa
treatments, chocolate martinis, dinner for two at Zen, breakfast
for two and strawberries and champagne upon arrival.
The package is priced
from $250 per person, per night.
Omni Orlando
Resort at ChampionsGate
Phone: (800) THE-OMNI or (407)
390-6664
Web:www.omniorlandoresort.com
GDSs: All systems
Tauck World
Discovery
is offering reduced rates for single
travelers on 16 cruise and tour itineraries in
2007.
The rates are
available on 47 departures throughout 2007 on six Mediterranean
cruises, eight of Tauck's European itineraries and two programs
each in the U.S. and Canada. Shown here is Edinburgh, a stop on
Tauck's A Week in Scotland plan.
Single travelers save
an average of about $1,088 per person off standard single pricing
and as much as $3,000 per trip.
Tauck World
Discovery
Phone: (800) 214-5158
Web:www.tauck.com
Rates
for the preceding are commissionable at 10%, except where
noted.
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