Fans of the National Hockey Leagues Boston
Bruins or the National Basketball Associations Boston Celtics can
enjoy an overnight stay at the Onyx Hotel with its
Sports Fanatic package, valid Dec. 15 through April
30.
The package
includes a room with either one king bed or two double beds, a
six-pack of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, a bottle opener, a
bottomless bowl of pretzels, a current issue of Sports Illustrated
and breakfast for two in the Ruby Room Lounge.
Rates start at
$229 per room, double. The plan is available to anyone with tickets
to an event at the TD Banknorth Garden, whether it is a hockey
game, a basketball game, a concert or any other event.
Onyx
Hotel
Phone: (800) KIMPTON or (617)
557-9955
Web:www.onyxhotel.com
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Also in Boston,
the debut of the exhibit Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
at Bostons Museum of Science is the inspiration
for the Fairmont Copley PlazasStar Wars
package, valid through April 4. The
museum exhibit is on display to April 30.
The plan, priced
at $229 per room, includes two tickets to the exhibit. A family
plan, with four tickets, is priced at $299 per room.
Meanwhile,
accommodations in the Fairmonts Museum
of Science Suite can be reserved for an additional $300 per night
or on the club level Fairmont Gold floor for an additional $100 per
night.
Fairmont
Copley Plaza
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
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In other Fairmont
news, the Fairmont Washington, D.C. is inviting
girlfriends to spend a decadent Saturday night at the hotel with
the Femme Fatale package.
Through Dec. 30,
four friends can stay on the Fairmont Gold concierge floor in the
two-bedroom Presidential Suite. Included are caviar, Taittinger
champagne, monogrammed robes, aromatherapy candles, an in-room
manicure for each woman, limousine transportation for the evening
and a gourmet breakfast in the Fairmont Gold Lounge.
The rate starts
at $5,000 for four people and does not include taxes or
gratuities.
Fairmont
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (800) 257-7544
Web:www.fairmont.com
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Speaking of
girlfriends, the recently renovated Cocoa Beach Hilton
Oceanfront created the Surfer Girls
package.
Rates for the
plan, valid through March 31, start at $189 per night, double, and
cover beachside accommodations, an in-room movie and turndown
service with milk and cookies. Also
covered is a surf lesson for two and discounts at nearby Ron Jon
Surf Shop.
Recent
renovations to the hotel include refitting all guest rooms and
updating all public areas.
Cocoa
Beach Hilton Oceanfront
Phone: (800) 526-2609
Web:www.cocoabeachhilton.com
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The
Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, N.M.,
invites meeting planners to host an event in 2006 with
room rates starting at $129 per night Sundays to
Thursdays, single or double.
The rate covers
10% off all spa treatments at the resorts Green Reed Spa, 10% off
use of all audiovisual equipment, one coffee break per person, one
bedroom suite upgrade for every 50 rooms booked, use of a meeting
room and a $5 match play per person in the casino.
The rate is valid
for all meetings of at least 50 rooms per night confirmed through
March 31.
Sandia
Resort and Casino
Phone: (505) 798-3970
E-mail:[email protected]
For clients tired
of the hustle and bustle of city life, Cross Country
InternationalsTexas Roundup trail-riding
vacation could be just the ticket.
The five-night
getaway, with accommodations at Wildcatter Ranch in Graham, Texas,
features a cowboy (or cowgirl) experience with four days of
horseback riding, beginning with an introduction to the horse and
all things ranch-related.
Texas Roundup
includes games and exercises both on the ground and in the saddle,
guided trail rides through the grounds,
and other activities. The highlights
include working on the cattle drive and on the chuck
wagon.
The program is
priced from $1,495 per person, double, for Sunday arrivals
year-round and covers accommodations; all meals; use of horse, tack
and guide; guided trail rides and activities; and taxes. There is a
$350 single supplement.
Cross
Country International
Phone: (800) 828-8768
Web:www.equestrianvacations.com
E-mail:[email protected]
Halloween already
passed, but things still go bump in the night through the end of
the year at Denvers Brown Palace Hotel.
The Sleep With a
Ghost weekend package, priced at $189 per night, single or
double, covers valet parking, turndown, a ghost tour of the
property and the Brown Palace Ghost Stories brochure.
Brown Palace
Hotel
Phone: (800) 321-2599 or (303)
297-3111
Web:www.brownpalace.com
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