The St. Regis Aspen
(Colo.) is celebrating the start of the winter ski and snowboard
season, which begins Thanksgiving Day, with the Winter
Kick-Off package.
The weekend plan
includes breakfast for two in the hotel's Olives Aspen, lift
tickets for two each day, deluxe room, transfers from Aspen Airport
and the services of a ski butler.
The plan is priced
from $250 per night, double, from Nov. 25 to 30 and from $385 per
night from Dec. 1 to 23. A two-night minimum stay is
required.
St. Regis
Aspen
Phone: (888) 454-9005
Web:www.stregisaspen.com
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Keswick
Hall at Monticello in Keswick, Va., is offering mid-week
Leaf Peeping rates through Nov. 30. Nightly rates start at
$225 per room, double, and include afternoon tea daily.
Keswick
Hall at Monticello
Phone: (800) 274-5391
Web:www.keswick.com
With temperatures
still in the mid-70s, the Edgewater Beach Resort
in Panama City Beach, Fla., is inviting clients to practice their
golf swing with the Breakfast and Birdies plan through
Dec. 1.
Breakfast and
Birdies offers overnight accommodations, one round of golf at the
Hombre Golf Club, breakfast at the Palapa Beach Club, use of a golf
cart and a bucket of range balls, a customized bag tag, access to
the resort's health club, golf shoe and club cleaning and
transportation to and from the course.
Rates start at $105
per person, per night, based on quad occupancy in a two-bedroom
golf villa.
Edgewater
Beach Resort
Phone: (800) 874-8686
Web:www.edgewaterbeachresort.com
Tucker's Town,
Bermuda's Pink Beach Club and Cottages is offering
participants a special rate during the annual Goodwill Golf
Tournament, Dec. 4 to 10.
The nightly rate is
$200 per couple; past guests of the Pink Beach Club stay at the
reduced rate of $150 per night, double.
The Goodwill Golf
Tournament is open to teams from country clubs from around the
world, with practice rounds on Dec. 4 and 5. The opening round of
championship play begins Dec. 6.
Pink Beach
Club and Cottages
Phone: (800) 355-6161 or (203)
655-6161
Web:www.pinkbeach.com
E-mail:[email protected]
The
Wuksachi Lodge in California's Sequoia National
Park is catering to small groups with House, Senate and
Executive all-inclusive conference packages.
Valid through April
1, excluding Saturdays and all holiday periods, the plans are
priced per person and include overnight accommodations, specified
meals, taxes, gratuities and use of one conference room for every
12 attendees (up to four total rooms).
The House plan is
priced from $109 per person with buffet dinner, breakfast and light
lunch. Meanwhile, the Senate plan is
priced from $125 and covers a three-course dinner, breakfast
buffet, light lunch, coffee breaks and use of one piece of
audiovisual equipment.
The Executive
Retreat covers a five-course dinner, breakfast buffet, full lunch,
reception, coffee breaks, use of all audiovisual equipment and a
two-hour guided hike each day. Pricing begins at $319 per
person.
Wuksachi
Lodge
Phone: (559) 253-5680
Web:www.visitsequoia.com
To mark its
acceptance into the Rocco Forte Hotels portfolio, Geneva's
Le Richemond hotel is offering 12%
commission on all arrivals through Dec. 31. Le Richemond
features 98 guest rooms and suites, two restaurants, a bar and a
fitness center.
Le
Richemond
Phone: (011) 41-22 715-7007
Web:www.le-richemond.com
Holiday
rates abound...
London's
Athenaeum Hotel & Apartments created Winter
Welcome Rates for clients visiting the city between Dec. 16 and
Jan. 31. The hotel invites guests to
finish last-minute holiday shopping or take advantage of London's
famous end-of-January sales.
The three-night
Winter Welcome Rates are priced at $999 per room for executive
guest room accommodations with extended checkout. Transfers to and
from Heathrow Airport for up to three passengers are included. For
stays in a suite or apartment, rates start at $1,999 (airport
transfers are for up to four passengers).
Athenaeum
Hotel & Apartments
Phone: (800) 335-3300
Fax: (800) 335-3200
Web:www.athenaeumhotel.com
E-mail:[email protected]
The Norfolk (Va.)
Waterside Marriott is helping men get a handle on
their holiday shopping with the Men's Holiday Shopping
package. The package is valid through
Dec. 24 (for those last-minute shoppers out there).
The plan includes
overnight accommodations, dinner for two at the hotel's restaurant,
a cigar and brandy turndown gift and access to a shopping service
that provides a "short list" of shops that sell the gifts that
loved ones want for the holidays.
Prior to arrival,
guests will make a list of gifts they want to buy, which is then
handed over to shopping specialists at MacArthur Center, who then
create the "short list."
Rates for the plan
start at $144 per room, single.
Norfolk
Waterside Marriott
Phone: (800) 228-9290
The
Fairmont Washington, D.C. is transforming its
courtyard this holiday season into the Crystal Garden, decorating
the area with white lights, Christmas trees and 30 animated
reindeer.
To show off the
Crystal Garden, the hotel created the Holiday Lights and Delights
package, valid Nov. 19 through Dec. 30, with rates starting at $179
per night, double.
The plan covers two
Tourmobile tickets to check out the rest of the city's holiday
venues, and hot chocolate and cookies in the lobby when checking
in.
In addition, the
Fairmont Tremblant in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, created the
three-night Under the Mistletoe retreat for clients looking to
spend the Christmas holiday north of the border.
Under the Mistletoe
is designed for a three-night stay from Dec. 17 to 25 (last date of
arrival is Dec. 23) with rates starting at $1,917 per
couple. The plan offers accommodations on
the Fairmont Gold floor, dinner in the Windigo restaurant, ski lift
tickets for two days, three hours of spa treatments per person, a
bottle of champagne and valet parking.
Fairmont
Washington, D.C. or Fairmont Tremblant
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
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The
Argonaut Hotel in San Francisco is asking clients:
Are you Naughty or are you Nice with two packages
offered this holiday season.
The Naughty plan
includes accommodations for two, two tickets for the Alcatraz Night
tour, an in-room massage for two, one-way limo transfers to Union
Square, breakfast in bed, champagne and chocolates upon arrival and
materials for in-room gift wrapping.
The Nice plan
includes accommodations for four, tickets for four to the Kristy
Yamaguchi Ice Rink and the Exploratorium, cable car passes for
four, shopping coupons for Union Square retailers, a
nautical-themed holiday ornament, breakfast for four at the Blue
Mermaid Chowder House & Bar, a Pier 39 Fun Pack and materials
for in-room gift wrapping.
Both packages are
priced from $350 per room for deluxe rooms, from $390 per room for
bayview rooms. The packages are valid through Dec. 31.
Argonaut
Hotel
Phone: (800) KIMPTON
Web:www.argonauthotel.com
GDSs: All systems
The
Observatory Hotel in Sydney, Australia, created a
Christmas package, valid for stays Dec. 1 through
27. The plan is priced from $275 per
night, double, for a deluxe cityview room or from $304 for a deluxe
waterview room.
Included in the
rates are full Australian breakfast, use of the Health &
Leisure Club, valet parking and a Christmas Box full of festive
treats. When booking, request rate code:
PKGXMA.
The
Observatory Hotel
Phone: (800) 237-1236
Web:www.observatoryhotel.com.au
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