Vail
Cascade Resort & Spa is hosting the Mountain
Microbrew Festival on Oct. 30, and is featuring a package rate
throughout the weekend. The festival,
slated for 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., will feature beer tastings, seminars,
live music and food. Several of Colorados microbreweries will
participate.
The package rate,
valid Oct. 29 to 31, is $129 per night, double, and covers one
admission ticket and a German beer stein. Additional advance
tickets can be purchased for $25 through reservations or $30 at the
gate.
Vail
Cascade Resort & Spa
Phone: (800) 420-2424
Web:www.vailcascade.com
Austins
Barton Creek Resort & Spa is inviting fans of
the University of Texas football team to stay at the resort on
weekends when the Longhorns are playing at home.
The UT
package, a two-night plan, is priced from $168 per person, per
night, and covers accommodations, daily breakfast buffet in the
Hill Country Dining Room, a golf shootout one day and
transportation to and from Darrell Royal Texas Memorial Stadium on
game day.
The Longhorns home
football games include Oct. 16 vs. Missouri, Nov. 6 vs. Oklahoma
State and Nov. 26 vs. Texas A&M.
Barton
Creek Resort & Spa
Phone: (800) 366-6158 or (512)
329-4000
Web:www.bartoncreek.com
The Westin
New York at Times Square, which marks its second year of
business Oct. 18, is inviting guests to celebrate.
In the tradition of
the two-year anniversary gift of cotton, guests who bring
new or gently used sheets or clothing to the hotel can take
advantage of anniversary weekend rates for travel Jan. 1 through
March 31 when booked by Oct. 31. When
booking, ask for the book rate, starting at $179 per night, valid
Thursdays through Sundays.
The Westin
New York at Times Square
Phone: (888) 627-7149
Web:www.westinny.com
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The Resort
at Squaw Creek in Squaw Valley, Calif., is offering the
Spa and Golf plan through the end of the golf season,
around Oct. 30.
The plan, priced
from $135, covers deluxe accommodations and either a round of golf
with use of cart and warm-up facilities or a spa treatment at the
Spa at Squaw Creek. Treatment options include a Swedish massage, a
pore-cleansing facial or a manicure and pedicure. The package is priced per person, based on double
occupancy.
Resort at
Squaw creek
Phone: (800) 401-9501
Web:www.squawcreek.com
Mackinac Island,
Mich.s The Grand Hotel is offering a fall special
where clients booking three nights only pay for two nights through
Oct. 31.
The rate is $175
per room and covers full breakfast and a five-course dinner. Rates
are per person, based on double occupancy.
The Grand
Hotel
Phone: (800) 33-GRAND or (906)
847-3331
Web:www.grandhotel.com
Miamis Wave
Hotel is offering the Straight Shot package for
fans of the NBAs Miami Heat who want to check out Shaquille ONeal
with his new basketball team.
The package is
priced at $125 per room for the first night, Sundays through
Thursdays, and $79 for additional nights. The cost covers accommodations, Towncar transportation to
and from the game (tickets not included) and an upgrade from
continental breakfast to hot breakfast with a ticket stub from a
game during the stay.
The rate is valid
through Dec. 20. The Heats preseason home games start Oct. 10 and
regular season home games start Nov. 3. Reservations must be made online using booking code
WAVESHOT.
Wave
Hotel
Web:www.wavehotel.com
With the
Presidential nominees officially on the ballots now, all thats left
is the voting ... and the Inaugural Ball for one high-end
client. Washingtons Mandarin
Oriental created the Presidential Privilege
package for one couple to celebrate the 2005 Presidential
Inauguration in style, at the price of $200,500.
The cost covers
accommodations between Jan. 17 and 21 in the Presidential Suite;
breakfast each day; private jet service to and from Washington;
designer clothes for the Inaugural events from Neiman Marcus;
personal chauffeur for five days; an exclusive dinner for eight
guests at the hotels CityZen; and daily spa treatments at the Spa
at Mandarin Oriental.
The package is
commissionable at 10%, based on the room portion -- $8,000 per
night.
Mandarin
Oriental, Washington
Phone: (888) 888-1778 or (202)
554-8588
Web:www.mandarinoriental.com
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Through March 31,
Londons Athenaeum Hotel and Apartments is cutting
rates for clients crossing the Atlantic.
Under the Pound
for Dollar promotion, a 40% savings on standard rates, an
executive guest room, normally priced at $573, is $315; a Parkview
room, normally $618, is $340; and suites and apartments, normally
starting at $755, are $415.
Athenaeum
Hotel and Apartments
Phone: (800) 335-3300
Fax: (800) 335-3200
Web:www.athenaeumhotel.com
E-mail:[email protected]
The Hotel
Viking, in Newport, R.I., is offering the Tea for
Two package through Dec. 31. Tea for Two includes overnight
accommodations, parking and Classic Afternoon Tea for
Two.
At the afternoon
tea service, an assortment of tea sandwiches, petit fours, scones,
pastries and teas are served. Tea for Two is held Mondays through
Sundays, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Hotel
Viking
Phone: (800) 556-7126
Web:www.hotelviking.com
The
Mayflower Park Hotel teamed with the
Seattle Art Museum (SAM) to offer the Taste of
Spain in Seattle package in conjunction with SAMs Age of
Exploration exhibit, which will be on display Oct. 16 through Jan.
2.
The hotels package,
priced at $179 for a classic guest room or $199 for a deluxe room,
offers overnight accommodations, two tickets to the exhibit, valet
parking and an appetizer of lamb skewers and Spanish Rioja wine in
the hotels Andaluca restaurant.
Mayflower
Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100 or (206)
382-6990
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
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Encouraging stays
through Nov. 18, the Borgata Hotel Casino &
Spa in Atlantic City, N.J., is offering overnight weekday
packages.
The Wake Up Smiling
plan, priced at $149, includes double accommodations and buffet
breakfast. The Up All Night package,
priced at $169, includes accommodations in a Classic room,
admission to the Borgata Comedy Club and cocktails at either the
Gypsy Bar or the B-Bar.
Meanwhile, the Do
Not Disturb plan, priced at $269, features accommodations in a
Fiore Suite, full breakfast in bed and admission to Spa
Tocare.
The plans are valid
from Sept. 6 to Nov. 18 for weekday stays and are priced per night
for two people.
Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa
Phone: (877) MY-BORGATA
Web:www.theborgata.com
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The Bacara
Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, Calif., created a
two-night plan for girlfriends to get away and have an
adventure.
Luck Be a
Lady features one 50-minute facial per person; an amenity card
per person entitling guests to a personal shopping program; and the
choice of one activity per person from a list of activities --
including horseback riding; spa treatments; hiking; kayaking;
lessons for surfing, tennis or dance; or cooking
classes.
The two-night plan
is priced at $1,400 per couple, which covers tax, spa gratuity and
a $50 breakfast voucher per person.
Bacara
Resort & Spa
Phone: (877) 422-4245 or (805)
968-0100
Web:www.bacararesort.com
Doormen at the
Fairmont San Francisco have welcomed many people,
from world leaders to Hollywood celebrities. Now, with the
Family Fun package, kids can do the same.
The three-night
plan, valid through Dec. 30, is priced at $189 per night, with a
$100 credit toward activities at the hotel. Also included is afternoon tea for two in the hotels Laurel
Court -- known for its childrens tea service -- and a chance for
kids to play doorman for a day.
As a doorman, kids
don a doormans whistle and cap and parents get a Fairmont camera to
capture the moment (the whistle and camera are the kids to
keep).
Fairmont
San Francisco
Phone: (800) 441-1414
Web:www.fairmont.com
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