ith the Academy Awards coming up on
Feb. 29, the Westin New York at Times Square
created Movie Marathon Weekends for guests.
The program, available Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through
March 28, is priced at $239 per night, double. It features
overnight accommodations and unlimited movie passes for two to the
13-theater Loews Cineplex downstairs from the hotel's lobby.
Westin New York at Times Square
Phone: (888) 627-7149
Web:www.westinny.com
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If clients have dreams of becoming the next "American Idol"
without going on television, New York's Muse hotel
has the package to help fulfill those dreams.
Through March 31, the Dreams of a Muse plan, priced at $199 per
night, double, covers the room only. Once the room is booked, a
Dream Coordinator arranges the experience, priced from an
additional $15 to $89.
Experiences can be arranged with the American Ballet Theatre
(dance lessons), the Broadway Dance Center (dance lessons), the
Juilliard School (music and voice lessons) or the Rockette
Experience (dance lessons, stage tours of Radio City Music
Hall).
Commission is 10% on the room portion of the package.
The Muse
Phone: (877) NYC-MUSE
Web:www.themusehotel.com
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Through April 30, the Athenaeum Hotel and
Apartments in London is putting its rates on sale for
clients crossing the Pond.
Under the Pound for Dollar promotion, representing a 40% savings
on standard rates, an executive guest room, normally priced at
around $573, is priced at $315; a Parkview room, normally around
$618, is $340; and suites and apartments, normally starting at
around $755, are $415.
Athenaeum Hotel and Apartments
Phone: (800) 335-3300
Fax: (800) 335-3200
Web:www.athenaeumhotel.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Toronto's Westin Harbour Castle is inviting
families to take in a bit of Canada's favorite pastime, hockey,
with the Winter Family Fun package, valid through March 28.
The overnight plan, priced from $159 for a family of four (two
adults and two children), includes accommodations, a souvenir gift
and four tickets to the Hockey Hall of Fame, located within walking
distance on Yonge and Front streets.
Also nearby is Air Canada Centre, home to the Toronto Maple
Leafs, the city's National Hockey League team, and the Natrel Rink
at Harbourfront Centre, for outdoor ice skating.
Westin Harbour Castle
Phone: (800) WESTIN-1 or (416) 869-1600
Web:www.westin.com/harbourcastle
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Clients can still make good on their New Year's resolutions at
the Clarion Fifth Avenue Hotel in Manhattan with
the property's Resolution Retreat plan.
The overnight package, valid through March 31, takes some
popular resolution themes and builds on them.
For instance, clients interested in keeping within their budget
will be pleased with the rates, which start at $139 per room,
single or double. In addition, when clients spend any three nights
inclusive of a Sunday stay, the rate drops to $99 for Sunday night
and clients receive a $10 credit towards dinner for two at the
hotel's Salmon River restaurant.
If eating right is on the agenda for 2004, continental breakfast
is included in all rates. And the menu at Salmon River features a
number of healthy selections.
To help clients stick to a workout plan, guest passes to the
nearby New York Sports Club are available for $10 per visit or two
for $15, a savings of 60%.
Clarion Fifth Avenue Hotel
Phone: (800) CLARION or (212) 447-1500
Web:www.clarionfifthavenue.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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US Airways Vacations is helping clients escape
the cold weather by offering savings of up to $315 per couple for
travel to Bermuda.
Vacations must be booked by Feb. 29 for travel through April 15.
Bookings must be made via VAX VacationAccess.
When couples book a trip of three nights or longer at
participating hotels, travelers will receive a $215 companion air
credit; for vacations of five nights or longer, travelers will
receive a $315 companion air credit.
Sample three-night rates, with the discount figured in,
follow:
At the Ariel Sands, from Boston, $732; from Charlotte, N.C.,
$877; from Baltimore/Washington, New York (LaGuardia), Philadelphia
or Pittsburgh, $729.
At the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, from Boston, $625; from
Charlotte, $770; from Baltimore/Washington, LaGuardia, Philadelphia
or Pittsburgh, $622.
From the Grotto Bay Beach Resort, from Charlotte, $647; from
Baltimore/Washington, Boston, LaGuardia, Philadelphia or
Pittsburgh, $499.
US Airways Vacations
Web:www.vaxvacationaccess.com
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodor
Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, the Charles Hotel, Harvard
Square in Cambridge, Mass., is offering the Get Loose With
Seuss package through March 31.
The overnight plan, priced from $269 per room, double, includes
breakfast for two at the hotel's Henrietta's Table restaurant,
which may include "Green Eggs and Ham" or "Ten Apples Up on Top"
(both titles of Seuss books).
Also included is a copy of "Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book"; two tickets
to "The Cat in the Hat" or another movie if the film is not playing
locally; a DVD copy of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"; and a
red-and-white striped stovepipe hat.
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square
Phone: (800) 882-1818
Web:www.charleshotel.com
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The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake
Placid, N.Y., home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games, is
offering a three-for-two ski package for clients staying at the
property this winter.
The three-for-two ski plan is available through Feb. 10 and
again from Feb. 22 through March 16.
Priced at $625 per couple, the plan includes a three-night stay
in a Noonmark room and two three-day lift tickets to Whiteface
Mountain.
Taxes and gratuities are additional. Children's lift tickets can
be purchased separately.
Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa
Phone: (518) 523-2544
Web:www.mirrorlakeinn.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Through March 31, the Mayflower Park Hotel is
offering Seattle SuperSaver rates starting at $129 per Classic
guest room, single or double.
Deluxe guest rooms are priced from $149; suites are priced from
$169. All rates are per night, single or double.
Mayflower Park Hotel
Phone: (800) 426-5100 or (206) 382-6990
Web:www.mayflowerpark.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Even though it's cold outside, New York's Radisson
Lexington Hotel is heating things up with the Comet &
Cupid's Romance package this winter.
Available for two-night stays through March 31, the program
covers deluxe accommodations with a king-size bed, daily American
breakfast, champagne in-room upon arrival and a "Manhattan romance
basket" filled with a keepsake New York picture frame and a
selection of Godiva chocolates to take home.
The package also includes a horse-drawn carriage ride for two
around Central Park, admission for two to the observation deck at
the Empire State Building and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
two tickets for a Gray Line New York bus tour, either the uptown or
downtown loop.
The plan is priced from $599 per room, double.
Radisson Lexington Hotel
Phone: (800) 448-4471
Web:www.radissonnewyork.com
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To contact reporter Kimberly Scholz, send e-mail to [email protected].