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Fairmont Golden Treasures of Afghanistan Package

Ever since I read about it in this month's Archaeology, I've been obsessed with the Hidden Treasure of Afghanistan story. In 1988, Omara Khan Massoudi, director of Afghanistan's National Museum in Kabul and a team of museum workers hid over 20,000 precious artifacts dating from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 100 to keep them from the Taliban and others who would seek to destroy them when civil war erupted. For a long time the collection was believed destroyed or sold but in 2002, Massoudi revealed that he had hidden the items. Now 228 of the artifacts are part of an exhibit which has been exhibited throughout Europe and came to the U.S. this May. It will appear in just four cities, staying in Washington, D.C. until September 7 then San Francisco October 24–January 25, 2009, followed by Houston February 22–May 17, 2009, and finally New York June 23–September 20, 2009. The exhibit features golden bowls, bronze sculptures, ivories, glassware and more. Some pieces which had been imported from around the world and excavated from ancient storerooms discovered in the 1930s and 1940s others are gold ornaments from the "Bactrian Hoard," found in 1978 in Tillya Tepe.

It's not coming to my town so I'll have head to the nearest city near me that has it San Francisco. The Fairmont has partnered with the National Geographic Society on special packages at their hotels in Washington, San Francisco and New York in conjunction with the National Geographic exhibition, "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul."Starting October 24, 2008, when the exhibition opens at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, guests will be able to stay at The Fairmont San Francisco with the Golden Treasures of Afghanistan package. The package includes a one-night stay, two entry tickets to the museum, a traditional Afghan treat of baklava and Turkish coffee for two and a set of note cards commemorating the exhibition. Rates start from $299 USD per night, and the package is available through January 25, 2009.

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Fairmont Holidates Packages

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

It's almost time for Valentine's Day and if you are planning a getaway the Fairmont hotels have a list of packages called Holidates. Each of the packages offers more than just a place to bunk down for the night. The options, which cost from $259 to $1,435 per night per couple include a variety of features which play off the location. For example, the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City, shown above, offers the Icebreaker Package which includes a deluxe riverview room, a welcome drink and mixology session with the hotel's bar manager, choice of Ice Climbing at Montmorency Falls or a visit to the Ice Hotel Canada, a romantic dinner with wine pairing at the award-winning Le Champlain restaurant, and breakfast in bed. Package rates start from $975 per night with a two-night minimum. Other packages include the Drunk with Love holidate at The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa which includes a hot-air balloon ride in wine country and a wine-blending session and the Fairmont Chicago's Wooed In the Windy City holidate which offers couples spa treatments.

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Hotels Get Creative While Going Green

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Green

There have always been lots of things to consider when making traveling plans, and these days there's at least one more thing to add to the list: how "green" is the hotel you plan to stay in?

Thankfully, with more and more hotels going green in recent years it's getting easier to find somewhere to stay that's environmentally friendly. Some things, like encouraging guests to reuse towels to installing low-flow shower heads, are getting to be fairly standard efforts. But others are getting a little more creative with things like:

Putting designer recycle bins in individuals rooms
Switching to all organic menus
Offering incentives to employees who carpool to work
Routing undrinkable water to irrigate nearby golf courses
Offering parking incentives to guests who drive hybrid vehicles
Switching to non-toxic and organic cleaning supplies
Donating unused amenity bottles to local charities
Sending half-used bars of soap to companies who use them to make cleaning products
Recycling used coffee grounds as golf course tee-off mounds.

Come across something particularly creative and green in a recent hotel stay? Share with us in the comments!

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Tags: environment, environmentally friendly, EnvironmentallyFriendly, fairmont, green, hotel, hotels, journeys, travel, traveling

Mina Al Fajer Resort

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Filed under: Estates, Luxury Travel & Hotels

Mina Al Fajer Resort will be a new mixed use mountain-sea front community in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah, one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arah Emirates and the only one that is mainly mountainous.The $163 million project will have a 200 room five-star hotel managed by the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The property is located on the ocean and will feature a marina, 48 mountain villas, 13 solarium villas, and 80 marina apartments, The resort is the first in a planned portfolio of projects planned for the Middle East , Europe and India. Building will start in June 2007 and is expected to finish before the end of 2009.

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Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahrezeiten Set To Open

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The town of Hamburg seems to be headed for a tourism revival. The Fairmont hotel chain has announced their new hotel in Hamburg, Germany, the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, will join the collection on April 30.The hotel is located on the western side of the Inner Alster Lake shore and is home to four restaurants, two bars, a spa and fitness facility and function space. The hotel was originally founded in 1897 by Friedrich Haerlin and once offered only 11 rooms but Haerlin gradually bought up one house after another until he had the whole block and the hotel now has 157 rooms and suites. The public areas of the hotel are furnished with a collection of 16th- and 17th-century Flemish Gobelin tapestries, baroque cupboards and Renaissance chests. The hotel is offering a Welcome to Hamburg package where guests receive a complimentary third night when staying two consecutive nights starting at 570 euros until the end of the year.

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Fairmont Plans Residences in Bar Harbor

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This may be the first time I have seen a major resort make a move into developing townhomes in Maine. Fairmont Hotels has announced they will be creating the Fairmont Residences at Bar Harbor. The 25 homes will be located in the village of Bar Harbor and will have views of the island-studded bay and Acadia National Park. There will also be a Clubhouse with a heated outdoor pool, jacuzzi, billiard room, clubroom and fitness center. The homes will cost from around $1.2 million to $1.6 million and offer over 2,600 square feet of space. Groundbreaking is anticipated for this fall and the homes should be ready 2008 summer season.

Bar Harbor is one of the spots to experience classic New England charm and while it is a popular destination it isn't absolutely overrun with tourists most of the time (although the price of a lobster roll does seem to climb somewhere in June). According to the press release, the Fairmont and their partner Bayview Financial, are making nice with the locals by doing things like underwriting the cost of the Rotary Club's annual pancake breakfast and seafood festival during Bar Harbor's Fourth of July celebration.

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Fairmont Man'cation Packages

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You've heard of man-dates, where two heterosexual men meet for dinner or an event. Now get ready for the man'cation. It's the Fairmont hotels new way to attract men to their hotels. They have created a variety of man-friendly packages including a stay at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston that includes daily breakfast. dinner at the Oak Room steakhouse and your own "Entourage" DVD. On July 28, the Fairmont Chicago will offer a man'cation night that includes a Woodford Reserve whiskey tasting. a three-course steak dinner and a post-dinner cocktail seminar . The event costs $150 and hotel rooms start at $249. The Fairmont Chateau Whistler has a Play Where the Pros Stay package that includes two rounds of golf. There is also a racing school package at the The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa and for the metro boys, a spa break package at The Fairmont Royal York and the Elizabeth Milan Day Spa. Do men need a special hotel package just to encourage them to hang out together? I've heard of men meeting for golf weekends or hiking trips but spa dates?

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