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Marrakech's La Mamounia Offers One Million Dirham Ultimate Experience Package

Famed Marrakech hotel La Mamounia has long been long been heralded as the choice for the discerning traveler. Over the years the famed hotel has hosted the "who's who" of international royalty, politicians, celebrities and uber rich jetsetters.

For the first time, the hotel is offering anyone who can afford the million dirhams a chance to experience the resort like an A-lister with their new "Ultimate Experience Package." The trip begins with private jet transport from any European city within a three hour flight time of Marrakech. Arriving guests will be met at the airport by private Jaguar transport back to the resort.

Upon arrival, guests will be whisked away their own private Riad, a three-bedroom villa with a Moroccan salon, private terrace and ozone swimming pool nestled in the heart of the resort's historic gardens. Naturally, these accommodations feature 24 hour butler service. That evening, enjoy a private wine tasting with La Mamounia's Chief Sommelier, followed by a bespoke gastronomic menu accompanied by carefully selected fine wines, a Champagne breakfast served ensuite or on the Riad's private terrace is also included.

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Starwood Sponsors First Skating Rink at Boston's Prudential Center

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Starwood Sponsors First Skating Rink at Boston's Prudential Center

Luxury hotel megabrand Starwood is sponsoring the first-ever ice rink at the Prudential Center in Boston, now open through the end of March. Starwood's Boston properties – Sheraton Boston Hotel, The Westin Copley Place, The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, W Boston, and The Westin Boston Waterfront – dedicated the rink to the Boston community in the hopes that Bostonians will take the time to connect with one another on the ice. "This rink speaks to our commitment to give back to the community that has been home to the Sheraton Boston for more than 45 years," notes Colleen Keating, Sheraton Boston's Marketing Manager. All opening day proceeds went to the Bruins Foundation. In celebration of the occasion, the Sheraton Boston (above) is offering two "Share the Ice" value stay packages:

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Explore South Africa Like The Bachelor

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Brad Womack, this season's bachelor on the ABC television show of the same name, has narrowed his picks down to three contestants. The next episode features a South African getaway and is usually the case, the chosen destination has come up with a resort package so viewers can join in on the fun.

In Episode 9 airing on February 28 the love seekers head to Lion Sands Private Game Reserve, Sabi Sand on the banks of the Sabie Riverin Kruger National Park. Dates will include safari game drives; a romantic encounter at the Chalkley Tree House; relaxing in a secure bush bedroom under the stars; and an interaction at Elephant Whispers. They will also take a helicopter tour to the Blyde River Canyon in the Drakensberg Mountains for a delicious picnic lunch. The Rose Ceremony will take place at Lion Sands' Tinga Legends Lodge, a safari lodge built around an enormous Jackalberry tree which is reputed to be over 200 years old.

South African Tourism and South African Airways Vacations have created The Bachelor Ultimate South Africa Getaway, a fantastic 10 days/7 nights package inspired by Brad and the Bachelorettes' romantic South African adventure that includes the following:

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JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE Offers $1 Hotel Deal

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Want a nearly $4,000 hotel stay for just a $1? Be prepared to leap on February 15 when the JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles celebrates its first birthday by offering 10 "Happy Birthday" packages for $1.00. The package includes overnight accommodations in the Chairman Suite, the hotel's luxurious 1,566 square-foot suite over looking the Los Angeles skyline, two glasses of Champagne at gLAnce Wine Bar, breakfast for two at LA Market restaurant and complimentary valet parking.

The "Happy Birthday" package will go on sale at 8:00 a.m. PST on February 15 for $1.00. The package will be available for a Friday or Saturday night stay only between August 6, 2011 and September 10, 2011. The package will be available online only at www.lalivemarriott.com/birthday. To book, enter code ES6.

The JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE is a sophisticated hotel in downtown Los Angeles and is part of the L.A. LIVE sports, residential, and entertainment district that includes Staples Center, the Los Angeles Convention Center and is the future home of Farmers Field. The hotel has 878 guest rooms, a nine treatment room spa, full service fitness center and outdoor pool, diverse dining options, including celebrity chef Kerry Simon's LA Market.

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Chicago Hotel Welcomes Packer Fans

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It might be a little risky to wear your green and yellow and styrofoam cheese head hat on the streets of Chicago next weekend but one hotel is embracing the Green Bay Packer faithful before the big game. The Omni Chicago Hotel on Michigan Avenue is offering the "Green Bay Bundle" package. The two-night offer will give Green Bay devotees their second night stay free of charge should Green Bay triumph over Chicago in the NFC championship game and also includes a $50 food and beverage credit to use during their stay. Bill Bennett, director of sales and marketing for the Omni Chicago Hotel, Windy City native and die hard Chicago fan, has even agreed to don a Green Bay jersey and "cheesehead" hat if Green Bay wins and personally congratulate Green Bay supporters who check-out of the hotel on Monday, January 24. The "Green Bay Bundle" package is available on January 21, 22 and 23 only and the rate is $179 per night with a free second night should Green Bay win.

In another football-related package, the Liberty hotel in Boston is offering a "Go and Gloat Weekend" in Boston. Starting at just $310, visitors can book the "Big House Breakfast Package," which includes overnight luxury accommodations and breakfast for two in the hotel's signature restaurant CLINK or through In-room dining.

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Trump International Beach Resort's Jet Set Package

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The Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles, Florida is looking to lure snowbirds to Florida this January. The resort is offering a package that gives 35 percent off savings. The offer features accommodations in an oceanfront suite; two free pool-side cocktails; a welcome basket with a bottle of 2007 Boarding Pass Shiraz and a Sonya Dakar Jet Set Maintenance Travel Bag with spa products sized to pass an airport security check and "Tootsies and Footsies" hand and foot hot stone massage at the Resort's award-winning Aquanox Spa.

The resort is an oceanfront complex with its own private sandy beach and a grotto-style pool complex. There are 390 rooms and suites, each with a private balcony and spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean or Intracoastal Waterway. The resort includes two restaurants, three lounges and the full-service spa and business center.

The starting price for the package is $399. The offer is based on a two-night-minimum-stay and is available throughout the month of January 2011 on reservations made by January 21st. For reservations, call 1-877-497-8933 or visit www.TrumpMiami.com.

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New York City's Pod Hotel Offers 1/11/11 Room Deals

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A few enterprising hotels are capitalizing on the date of January 11, 2011 to offer some intriguing hotel deals. New York City's colorful and affordable Pod Hotel on East 51st Street is offering a deal for a stay in a queen room at a rate of $111.11. One tweet and update will be posted each day on the @thepodhotel Twitter account and Facebook page, reminding followers and fans to call the hotel to book their stay. The trick is, customers will only be able to book this deal for one hour and eleven minutes starting at 1:11 PM on January 11th.

The cheerful Pod rooms are available in several different sizes and offer mp3 player docking stations, dimmer control lighting system,LCD TVs and wifi. Each Pod is climate controlled and equipped with efficient, stylish furniture.Hotel amenities include a lobby lounge and a rooftop garden bar and the hotels located near Radio City Music Hall, Times Square and Rockefeller Center.

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Innisbrook Resort Creates $40,000 40-Night Package

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Innisbrook, a Salamander Golf & Spa Resort in Florida is celebrating its 40th birthday this year with a 40 day and 40 night $40,000 package. The resort turned 40 this month and the package will be valid through December 10, 2011.

The package features:
40 meals for two that can be used at any Innisbrook's four restaurants
40 rounds of golf
40 spa treatments
40 days of bicycle rental
40 days of fitness classes
40 days of tennis court access.
40-strong movie library featuring the Academy Award winner for best picture from each of the past 40 years.

Taxes are not included, and meals and spa treatments do not include gratuity. Any unused package elements are non-refundable and non-transferable. Innisbrook is on 900 acres of hills that includes 70 acres of lakes in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area on Florida's gulf coast. Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club is located just 25 minutes from Tampa International Airport. The resort has 72 holes of championship golf, 608 guest suites and rooms, four restaurants and three bars, the Innisbrook Golf Institute, 11 tennis courts, the full-service Indaba Spa with 12 treatment rooms and fitness center, six heated swimming pool complexes, a nature preserve, and three conference halls. You could easily spend plenty of time here and not be bored.

To book the 40 Days & Nights Package, call the resort at 800-492-6899. For more information, visit www.innisbrook40.com.

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Lake Okareka Lodge Begins Offering Individual Room Rates

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New Zealand's Lake Okareka Lodge by lebua, which hosted Luxist earlier this year and we're sure is the second home of The Big Guy when heaven gets too noisy, is now offering individual room rates. Previously, guests booked the lodge and its three rooms exclusively. Now the 1,400-square-foot Lake Okareka suite, and the 731-square-foot Rotorua and Garden suites can be had on their own.

The pricing structure has been changed, but the amenities haven't: rates are inclusive of breakfast, pre-dinner drinks with canapés, and 5 course dinner prepared by your personal chef, and 24-hour butler service. Each room also still comes with a lake view, sitting areas, walk-in closets, plasma TV and DVD player, Sonos music systems, individual climate control and marble bathrooms with underfloor heating and Bvlgari amenities. And your neighbors like the will still be the most inviting kind, like the Polynesian Spa and the Whakarewarewa Redwood Forest.

Those are just a few of the reasons it was voted the World's Best Luxury Country House at the 2009 World Luxury Hotel Awards, and New Zealand's Leading Resort at this year's World Travel Awards. Rates vary throughout the year, with the Lake Okareka Suite going for NZ $4,590 ($3,466 U.S.) right now during high season, dipping down to NZ $2,500 after April 1, 2011. The Garden Suite is currently NZ $2,475, settling at $1,600 ($1,208.20 U.S.) in April. The rates, per night per couple, will also be levied with Zealand's 15% GST, but the experience, we promise you, will remain 100% priceless.

Gallery: Lake Okareka Lodge by lebua

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Peninsula Hotels Roll Out New Minis In New York and Chicago

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The Peninsula hotels in New York and Chicago are going Mini this season. The Peninsula New York and The Peninsula Chicago are each unveiling two customized Mini Cooper S Clubman vehicles. The shiny new vehicles will be a complimentary amenity to suite guests. On November 18, 2010, The Peninsula New York will reveal the Minis at UNICEF's annual Snowflake Lighting event in front of the hotel and offer complimentary rides from November 18-19, 2010. The Minis are finished in "Peninsula Green" and have mini refrigerators for drinks and iPod and iPhone connections so guests can play their own music. A storage box on the rooftop can hold purchases.

Chicago residents and visitors can see a float showcasing a replica of the customized Minis in the city's "Magnificent Mile Lights Festival presented by Harris" parade on November 20, 2010 and in Chicago's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 25, 2010. The Peninsula New York features a variety of holiday programs including children's gingerbread house decorating classes.

Guests who book a suite at each hotel will have access to a Mini for up to three hours per day during their stay. The chauffeured vehicles can be used for shopping excursions or sightseeing around Manhattan and Chicago. The Peninsula New York's Chef Concierge Frederick Bigler and The Peninsula Chicago's Chef Concierge Todd Nelson have developed a series of self-guided three-hour car tours for guests including a tour of famous Chicago movie locations or a shopping tour in New York City's Meatpacking District. An iPhone or iPad is also available for guests' use during their trip to provide directions and customized tips for the various excursions.

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Stowe Mountain Lodge's Winter Packages

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Vermont's Stowe Mountain Lodge has announced packages and specials as part of their third busy winter season. The Four Diamond package offers discounted luxury accommodations for two, dinner for two in Solstice, the AAA Four-Diamond restaurant, a pair of one-day ski lift passes and a bottle of champagne upon arrival.

If your plans take you to Vermont for Thanksgiving you can celebrate it at the Stowe Mountain Lodge where executive Chef Tiffany Sawyer will prepare a classical New England Thanksgiving menu with a maple sugar butter glazed turkey carving station with port and orange scented cranberry sauce, butternut squash bisque, shellfish chowder, bourbon blue cheese sweet potato mash and homemade pumpkin pie. There is already snow on the mountain and it is hoped that lifts will be operational by November 20 so you can work off your feast on the slopes.
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Stowe Mountain Lodge is the only ski-in/ski-out resort in Stowe and the lodge has a complimentary ski valet to keep snow gear dry, warm and organized. For families, the Stowecation package includes movie rental, a make-your-own snowman kit, tokens for the lodge game room and a kid-friendly welcome basket with s'mores, popcorn and hot chocolate.

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The Carlton Hotel's Giants/Jets Football Package

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Whether you are a Jets fan or a Giants fan New York City's Carlton Hotel has you covered with their Meadowlands Stadium NFL 'Touchdown Package.' The historic Carlton Hotel is located in the heart of Manhattan but the package includes a private roundtrip chauffeured luxury sedan from the hotel to the newly renovated Meadowlands stadium in New Jersey. Guests check in on Friday and checkout on Sunday after the game. The package includes two nights in a standard room with one full (with upgrades when available) and two tickets to a Giants or Jets game seated in section 300 or better. The NFL package is available for all home games through January 2, 2011 and prices begin at $455 per person, plus taxes.

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Ritz-Carlton Dallas Creates World Series Packages

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The World Series starts tonight in San Francisco and in just a few days, Texas will have its turn to host fans. The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas has announced a weekend of baseball-themed treats. The sports-inspired treats will be offered this Saturday, Sunday (Halloween) and Monday, based on availability, when the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants square off near Dallas. On October 31 and November 1. Sunday and Monday-night guests wearing either a Texas Rangers or San Francisco Giants cap or other apparel item when checking into The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas will receive a certificate for one complimentary breakfast to be enjoyed either in-room or at Fearing's Restaurant.

The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas also has a squadron of "baseball concierges" to answer guest questions about games, teams, players, TV broadcasts and baseball history. The minute the Texas Rangers clinched their long-awaited birth in the World Series, the hotel went into high gear, preparing detailed baseball information to be shared with several hundred hotel employees via advance instruction in their regular training line-ups. The hotel's front-line employees have been given advanced training provided personally by the hotel's senior rooms leadership staff and via a baseball-specific Guest Relations packet.

Fearing's Restaurant is offering a "Claw and Antler" hot dog combo in its Rattlesnake bar. The Claw and Antlers" are new set of gestures that have taken the American League-West by storm. If a Texas Ranger make a positive offensive play he makes the claw sign. The "antlers" signify a speed-related player feat like a fast run. Rangers' utility player Esteban German launched this hand-signal trend while playing Triple A baseball in Oklahoma City last season. At Fearing's, the Claw is a Chicago-style hot dog with sweet relish, pickled serrano peppers, sliced tomato, chopped onion, and yellow mustard, while the Antler is a chili dog featuring chopped onions, shredded cheddar cheese, and yellow mustard. Fearing's will honor visitors from San Francisco with a house cioppino inspired by northern California's fresh seafood delicacies. A special in-room menu item just for this weekend features a two-city selection of smoked Texas pecans with ice-cold Anchor Steam beer from San Francisco.

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Dallas will offer a special gift with purchase of a World Series Wind-Down Massage. Guests enjoying the sports-lovers' massage during Texas game dates will be offered a complimentary choice of Texas or California beer following their 50-minute treatment. Rates for rooms on October 31 start at $369 per night.

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Spend The Holidays In Paradise at Hermitage Bay

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Antigua's high-end all-inclusive Hermitage Bay Resort in Antigua has announced their stay seven, pay six Christmas offer. If you book by November 10, 2010 you will receive a complimentary suite upgrade (book a Beachfront Suite and receive a complimentary upgrade to a Hillside Pool Suite); a VIP Meet & Greet for easy access through customs and immigration; airport transfers to and from the resort, unlimited watersports equipment and instruction including kayaking, snorkeling, windsurfing, sunfish and hobie cat sailing; all beverages including house wines and premium branded liquor; and all meals, including breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, hors d'oeuvres at cocktail time and dinner.

Hermitage Bay has 25 spacious, freestanding Cottage Suites, and over 140 acres of lush undeveloped land giving the feel of being on your own private island. This all-inclusive resort offers a range of complimentary culinary classes with Executive Chef, Dezi Banham, tours of the resort's new organic garden, and customized color therapy spa treatments designed by German holistic product line, Dorissima. Rates start at $1,575 per couple, all-inclusive, for stays from December 20, 2010 to January 9, 2011.

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Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Offers Stylecentric Hotel Packages

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We mentioned the new Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles when it opened earlier this year. The hotel is part of the L.A. Live complex which has quickly become a vibrant part of downtown Los Angeles. The hotel is upping its glam quotient through bringing on its own call personal stylist and fashion consultant, Aly Scott of StyleChic, who has also designed two packages for the hotel. Scott, who has worked with stars including Scarlett Johansson, Dave Matthews and Jane Seymour and was an Associate Publisher for six high profile fashion magazines, now offers custom shopping experiences for the fashion focused. StyleChic guests enjoy experiences including a champagne welcome in the VIP terrace lounge at Tods on Rodeo Drive, a private white glove atelier service appointment with a high fashion fine jeweler, lunch at The Ivy in West Hollywood, shopping the back racks of an appointment only vintage boutique in the heart of Hollywood and the service of a Town car at the ready for zipping around town.

Scott has designed two experiences especially for the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles. The Red Carpet getaway includes two nights deluxe overnight accommodations at The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles
with Club Lounge access. Enjoy dinner for two at chef Wolfgang Puck's award-winning WP24 Restaurant & Lounge. A pre-arrival consultation with Aly Scott will aid in the creation of a six-hour customized StyleChic experience. The package also includes a choice of either a $100 Spa Credit or 60 minute personal training session.

The Stylecation package includes overnight deluxe overnight accommodations at The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles, dinner for two at chef Wolfgang Puck's WP24 Restaurant & Lounge, a three hour personalized StyleChic experience with Aly Scott and a choice of either a $100 Spa Credit or 60 minute personal training session.

All Ritz-Carlton guests enjoy access to the hotel's exclusive, rooftop pool and fitness center on the 26th floor, as well as day spa access to The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Los Angeles where guests are invited to enjoy the steam room and relaxation lounges. The "Red Carpet Getaway" package is offered for $3,000 based on double occupancy; $2,500 single occupancy. Please enter rate code SIJI when booking online. The "Stylecation" package is offered for $1,800 based on double occupancy; $1,200 single occupancy. Please enter rate code SOJA when booking online.

Gallery: The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles

To book the "Red Carpet Getaway," or "Stylecation" package, guests call 213.743.8800 or visit http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LosAngeles/Default.htm.

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