Gaylord Hotels Celebrate Valentine's Day Throughout February
Couples can celebrate the spirit of Valentine's Day throughout the month of February at a Gaylord Hotel by booking a Remember Romance package. Lovebirds nesting for one night or two in a Gaylord Hotel room will receive a welcome amenity of champagne with either fresh strawberries or iced cake balls; daily breakfast for two; a 20% discount on a select transcendental treatment at Relâche Spa; daily self-parking and the resort fee, including access to Relâche Spa's Fitness Center, daily in room bottled water, etc.
Rates per couple start at $242 plus tax, dependant upon the Gaylord property and its location.
For more information:visit
www.gaylordhotels.com/romance
For couples who married in the Month of Love, Gaylord Hotels offers an Unforgettable Anniversary Weekend package. Through August 30, 2010, couples can reminisce about their "I do" during a dream weekend getaway at a participating Gaylord Hotel. Book the first night of your anniversary weekend and get the second night free at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, Gaylord Palms in the Orlando/Kissimmee area, Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas or Gaylord National in the Washington, D.C area.
For more information:visit
www.gaylordhotels.com/anniversary Further romantic indulgences are also available for guests booking ahead of time at select Gaylord Hotels, including a couple's caramel scrub and chocolate massage at Gaylord National (Washington, D.C. area) or a poem composed specifically for your sweetheart at Gaylord Palms (Kissimmee area), and a variety of delectable Valentine's Day dining choices at each resort.
Photos courtesy Gaylord Hotels
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Top 10 Two-Seaters for Valentine's Day
Planning to hit the road for Valentine's Day? Have you considered a getaway in a car made for two?
If you're considering a two-seater getaway for two, we've got some ideas to get your planning in gear. We just received this list from AutoTrader.com of the 10 most popular new two-seater vehicles searched for on the site during the past year. Here are the top 10 new models of two-seater cars that consumers on AutoTrader.com were most interested in learning more about over the past year:
1) Chevrolet Corvette
2) Nissan 350Z or 370Z
3) Audi R8
4) Mercedes-Benz SL65
5) Mazda Miata MX5
6) Pontiac Solstice
7) Porsche Caman
8) Mercedes-Benz SLR
9) Lamborghini Murcielago
10) Dodge Viper “Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to hit the road with a loved one, and you want to make sure you have the right car to kick-start your special day or night together,” says Shawn Tucker, auto analyst at AutoTrader.com. “These cars are fun and sporty and let you get cozy with that special someone. And with only two-seats, there really isn’t room in these cars for kids or dogs so you know you’ll get some alone time. The beauty, engineering and speed of these vehicles will get your heart racing, and that’s always good on Valentine’s Day.”
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San Francisco's supperclub Tempts Couples with Unique Evening
Looking for an evening out but bored of the usual options? San Francisco's supperclub, which opened in 2005, offers couples a meal they won't forget. This out-of-the-ordinary restaurant:
- serves guests in bed
- offers prix fixe multi-course gourmet menus that are kept a surprise
- showcases nightly entertainment that might include tight rope walkers, belly dancers, comedians or operatic arias
- has massage therapists that offer neck, back, and foot massages nightly
- transforms after dinner into a 2-story dance club
Just as surprising as the surroundings are the meal presentations. In the past, Executive Chef Daan Jatten has wowed guests with his startling presentations:
- Ahi Tuna Sashimi served on an artist’s palette with wasabi and soy sauce “paints”
- Cream of Cauliflower Soup served in a chrome dog bowl
- A Winter Vegetable Salad served on a plate of smoking dry-ice
- Frosted Layer Cake served with a latex glove instead of a fork
- Crème Brulee served in an ashtray
2010 ThemesFor 2010, supperclub has chosen a special theme for each month to inspire their chefs, performers and DJs.
February: The supperclub Aphrodisiac supperclub devotes an entire month to love, romance, passion and desire, and invites guests to climb in bed and enjoy mouth-watering temptations, seductive ambiance, sensuous music, and sensational entertainment.
March: supperclub Institutionalized Unleash your inner lunacy and go crazy in supperclub’s wacky nut house. The supperclub asylum offers padded rooms, insanely delicious cuisine, deranged fun, and mind altering entertainment.
April: supperclub’s Garden of Earthly Delights Embrace the Spring season with renewal, rebirth, and re-awakening. Nymphs, aspiring satyrs, sprites and pagans of all persuasions are invited to refresh their senses in supperclub’s bacchanalian revelry.
May: The Future is Now at supperclub Climb aboard this futuristic, hedonistic mothership where guests can re-boot their imaginations and experience cyber-shenanigans, kinky kinetics, and digital decadence in supperclub’s alternative reality.
June: Super-Fake Superficial supperclubJust faux fun, discover how amusing plastic can be as supperclub celebrates everything artificial. Nothing is what it seems: padding is permitted, fraud is applauded, and faking it is the norm in supperclub’s genuinely unique setting.
July: Once Is Never Enough at supperclub Reclaim, Recycle, Rethink, and Rejuvenate. Enjoy a multi-faceted, multi-purpose, and multi-sensory experience as supperclub serves multiple courses in their multi-level dining room with a multitude of diverting entertainment.
August: supperclub Salutes Hollywood! Lights! Cameras! Action! Enjoy all the thrills, spills, glamour, and excitement—with a happy ending of course--when supperclub celebrates Tinseltown. The stars will shine with plenty of close-ups, love scenes, and madcap hi-jinks.
September: supperclub’s 5th AnniversaryFive is the magic number as supperclub celebrates five years in San Francisco. Five years of decadence, five senses to be stimulated, and the 5th Dimension (the unknown aspects of the universe) to be explored.
October: supperclub is Surreal Mystifying sights and sounds, hypnotic performances, inexplicable surprises, and unbelievably delicious cuisine—where better to encounter the surreal than in supperclub’s dreamy beds?
November: supperclub’s Dark Shadows Welcome to the dark side as supperclub explores eerie and erotic secrets lurking in the shadows. Guests may encounter hidden desires, secret ingredients, thought-provoking mysteries, and a frisky fetish or two.
December: virgin supperclub Purity was never this much fun. Cleanse the psyche and refresh the imagination in supperclub’s immaculate white dining room. A wonderland of fun to be had as supperclub draws a fine line between virtues and vice.
supperclub “Voyeurs” Dining Rewards supperclub is encouraging its patrons to enjoy every month’s unique experience during 2010 and is rewarding these “Voyeurs” with a special gift. Each time a guest dines at supperclub in 2010, they’ll receive a 10% discount they can apply towards supperclub’s New Year’s Eve celebration on December 31. Monthly rewards can be aggregated and are for dinner only (beverages, taxes and gratuity not included).
Hours: supperclub is open for dinner Tuesday – Sunday, and available for special events. For reservations or more information on the “Voyeurs” Dining Reward offer, call 415- 348-0900.
About supperclub: supperclub operates restaurants in Amsterdam, Istanbul, Singapore, San Francisco, and London, and will soon open in Los Angeles.
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Napa Resort Toasts Valentine's
This Valentine's Day, the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa celebrates your love with the “Fire and Water” package which includes:
- accommodation in a Fairmont fireplace room or suite
- two hot toddies (or cocktail of your choice) at the Lobby “Living Room” Fireplace Bar or at the outdoor fire pit
- access to the resort's signature geo-thermal bathing ritual
- a $50 spa service credit
Price: Packages from $294 USD based upon double occupancy.
Valentine's Day Tasting Menu: Santé Chef de Cuisine, Andrew Cain recently awarded a Michelin star designation has created a special Valentine’s Day Tasting Menu including butter poached Maine lobster and a dark, rich chocolate dariole accompanied with banana ice cream will be served in the resort’s romantic dining room. Tasting menu available from $99 per person exclusive of tax and service. A la carte menu also available.
Ahh...Spa... The passionate spa pros have created a full menu of couple’s spa treatments- Renew your relationship with a Couple's Aromatherapy Massage, unwind with a relaxing side-by-side massage in our of our specially designed couples treatment rooms. The Spa’s most sought after alternative experience this winter is a Couple's Relationship Reading. Discover what links you together and how to enhance your present and future relationship.
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Millennium Broadway Offers Romance Package
Treat your special someone to a romantic getaway at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in the heart of New York City. With the Millennium Broadway Hotel Romance Package, guests will enjoy early check in and late check-out, a quiet breakfast for two at the Restaurant Charlotte, and in-room sparkling wine and chocolate-covered strawberries upon arrival.
Price: Rates start at $249 per night.
Dates: Offer is valid for travel through September 6, 2010.
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Valentine's Vow Renewals Planned in Hawaii
With the golden sands of Waikiki between their toes, guests of Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach and Outrigger Reef on the Beach will Hoi Hou Ke Aloha, "fall in love all over again," at the complimentary Valentine's Day Vow Renewal Ceremony on February 14, 2010.
Price: During the Valentine's Day weekend, couples can take advantage of the bed and breakfast‚ rates of $229 at Outrigger Reef and $219 at Outrigger Waikiki. This special package includes partial-ocean view accommodations and daily breakfast for two.
The Vow Renewal Ceremony: Adorned with fresh flower lei, participants will be led to the water's edge in front of Outrigger Reef hotel to be honored with a graceful hula and serenaded with Hawaiian song. The non-denominational Hawaiian ceremony is conducted by a practicing kahu (priest) who recites a traditional Hawaiian chant. They are blessed with a gentle sprinkling of sea water before reciting vows in the Hawaiian language.
At the ceremony close, couples can toast to love and aloha with complimentary champagne or mimosas. All participants also receive a commemorative certificate and a three-by-five photo that captures this romantic moment in time.
Valentine's Day Menu: Love is also found in the special Valentine's Day menu at Kani Ka Pila Grille, the poolside restaurant at Outrigger Reef on the Beach. Elegant entrée options include: filet mignon with wild mushroom demi glaze, beef tenderloin medallions, fire grilled Opakapaka with basil pesto, duck breast with honey and ginger, pork loin chops with wild mushroom veloute and rack of lamb with balsamic reduction. Savory sides featured are lobster and chive bisque plus spinach and strawberry salad. Making life even sweeter, couples that participate in Outrigger's Valentine's Day Vow Renewal ceremony are given a complimentary plate of chocolate-covered strawberries, with the purchase of two entrees that same day.
Vow Renewal Reservations: Advance reservations for the Valentine's Day Hawaiian Vow Renewal are required and are now being taken on a first come, first served basis for those guests holding confirmed reservations at either of the two beachfront hotels over Valentine's Day. Concierge may be reached as follows:
- Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach: owk.hookipa@outrigger.com or call 808-923-0711
- Outrigger Reef on the Beach: orf.concierge@outrigger.com or call 808-923-3111
More Vow Renewals: For couple that cannot attend the special Valentine's Day Hawaiian Vow Renewal Ceremony, Outrigger holds a similar ceremony every Tuesday and Friday at 8 a.m. and it is open to guests of the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach and the Outrigger Reef on the Beach (champagne, photo and lei are not included as part of the normal twice-weekly ceremony). Since the program's inception, more than 4,000 vows have been exchanged. Couples must sign up at their respective hotel concierge desk by 3:00 p.m. the day before.
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Taking Suppllies for Haiti on Your DR Vacation
Are you planning a trip to the Dominican Republic soon? The DR, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is an important staging place for many aid groups in this difficult time.
Just this morning, we received news from AM Resorts (Zoetry, Secrets, and Dreams), which has romantic resorts in the Dominican Republic, that "you can help contribute by bringing medical supplies with you, which will then be delivered to local relief centers and given directly to those in need."
Here's a list of needed supplies, many of which you can find at your local supermarket (and many won't take much room in your luggage but could be so important to those in Haiti):
- Analgesics (acetaminophen, ibuprofen)
- Tetanus toxoid
- Ganmaglobulina human tetanus
- Antibiotics (amoxicifilina, in suspension and / or tablets)
- Antiseptics (Betadine type or chlorhexidine soap type)
- Sanitary napkins
- Oral rehydration
- Gauze
- Cotton
- Slings
- Elastic Bandage
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Dover, Delaware Properties Celebrate with Valentine's Packages
Looking for a Valentine's Day getaway in the Dover, Delaware region? We've just received word of a whole menu of packages in this capital city sure to warm up your winter romance:
Residence Inn Escape! Spa Package -- This package includes a 30-minute Swedish massage and express facial, mini manicure and pedicure and one tanning session. Relax and warm up at the Residence Inn in a spacious suite with fully equipped kitchen with granite countertops, comfortable workspace with free Wi-Fi and living room with a queen-sized sofa bed pull-out. Hot breakfast included and prices start at $179. To reserve, call 302-677-0777 or visit
www.marriott.com. Package valid until March 1, 2010.
Residence Inn Simply Sweet Valentine's Package -- Enjoy a romantic stay at the Residence Inn with one or two bedroom suites, heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi, gift bag of chocolates and sparkling cider. Prices start at $139 and are valid February 1-28. To reserve, call 302-677-0777 or online at
www.marriott.com. Expires March 1, 2010.
Hilton Garden Inn Valentine's Package -- Enjoy a relaxing stay February 12-14 at the Hilton Garden Inn with dinner and breakfast included, plus chocolate covered strawberries and champagne upon arrival. Dinner is a special Valentine's Day menu. Package is $189 per night and includes all gratuities. Call 302-674-3784 or
www.hilton.com.
Sheraton Dover Hotel Romance Package -- Love is in the air at the Sheraton Dover Hotel for Valentine's Day weekend. Rates, starting at $149 per night, include breakfast in bed for two, champagne and late checkout. Call 302-678-8500 or visit
www.sheratondoverhotel.com.
For more information:- call the Kent County Delaware Convention & Visitors Center at 800-233-5368
- visit www.visitdover.com
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Sandals Foundation Launches Haiti Relief Fund
We've just received this word from Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International. Sandals Foundation has launched the Haiti Relief Fund to help their neighbors in Haiti:
Jamaica Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding (second from left) Addresses Lt. Col. Jamie Ogilvie (far right), Alongside Leader of the Opposition Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller (far left) and Information Minister Hon. Daryl Vaz (third from left) Prior to Boarding Sandals Resorts International’s Private Jet Which Arrived in Haiti on January 15MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, January 15, 2010 – The Sandals Foundation, the Jamaica-based philanthropic arm of Caribbean resort company Sandals Resorts International (SRI), has mounted a Haiti Relief Fund to deliver swift support to two non-profit organizations – the Salesian Missions and Popular Services International (PSI) – in urgent need of immediate assistance. Salesian Missions and PSI have more than 100 years of combined experience and presence in Haiti and a taskforce comprised of hundreds of workers and volunteers.
In an effort to streamline donations to both organizations, The Sandals Foundation is tapping into SRI’s network of more than 10,000 employees – as well its resort portfolio which stretches across five Caribbean islands – offering staff, resort guests and all who wish to get involved the opportunity to donate to the Haiti Relief Fund. Monetary donations can be made on-property at any Sandals Resort, Beaches Resort, Royal Plantation Resort or Grand Pineapple Beach Resort or online by visiting
www.SandalsFoundation.org. Checks can also be mailed to: The Sandals Foundation / Haiti Relief Fund, 4950 SW 72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155.
Since 1936, Salesian Missions has not only operated schools for thousands of students in Port-au-Prince, but also provided a wide range of services to 25,000 of Haiti’s poorest children. Currently, Salesian and missionary workers, and at least 500 students are believed to be buried in the rubble of the complex that houses the “National School of Arts and Trades” and other schools operated by Salesian Missions. Funds raised will go to purchase emergency relief kits, food, tents, bottled water, clothing, medical items and satellite telephones to re-establish communications.
Popular Services International is mobilizing support for the millions of Haitians affected by the catastrophic earthquake. Funds will help PSI and its partners provide life-saving products to clean and sanitize local water supplies along with general humanitarian relief for earthquake victims as they transition from basic survival to recovery.
“The events that took place in Haiti this week are unspeakable. As a member of the Caribbean community and a neighbor with the means to help, we are drawing upon every possible resource to deliver immediate action and much-needed relief to Haiti,” said Adam Stewart, CEO of The Sandals Foundation. “We are working closely with organizations on the ground, which are providing real-time care and support to all impacted by this devastating earthquake.”
The Sandals Foundation, in partnership with the Jamaica Hotel & Tourism Association, has additionally facilitated the donation of supplies such as linens, clothing and non-perishable items to The Red Cross and Salvation Army by establishing drop-off locations throughout Jamaica.
This week, SRI offered its private jet to Jamaica Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, which landed in Port-Au-Prince on January 15 along with supplies, to aid in the mobilization and dispatch of the Jamaica Defense Force in Haiti. In the weeks and months ahead, additional SRI jet service will be donated to transport resources and supplies to Haiti as needed. For more information, visit www.SandalsFoundation.org.
The Sandals Foundation
The Sandals Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, is the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International. It is the culmination of three decades of dedication to playing a meaningful role in the lives of the communities where we operate across the Caribbean. The Sandals Foundation funds projects in the Caribbean in three core areas: education, community and the environment. For more information, go to www.SandalsFoundation.org.
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For couples who married in the Month of Love, Gaylord Hotels offers an Unforgettable Anniversary Weekend package. Through August 30, 2010, couples can reminisce about their "I do" during a dream weekend getaway at a participating Gaylord Hotel. Book the first night of your anniversary weekend and get the second night free at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, Gaylord Palms in the Orlando/Kissimmee area, Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas or Gaylord National in the Washington, D.C area.
