Luxury Valentine Break
This luxury package includes an hour of spa pampering, a romantic four course dinner in Signatures restaurant, overnight accommodation in our stunning classic rooms and breakfast fit for a king the next morning

Offer includes:
• A romantic four course dinner in Signatures Restaurant
• One hour spa treatment for one person (Or 30 minutes for you both)
• Accommodation in our stunning Classic Rooms
• Full English Breakfast
• Full use of the Thermal Suite

Macdonald Manchester Hotel, Manchester
The 4-star Macdonald Manchester hotel sits in the heart of Manchester, within walking distance of bustling bars and nightlife. Setting a new standard in luxury accommodation, our landmark hotel blends sophisticated accommodation with delicious food and drink, stylish bedrooms and state of the art fitness suite and spa.

Offer valid from 1st Feb 10 to 28th Feb 10

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Now extensively remodeled by Tim and Kit Kemp, London hoteliers extraordinaire, the remodeled Haymarket Hotel comprises 50 bedrooms and one exclusive townhouse property. The Haymarket’s location could not be more central: on the corner of Suffolk Place and Haymarket, around the corner from Trafalgar Square.

In addition, the private townhouse has direct access to the hotel and all its services and facilities, offering luxury living on a large scale in a hotel context. All rooms feature wireless internet as well as granite and oak bathrooms with the highest level of techno-luxury (heated towel rails, anti-misting mirrors). Guests can also take advantage of the 18 metre swimming pool with bar and nightclub-worthy sound system, as well as the BRUMUS restaurant and bar.

ACCOMMODATION
50 bedrooms and suites, 1 townhouse

LOCATION OF HAYMARKET HOTEL, LONDON
The Haymarket Hotel is situated off London’s Haymarket in the heart of the theatre district, right next to the Haymarket Theatre Royal and just steps from Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery and St. James’s Park.

HAYMARKET HOTEL
1 Suffolk Place,
London SW1Y 4BP
England
United Kingdom

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Valentines Night Offer at the Strand Palace Hotel, London - ”One Night STRAND” Package from £199 for two

Enjoy a romantic getaway this valentine’s weekend at the Strand Palace Hotel in London.

They are offering guests their ‘One Night Strand’ package, which consists of a night stay in a club room, champagne, chocolates, breakfast and late check out!

This Package is valid for Saturday 13th February at £199 and includes a night stay in a club room, a bottle of champagne on arrival, a box of chocolates, breakfast for two, a single red rose left on the pillow and late check out.

On the 14th February, the package will be £349 for both nights.

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Terms & Conditions:
Minimum 2 night restriction.
Offer is subject to availability.

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Located in the heart of London’s West End, the Sanctum Soho Hotel is a celebration of the neighbourhood in which it stands: like Soho itself, the hotel exudes an edgy glamour, and both its design and ambience have an artsy, bohemian flair.

Accordingly, the 30 individually-designed rooms – ranging from crash pad to suite all the way up to a penthouse apartment – are anything but formulaic. Designer Lesley Purcell conceived four distinct mood schemes to meet the diverse aesthetic preferences of hotel guests at London’s Sanctum Soho ranging from sexy and masculine deep chocolate browns, to streamlined glittery silver, sensual soft pinks, and deep exotic mauves for a more dramatic and provocative edge.

Each one-of-a-kind room has a personal feel, with real, tasselled keys replacing the standard electronic variety. Each also comes with a state-of-the-art Phillips entertainment system, iPod connection capability, Internet access, Miller Harris bathroom amenities and Sleep 400 thread count Egyptian cotton bed linen. Services include 24-hour room service, in-room beauty treatments and same-day laundry, shoe shine and pressing.

The Third Space health and fitness club and roof-top spa provide for guests’ wellness needs, while a restaurant serving quintessentially British cuisine and a 24 hour residents roof top bar supply the ultimate in quality food and exciting cocktails. For business or entertainment, the Sanctum Soho Hotel features a private cinema that can be converted into an events space upon request.

LOCATION OF SANCTUM SOHO HOTEL, LONDON
Sanctum Soho is in the heart of London’s West End, surrounded by London’s best restaurants and night life. The hotel is moments from the shopping of Regent Street, Oxford Street and Bond Street and less than a five minute walk to Theatreland & Piccadilly Circus.

ACCOMMODATION
30 rooms including 9 suites and 2 rooms with disabled access

SANCTUM SOHO HOTEL
20 Warwick Street
London W1B 5NF
United Kingdom

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 Three nights for 2 Special Offer with Design Hotels

With the Design Hotels 3 for 2 Winter Special, they’ll give you the best of three, for the price of two.

When you stay 3 nights at one of theirr participating Design Hotels member hotels, the third night is free of charge.

Simply look for the Seasonal Spaces 3 for 2 rate when you make your booking.  The last arrival date is 25 March 2010.

Terms and Conditions apply

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PARTICIPATING HOTELS

SWEDEN

• HOTEL J - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
• HOTEL SKEPPSHOLMEN - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
• ELITE PLAZA HOTEL - GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

GERMANY

• LOUIS HOTEL - MUNICH, GERMANY
• GASTWERK HOTEL HAMBURG - HAMBURG, GERMANY
• THE GEORGE - HAMBURG, GERMANY
• 25 HOURS HOTEL - HAMBURG, GERMANY
• COSMO HOTEL BERLIN MITTE - BERLIN, GERMANY

AUSTRIA

• DAS TRIEST - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
• AUGARTEN HOTEL - GRAZ, AUSTRIA

SPAIN

• HOSPES PALACIO DEL BAILIO - CORDOBA, SPAIN
• MIRO HOTEL - BILBAO, SPAIN
• HOSPES AMERIGO - ALICANTE, SPAIN
• HOSPES MADRID - MADRID, SPAIN
• SEASIDE HOTEL PALM BEACH - MASPALOMAS, SPAIN - GRAN CANARIA
• HOSPES MARICEL - CALVIA, SPAIN - MALLORCA

OTHER

• THE DOMINICAN - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
• THE SOFA ISTANBUL - ISTANBUL, TURKEY
• THE PELHAM HOTEL - LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
• HOTEL GRIMS GRENKA - OSLO, NORWAY

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TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL WITH THE DESIGN HOTELS™ CITY GUIDES

Design Hotels™ is known for bringing together some of the most innovative, original, and exciting hotels in the world.  Now, they have teamed up with Unlike City Guides to bring the best in eating, drinking, shopping, relaxing, and sleeping to your iPhone!

The Unlike team of culture-savvy journalists are constantly compiling and updating the listings and reviews to keep travellers on top of the local scene whether they are travelling in Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Miami, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, or Vienna!  Each listing includes an honest and entertaining review as well as high-quality images and explicit logistical details.

With location-based technology, you can search the best restaurants, bars, clubs, museums, shops and, of course, Design Hotels™ that are closest to your location. Additionally, no need to worry about expensive roaming fees by accessing all of this fantastic content offline- no 3G, data-roaming, or wi-fi needed!

The Design Hotels™ City Guide edition is available in the following cities: Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, London, Miami, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, or Vienna!

WHAT’S ON THE APP
• Search based on your location
• Seamless access to the hugely popular Unlike guides
• Save location information directly to your phone’s contacts
• Bookmark locations with the MyTour function
• Browse by neighbourhood or category

Language: English

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Macdonald Hotels Special Offer

Macdonald Hotels are currently offering up to 50% off a stay in their UK and Spanish hotels and resorts from January to March!   That alone is tempting enough, but they’ve also added a second stay at a guaranteed 50% off!

So never mind the January sales. Treat yourself to two great breaks in 2010 that will live on in your memory for years to come.

Imagine the winter sun of a Spanish resort or afternoon tea in front of a roaring fire at a country house hotel.  Picture yourself unwinding in a chic city hotel bar after a wonderful theatre performance. Those are the unforgettable moments you could experience in the year ahead.

Enjoy delicious cuisine that’s as highly regarded by the AA’s critics as it is their guests - and for only £15 extra per person per night, they’ll include dinner as part of your hotel stay.

Then get out on the golf course, work out in the gym - or indulge with a spa treatment, knowing you can enjoy it all over again later in the year with a guaranteed 50% saving.

With two stays from as little as half price each, this is one unbelievable offer!

Book your Macdonald Winter Break now from just £35

Lonely Planet are currently offering a whopping 30% off all print and downloadable travel guides. Lonely Planet is renowned for its first-hand approach, up-to-date maps and commitment to providing the best information for travellers.

Lonely Planet authors are experienced, insightful travel experts. They personally research the places they write about - both in the first and in subsequent editions - and provide essential travel details along with a wealth of insider information and first-hand tips.

Take a look at the following inspiring titles:

Best in Travel 2010 + Free 2009
Pack your bags and get ready for the Best in Travel 2010 - Lonely Planet’s guide to the top 10 countries, regions and cities to visit in 2010. Includes a travel planner and amazing recommended experiences - all in a compact new format!

2010 Calendar
Get a whole year’s worth of luscious images and travel ideas, with somewhere new and exciting to discover every month.

1000 Ultimate Experiences
1000 unforgettable moments every traveller should have. Make your bucket list and get ticking!

Travel Photography & Writing pack
Capture your travels with snappy shots and even snappier writing! Buy this tasty combo and you’ll save 30%.

Best Coffee-Table Books

The USA Book
Few countries offer as many sights, sounds, tastes and lifestyles under one banner, and around every curve of its 4 million miles of highways lies something unexpected. Discover them all in our fabulous tribute to this most legendary country.

The Travel Book
The Travel Book is the definitive travel pictorial, capturing every country on the planet in lush photographs and atmospheric text.

The Europe Book
Dive into this incredible, multi-faceted continent with The Europe Book - a treasure trove of stories and mind-blowing images.

The Cities Book
For all those who love their travel on the urban side of the tracks, this glossy pictorial is for you.

Traveller’s Favourites

India
India doesn’t even have to try: it will bowl you out with its head-reeling mix of cultures, its fast-swelling cities, its still-visible history and its thousands of different landscapes. India is one of the guides that built Lonely Planet’s reputation: and still the most comprehensive guide to this intriguing country.

Europe on a Shoestring
The definitive guide for anyone who wants to see the most of Europe while keeping their budget savvy.

New York City
Get the guide to the most famous, exciting, pulsating, art-filled, café-mad, Broadway-loving city in the world!

Australia
Your guide to nature’s grab-bag - colourful reefs, glowing red rocks, rainforests, deserts, beaches. There’s no land like the land Down Under.

An Encounter to Remember

Las Vegas Encounter
Whatever number you roll, you’ll be a winner with this guide to this ultimate city-as-fun-park. Interviews with locals put you on the Las Vegas inside track and expert recommendations get you straight to the neon heart of this unique town.

Bangkok Encounter
Sizzling street snacks, the mother of all shopping malls and nightclubs that don’t give up till sun-up - that’s Bangkok!

Prague Encounter
Ah Prague, with its luxuriously smooth Czech lager, sophisticated cuisine and unpretentious club scene.

Paris Encounter
Get behind the tourist attractions and into the local’s Paris - it’s even more beautiful than your dreams.

Nifty Gifts

Extreme Cuisine
So, it’ll be the chicken knees for you, sir, and madam? May I recommend the scorpion? Extreme Cuisine is your guide to the world’s biggest gastronomic curiosities - where entrees squirm and bugs sizzle on the barbecue. What’ll you have?

Travel with Children
Our crack team of parent-authors has assembled the motherlode of ideas and advice for travelling kids and families of all ages.

Signspotting 2
Signspotting 2 is a round-up of the world’s most perplexing signs and garbled messages - ‘fried pimple’ anyone?

A Year of Sport Travel
Twelve months of the best sporting events around for the sports fanatic in your life!

Visit the Lonely Planet Website to find out more

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15% off Warner Leisure Hotels Early Booking Offer - Stay with us in 2010 

There are many ways to unwind. From a quiet glass of wine with friends, to an active weekend seeing new places.  If you are in the right location you can do both, but then again, if your in the right location you may be tempted to simply just do nothing.

The choice is yours!

With savings of up to 15% on all breaks in 2010, now is the perfect time to plan your stay with Warner Leisure Hotels.

But hurry as this offer ends Monday 30th November 2009.

Warner Leisure Hotels Short Breaks
Our short breaks are exclusively for adults and with stunning hotels in the UK you’d be spoilt for choice! At each of our hotels you can expect great activities, fine dining and superb entertainment with breakfast a three course dinner and accommodation all included in the price.

Our Locations
Some of the beautiful properties in the Warner Leisure Hotels portfolio are Grade I and II listed buildings, while others are remarkable for their stunning coastal or countryside settings. All are surrounded by immaculate gardens and have a relaxed and informal ambience for all to enjoy.

There are 7 Country Hotels and 2 Coastal Hotels in the Warner collection. Spread across the UK, they can be found in England, Wales and on the Isle of Wight, each in stunningly beautiful locations, near many of Britain’s top attractions.

Country Locations
 - Alvaston Hall Hotel
 - Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel
 - Cricket St. Thomas Hotel
 - Holme Lacy House Hotel
 - Littlecote House Hotel
 - Nidd Hall Hotel
 - Thoresby Hall Hotel

Coastal Locations
 - Bembridge Coast Hotel
 - Sinah Warren Hotel

Warner Villages
We have four traditional Coastal Villages, all with a welcoming team, chalet accommodation and great daytime and evening entertainment. If a stroll along the promenade is your idea of bliss, then come and have fun with us by the sea.
 - Corton Holiday Village
 - Gunton Hall Holiday Village
 - Lakeside Holiday Village
 - Norton Grange Holiday Village

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4 Nights for 3 Special Offer at Farol Design Hotel, Portugal

Rather than spending winter in the cold, have some fun in the sun! The Farol Design Hotel sweetens the deal by offering you 4 nights for the price of 3.
The Farol Design Hotel is located close to the historical city centre of the beautiful coastal town Cascais, only a stone’s throw away from the central station and overlooking the marina.

The 4 for 3 Promotion in brief
- Price: Starting at EUR 130 (tax included)
- Stay 4 nights and 1 will not be charged
- Breakfast included
- Full pre-payment is required on booking, not refundable
- Availability: 1 November 2009 – 28 February 2010

Farol Design Hotel
Cascais is a town of charming old houses and cobbled streets huddled around a graceful bay on Portugal’s spectacular Estoril Coast. A short walk from its historical centre stands the Farol Design Hotel, a daring architectural project directly overlooking the sparkling waters and delightful fishing boats of the local marina. Housed in a remodelled 19th-century mansion once owned by the Count of Cabral, the Farol was treated this year to a full-blown interior design makeover, inside and out. All spaces have been redefined in ever-so-cool black and white, making the contrast between modern, minimalist interior and historic, traditional exterior even more striking.

The terrace surrounding the original ocean-water pool has been updated with exquisite new deck chairs and chaises that evoke the distinct impression of floating on water, while the garden area has been rearranged to further blur the boundaries between the hotel and its stunning natural surroundings.

Meanwhile, the new On the Rocks bar offers a selection of creative house cocktails, snacks and light lunches served in an ultra-contemporary, refurbished lounge area. For those in search of something a bit more filling, the new restaurant The Mix has launched fresh lunch and dinner menus rounded out by an extensively updated wine list – all in keeping with the hotel’s sleek, invigorating new look. The Mix is luxuriously spread over three distinct dining areas that flow gracefully into one another and, eventually, extend out towards the sandy beaches of the Portuguese coast.

Nor are the renovated private areas any less exciting: the 31 guest rooms and two suites offer stunning ocean views – amongst them, nine Designer Rooms individually “dressed for bliss” by acclaimed Portuguese fashion designers.

Room amenities include hydro-massage bath tub, air conditioning, cable TV, ISDN phone, level five modem line and, in some cases, a balcony or terrace.

Though Lisbon is only a 25-minute drive away and the shopping streets and esplanades of downtown Cascais right around the corner, guests may find it hard to leave the dazzling design environment of the appropriately-named Farol Design Hotel.

LOCATION OF FAROL DESIGN HOTEL, CASCAIS
Farol Design Hotel is located next to the marina, 10 minutes from the central rail station and the historical centre of Cascais. Located 23 km from Lisbon International Airport, the hotel is also just a 25 minute drive from central Lisbon.

FOOD & DRINK
The Mix restaurant boasts an ambience second to none. It comprises three distinct dining areas which flow into each other and extend out to the sea. New lunch and dinner menus have been launched together with an extensive new wine card.

Ontherocks is the hangout place to chill out at the end of the day for sundowners, light lunch meals and cocktails before dinner in “The Mix” restaurant.

RECREATION
Outdoor saltwater swimming pool
Sandy beach 5 minutes walking distance, Guincho pedestrian and coastal via/road begins at our door
Cycling
Rollerblading
Nearby water sports available at the 1st class Cascais Marina – next door
7 top golf courses in the immediate vecinity
Tennis
Horse riding
“Estoril Casino” - europe’s largest casino (4 km away)
Estoril international Racing track at about 10 minutes car driving
Restaurants, shopping, night life at Downtown and at the Marina.

Next town:
Lisbon and Sintra (UNESCO world heritage and Sintra Mountain range – Lord Byron’s “Garden of Eden”) about 13 km north of Cascais.

AMENITIES
Rooms have:
Hydro-massage bathtub
Air conditioning
Twin or king size bed
Bathrobe and slippers
Minibar
Hair dryer
Cable TV
ISDN phone
Smoke detector
Level 5 modem lines
Safety box
Small pets allowed

Some rooms offer balcony/terraces. Bed for infants available. All designer rooms include a Nespresso machine at your disposal.

ARCHITECTURE / INTERIOR DESIGN

CM Dias Arquitectos LDA
Ana Salazar, Miguel Vieira, Fátima Lopez, Manuel Alves, José Manuel Gonçalves

Mounted on the rocky shoreline of the Estoril Coast, this daring project by CM Dias Arquitectos practically falls into the Atlantic Ocean – and right into the lap of the fashionista.

To complete the modern transformation of the Count of Cabral’s 19th-century mansion, Portugal’s fashion elite was successfully courted to “dress a room” each. Ana Salazar, Fátima Lopez, Miguel Vieira and Manuel Alves & José Manuel Gonçalves were among the designers who created an individual look to rival the latest catwalk impressions for every single room.

Beautiful water retreats have been integrated throughout Farol Design Hotel and include an outdoor saltwater pool and hydro-massage bathtubs in each of the guest rooms…Certainly a setting fit for a count, if not a fashionista king.

FAROL DESIGN HOTEL
Av. Rei Humberto II De Itália, No. 7
2750-461 Cascais
Portugal

ACCOMMODATION
33 guestrooms and suites

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