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Eloise Takes a Holiday at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts from Washington to Vancouver
Plaza's Most Famous Resident Now Part of Brand-Wide Package
Is it true? I'm tooooo excited about this incredible, incredible, incredible news. Oh my Lord, I must get on my tricycle and go have tea at The Plaza and charge it please. To help me decide where I am going to go, of course. Weenie, Skipperdee, Nanny I can't believe it - we're finally taking another trip.
Until recently, the adventures of Eloise - that impudent but beloved fictional six-year-old who lives at The Plaza - have been confined to a series of four classic books. Now, to coincide with this month's DVD release of the Disney movie "Eloise at the Plaza" and the television premiere of the new Eloise at Christmastime, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts introduces the Eloise Experience.
A brand-wide departure on the popular "Eloise Experience at The Plaza", from now to August 31, 2004 this series of family getaways pairs accommodations with appealing activities and extras, like admission to top attractions and beyond-raisin snacks. For even more vacation motivation, a $100 rebate is offered on Eloise Experience stays of three nights or longer.
Eloise is a completely unique, totally appealing character. There's good and bad, charming and naughty, generous and stubborn in her, just like in each of us. She loves to go different places and do different things, says Gary Schweikert managing director and regional vice president of The Plaza. That's why Eloise speaks to children and adults, girls and boys.
Fairmont's landmark hotels are the perfect setting for this impish international traveler and her followers. After all, Eloise's journeys to Paris and Moscow are worldwide bestsellers. She's a regular at receptions in the Plaza's White and Gold Room and has turned up at 56 affairs including Halloween. Children (and their mostly companion parents) can simply follow her lead to over three dozen fascinating destinations - from Boston to Washington and Vancouver to Jasper - explore their surroundings, and stay in grand style.
Listed below are just a few of Fairmont's Eloise Experiences for families who want to skibble upstairs, scamper outside, slomp along the corridor, call room service and generally enjoy the good life:
BOSTON -- Whenever Eloise arrives in Boston, she stays at The Fairmont Copley Plaza, sister hotel of The Plaza in New York. Eloise's Boston Experience is a tour of the town that Skipperdee her turtle just loves, since it includes admission to either the New England Aquarium or the Boston Science Museum, and a complimentary copy of Around Boston With Kids. Plus room service makes a welcome milk and cookies delivery to accommodations for four (two adults, two children). From $209 per night with a 3-night minimum, plus a $100 credit on the entire hotel bill.
WASHINGTON -- At The Fairmont Washington D.C. Eloise and friends enjoy a rather wonderful goodnight treat, created by Executive Chef Daryle Nagata. If that isn't cool enough, Eloise's Experience in Washington also provides 2-for-1 priced ice cream sundaes in the hotels Bistro and VIP tickets to the Washington Doll House and Toy Museum or the Capital Childrens Museum. Eloise's Washington stay is priced from $259 per night, with a $100 credit on stays of 3-nights or more.
SEATTLE -- Eloise sleeps sweetly in Seattle because she always stays at the stylish Fairmont Olympic. In suite accommodations of course. And is suitably pampered with both a unique arrival treat and a favorite insider gift. Other features of Eloise's Experience in Seattle include savings on kid-friendly city attractions like the Seattle Children's Museum and one en-suite viewing of the star herself - in the DVD-hit Eloise at the Plaza. Live this dream for just $335 per night. Three-night minimum package stays include a $100 credit.
KANSAS CITY -- There's no place like The Fairmont Kansas City. When Eloise and friends visit this magical land of Oz, they'll find a miniature ruby slipper and two tickets to the captivating Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City. Eloise's Oz Experience starts from $165 per night with $100 off on stays of 3-nights or more.
VICTORIA -- Despite her penchant for pranks, Eloise adores special occasions, particularly those with a grown-up edge. So it's only fitting that her debut at The Fairmont Empress is centered around the hotels celebrated tradition of Afternoon Tea. The Eloise Experience in Victoria includes three-nights deluxe accommodation, milk and cookies upon arrival and the exclusive Prince & Princess Afternoon Tea. Package rates start from $244 CDN (approximately $192US) per night, plus a $100 CDN food & beverage credit. A minimum 3-night stay is required.
SANTA MONICA -- Billed as the quintessential New Yorker, Eloise is truly a California party girl at heart. When her fans arrive at The Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, they'll receive total star treatment - welcome milk and cookies, a teddy bear tea for two and a very special bedtime story handpicked by Eloise. Eloise's Miramar Experience starts from $299 per night with a minimum 3-night stay and $100 credit.
VANCOUVER -- The Eloise Experience at The Fairmont Waterfront is packed with enough activity and extras to satisfy one childhood heroine or an entire family. The highlight of this adventure is a family pass to the Vancouver Aquarium complete with some can't-miss toys and trolley tickets to ride there in style. The Fairmont Waterfront goes all out with welcome treats from the Chef, a list of coolest kid activities around the city and one complimentary in-room movie or Nintendo game. Parking is also included, putting a stop to frazzled parents. This minimum 2-night Eloise package in deluxe accommodations starts at $499 CDN (approximately $319 US) with a $100 credit on stays of 3-nights.
JASPER -- When Eloise really wants to get away from it all - to a secluded Grand Canadian Lodge hideaway nestled in the Canadian Rocky Mountains - she packs her bags for The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Eloise's Jasper Experience starts with a special triple-treat delivery of an Eloise at the Plaza DVD, milk and cookies, and a teddy bear. The sweet dreams continue with ice cream sundaes for up to two kids. A great selection of complimentary activities like skate and toboggan rentals (summer switches to paddle boats and bikes) is also included. In winter, this Eloise Experience in a deluxe room starts from $297 CDN (approximately $233 US), based on two adults, one child, with that $100 off on stays of 3-nights or more.
HAWAII -- Eloise says "Aloha" to the Kohala Coast for her escape to the unspoiled Fairmont Orchid. Realizing that kids need room to spread out and parents could always use a little privacy, the Eloise Experience in Hawaii includes a second room at 50 percent off. With the two-room purchase comes breakfast for four. And knowing that, like Eloise, kids want to do everything, the fun-loving Orchid beach boys have also included four activity packages - covering carte blanche access to all kinds of cultural hikes and activities, tennis clinics, ocean sports and more. This 2-room package starts at $659 with a $100 credit on stays of 3-plus nights.
BERMUDA -- Eloise changes her trademark pleated black skirt for pink Bermuda shorts when she jets off to The Fairmont Hamilton Princess. Then she takes her afternoon tea in the hotel's charming Heritage Court. Eloise's Hamilton Experience, with accommodation, welcome milk and cookies, and tea service for four (two adults/two kids), starts from $349 per night with the $100 credit on stays of 3 or more nights.
NEW YORK -- Oooooooo I absolutely love The Plaza. Welcome to the hotel that started it all, where Eloise's portrait hangs in a place of honor and she once received a telegram from the Beatles saying, We Wish We Could Hold Your Hand Yeah Yeah Yeah. Along with a valuable complimentary membership in the Young Ambassadors Club, this 3-night Eloise Experience includes two ice cream sundaes in the Palm Court, choice of valet parking or $30 food and beverage credit per night, and a signed photo of me, ELOISE. Package rates start from $239 per night.
Decades after she arrived on the scene, young guests at The Plaza still often ask for Eloise, expecting to see the energetic, bow-topped moppet skip past at any moment. When they do, the staff has ready answers, variations on I just saw her a minute ago in the lobby, being the most common. But now we know. Eloise lives at the Plaza, and she travels the world with Fairmont.
All Eloise Experience packages, unless noted otherwise, are priced in U.S. dollars, per room, per night subject to availability.
Book any of these packages by calling 1-800-441-1414 or on-line at www.fairmont.com. Operating 42 properties throughout six countries, Fairmont is a collection of world-class resorts and city centre hotels that enjoy unrivalled prominence in the communities where they are located.
Expires: 08/31/2004
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