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National Hotel Miami Beach, a 1939 Art Deco beachfront hotel, introduced 36 all-new poolside cabana rooms and suites.

Located next to the 205-foot infinity pool at the heart of the resort, the new accommodations include 32 standard rooms and four suites.

The cabana rooms feature South African Colonial style décor with neutral color palates, animal prints and marble floors.

The 310-square-foot standard rooms and 770-square-foot suites overlook foliage nestled around the hotel’s infinity pool.

Room luxuries include an 80-square-foot terrace, French Damana bath and body products, mini bar, Wi-Fi access, 42-inch flat-panel TV and iPod docking station.

Towering 13 stories above the famous Collins Avenue, National Hotel Miami Beach houses 151 historic guest rooms, 36 deluxe poolside cabana rooms and suites and a three-level penthouse.

Guest rooms offer sweeping views of the ocean, South Beach skyline and pool area; high-speed Internet access; premium cable; valet service; and 24-hour room service. National Hotel Miami Beach features two distinct restaurants to cater to every guest’s needs.

Fine-dining restaurant Tamara offers an intimate atmosphere with Mediterranean-style cuisine where guests can dine indoors under a 5-by-10-foot ceiling mosaic of Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka or outside on the 150-by-90-foot poolside terrace. Aqua Bar and Grill, located poolside, features a casual ambiance with classic poolside fare, exotic drinks and jazz music.

In addition to the dining options, National Hotel Miami Beach houses Blues Bar, a lounge reminiscent of a bygone era offering fine champagnes, cocktails, whiskies and brandies. Spa Chi offers in-room and poolside massage treatments. After rejuvenation, guests can relax next to the 205-foot infinity pool. In addition, National Hotel Miami Beach offers more than 2,000 square feet of event space, including the iconic pool oasis located in the back of the property.

For more information, visit www.NationalHotel.com

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and its Starwood Preferred Guest program have formed a new alliance with Audience Rewards, the official rewards program of Broadway.

Launched this week to coincide with the start of New York City’s first Broadway Week (Jan. 24 to Feb. 10), the new alliance will grant SPG members premium access to New York City’s Broadway performances.

SPG members can now redeem and earn Starpoints for Broadway show tickets, obtain advance tickets to select shows, and use their Starpoints for upgrade redemptions to select shows.

Members can also bid on once-in-a-lifetime opportunities such as sitting with a stage manager and calling cues for actors and stagehands during a performance of “Wicked,” a meet-and-greet with the cast of “Billy Elliot” and more through the SPG Moments program.

Visit www.SPG.com/broadway  to earn and redeem and take advantage of other periodic offers or www.SPG.com/moments  to bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

SPG is kicking off the partnership with a sweepstakes.

For every two-night stay at a Starwood hotel in February, members will automatically be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a suite at The Westin New York at Times Square for two nights, plus an opportunity to walk the red carpet at the March opening of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” starring Daniel Radcliffe (“Equus” on Broadway, Harry Potter film series) and John Larroquette (“Night Court,” “The Practice”). Winners will also receive premium seats to the opening night performance and an invitation to the insider after-party.

For more information and to register, visit www.SPG.com/broadwaysweeps

Aloft Hotels and The Independent Film Channel partnered to support the premiere of the network’s new comedy series, “Portlandia.”

Aloft and IFC’s partnership includes an exclusive national sweepstakes, “Portlandia State of Mind,” and a customized Aloft Hotel package, “I (heart) Portlandia.”

Guests can enter the “Portlandia State of Mind” sweepstakes through Feb. 18, 2011, one time per day via each of the following methods — visit www.ifc.com/sweepstakes/portlandia-aloft,  or “like” Aloft Hotels on Facebook and submit the entry form to enter.

The sweepstakes will award one grand prize winner a trip for two to the Rose City, including roundtrip airfare and two nights at Aloft Portland Airport at Cascade Station, the Pacific Northwest’s hippest new hotel.

Fifty first-place winners will receive an IFC “Portlandia”-themed gift bag.

The IFC and Aloft “I (heart) Portlandia” package is available to all Aloft Hotel guests who book a room at any participating Aloft hotel in North America.

package includes two complimentary beverages at Aloft’s “w xyz bar” and a “Portlandia”-themed gift bag.

For complete details and to purchase the “I (heart) Portlandia” package, guests must book online at www.alofthotels.com

The offer is valid at participating Aloft hotels in North America for stays through Feb. 18, 2011, and is not valid on pre-existing or past reservations.

Aloft’s growing base of Facebook fans will also get exclusive sneak peeks of “Portlandia” throughout the partnership. Simply “like” Aloft at www.facebook.com/alofthotels to view the clips. Inside Aloft properties nationwide guests will also get approximately 30-second sneak previews of “Portlandia” on Aloft’s signature lobby video wall.

Priority Club Rewards, the world’s largest hotel loyalty program from InterContinental Hotels Group, announced its first bonus points promotion of 2011. The new promotion rewards members with up to 30,000 bonus points for stays between Feb. 1 to April 30, 2011, at any of IHG’s 4,500 hotels worldwide including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Holiday In Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites. Priority Club members can register online at www.priorityclub.com/upto30000  and for every three nights they stay during the promotion period, they’ll earn 3,000 bonus points. Membership is free. For more information, visit www.priorityclub.com

Morgans Hotel Group announced the launch of a global partnership with The School of Life, which will see a series of bespoke amenities and events rolled out across Morgans’ hotels in London, New York, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Luxury hotels do an exceptional job of catering to the needs of the body, and now their challenge is to address the needs of the mind. Morgans Hotel Group, known for its innovative style of hospitality, is meeting this challenge head on through this exciting new collaboration with The School of Life, a groundbreaking enterprise which offers good ideas for everyday living.

The partnership includes the creation of a Minibar for the Mind, which launches at Morgans’ two London hotels, Sanderson and St. Martins Lane in late January.

The Minibar for the Mind has been created exclusively for Morgans by The School of Life, and offers guests at Sanderson, St. Martins Lane, Delano, Mondrian Soho and Mondrian Los Angeles a midnight feast of intellect, inspiration and ideas.

Priced at $56, the custom-made box is also available at Morgans Semi-Automatic machines at Hudson, Mondrian South Beach and St. Martins Lane.

The Minibar for the Mind contains a box set of 250 cards featuring questions, quotations and provocations; a volume of the best columns written by The School of Life’s faculty and friends; and two tailor-made reading prescriptions from The School of Life’s Bibliotherapists designed to evoke moods of relaxation or seduction.

From January, guests at all Morgans Hotel Group Properties will also be treated to a Daily Aphorism card at turn-down service.

In addition to the usual selection of fine wines and food, guests dining at Morgans Hotel Group’s Hudson (New York), Ames (Boston) and Sanderson (London) restaurants will also be offered a Conversation Menu.

This entertaining selection of conversation prompts will ensure that table talk moves beyond the domain of the weather and the price of gas.

Throughout the duration of the partnership, The School of Life will host a series of talks in hotels across the Morgans Hotel Group portfolio.

Members of The School of Life faculty will cover topics such as conversation, reading, travel and culture, and romance.

“How to make love last” will be the order of the day when The School of Life hosts its first event, a Conversation Dinner at Suka at Sanderson on Valentine’s Day 2011.

The School of Life will also curate Semi-Automatic, a luxe take on the vending machine, and a unique play on the traditional hotel gift store, occupying a space in the St. Martins Lane hotel lobby.

For a limited period, a selection of The School of Life’s favorite products and experiences will be available, including Bibliotherapy gift vouchers, dinner with renowned writer/philosopher Alain de Botton, limited edition design objects and good reads — all inspired by themes of love, work, play and self. The School of Life Semi-Automatic will be fully operational within St. Martins Lane lobby from Jan. 15 through March 31, 2011, available to guests 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more information, visit www.morganshotelgroup.com

JW Marriott and Marriott Hotels & Resorts are offering an extra $200 bonus towards guests’ next stay.

Between Feb. 11 and March 27, stay for the weekend at over 355 participating JW Marriott and Marriott Hotels & Resorts in the Continental U.S. and Canada and receive a $100 Bonus Bucks coupon that can be redeemed for a future two-night weekend stay.

Guests will also receive a Travel Check airfare discount voucher with a value of up to $100 off a roundtrip ticket. The offer is available on stays from Thursday through Sunday with a Friday or Saturday night.

Bonus Bucks can be redeemed for future stays at JW Marriott or Marriott Hotels & Resorts worldwide for up to six months from the date of issuance.

Travel Check certificates will be valid for travel through Jan. 15, 2012.

For more information, call 877-MARRIOTT or visit

www.MarriottWeekendBonus.com

and use promotional code R6M.

To celebrate this year’s motion picture and music awards season, select Hilton and Doubletree by Hilton hotels and resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America roll out the Red Carpet package.

Now through Dec. 31, 2011, a selection of hotels and resorts will offer the package, which features a three-night stay in a suite, airport pickup, daily spa treatments, a facial, on-property pool photo shoot, and a gourmet dinner for two.

Participating hotels include British Colonial Hilton Nassau, The Bahamas; Hilton Barbados; Hilton Curaçao; Hilton Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Hilton Trinidad & Conference Centre; Hilton Belem, Brazil; Hilton São Paulo Morumbi, Brazil; Hilton Cartagena, Colombia; Hilton Papagayo Costa Rica Resort & Spa; Doubletree Cariari by Hilton San Jose, Costa Rica; Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort, Mexico; Hilton Guadalajara, Mexico; Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort, Mexico; Hilton Mexico City Reforma; Hilton Mexico City Airport; Hilton Villahermosa & Conference Center, Mexico; Doubletree el Pardo by Hilton Lima, Peru; and Doubletree by Hilton Resort Peru-Paracas.

For reservations, call 800-HILTONS or contact the participating hotel directly and request the Red Carpet package.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana, located on Macao Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, will officially open on Jan. 29, 2011.

The 121-acre property is parent company Hard Rock International’s first all-inclusive hotel and casino and also the company’s first Caribbean resort.

The official launch party will feature platinum international recording artists the Gypsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo.

As part of the ceremony, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana will donate new guitars to benefit local children’s music education programs.

“This first all-inclusive Caribbean hotel and casino property marks a major milestone for our brand that started with just a single cafe opening in 1971,” said Michael Shindler, executive vice president, hotels and casinos.

In honor of the opening, guests who book stays at the resort throughout 2011 are eligible for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana’s “Book Early & Save” promotion, which offers a 10 or 15 percent discount based on how early the stay is booked.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana offers luxurious accommodations featuring a branded “Rock Star Suite,” the signature Rock Spa, iconic music memorabilia and the Dominican Republic’s largest casino, measuring 48,000 square feet.

By early 2011, the resort will also feature an Oro nightclub created by the Miami Marketing Group, and a restaurant designed by acclaimed celebrity chef Kerry Simon.

Guests will also enjoy 11 pools, four swim-up bars, a kid’s pool and lazy river.

Gourmet dining options include 11 restaurants, from the Brazilian steakhouse Ipema and the international buffet at The Market, to Asian Teppanyaki at Zen and brick-oven pizza at Pizzeto.

On-site shopping includes jewelry and spa boutiques, and the resort’s exclusive Hard Rock memorabilia includes Elton John’s hand-painted piano, Tommy Lee’s Motley Crue silver space ship outfit, Gene Simmons’ custom axe base and Sammy Hagar’s 1926 hot rod.

For more information, call 888-762-5002 or visit

www.hardrockhotelpuntacana.com

This winter, Southwest Florida’s Paradise Coast announces its Winter 2011 Paradise Priced Perfectly campaign, offering hotel deals along with extra savings on dining, shopping, spas, golf, attractions and more to visitors of Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades.

In addition, watch for great enter-to-win “Tweepstakes” and “Tell-a-Friend” contests, along with everyday savings on accommodations and attractions with the Preferred Pass.

This winter, visitors can share the great deals and fun found on the Paradise Coast, and enter to win a free getaway through the “Tell a Friend” contest.

The winner will receive a four-night getaway package to LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort; a spa treatment for two; and dinner at Baleen, one of Naples’ most exquisite fine-dining experiences. Running in February, an enter-to-win contest featured on the Food Network’s website offers visitors the chance to win a getaway to the Marco Island Marriott.

JetBlue, which services Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, is launching a Tweepstakes in February and will award a grand prize getaway to LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort.

Smaller prizes will be awarded daily leading up to the grand prize, including Paradise Coast tote bags and other branded items. Visitors will enter through Jet Blue’s Twitter profile @jetblue.

For more information on the Paradise Priced Perfectly deals, visit www.ParadiseCoast.com/deals

The Virginia Tourism Corporation announced the Follow Your Heart to Virginia Sweepstakes, a statewide vacation giveaway featuring nine first-prize trips and one grand prize that allows the winner to build his or her dream vacation.

Each prize trip puts love front and center with amusement parks, wineries, museums and special experiences to ensure loved ones feel completely connected on a Virginia vacation.

The sweepstakes is open to U.S. residents 21 and older who enter to win at www.Virginia.org/sweeps through Aug. 25, 2011.

The Follow Your Heart to Virginia Sweepstakes showcases destinations that draw family vacationers year after year to each of the state’s nine distinctive travel regions.

Family favorites, natural beauty, iconic history, picturesque wineries, and outdoor adventure are woven into the nine first-prize trips, each good for a six-day, five-night vacation for four. One grand-prize winner will create a dream vacation by choosing components of any of the first-place prizes for a vacation.

The grand-prize trip is good for two to four people and for two to five nights, based on winner’s choice.

For more information, including official rules, visit

www.Virginia.org/sweeps