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MGM Mirage is offering a Las Vegas Values program during February.

At Luxor (877-386-4658, www.luxor.com ), a three-course dinner at Tender Steak & Seafood is priced at $39 per person. At Mandalay Bay (877-632-7800, www.mandalaybay.com ), Lupo by Wolfgang Puck is offering a four-course menu at $55 per person. L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand (877-880-0880, www.mgmgrand.com ) is offering a L’Unique menu, priced at $39, with three courses served simultaneously in a bento box. The menu changes weekly and includes a variety of French bistro-style selections.

The Spa at New York-New York (866-815-4365, www.nynyhotelcasino.com ) is offering a 25-, 50- or 75-minute Sweet Embrace massage, starting at $70 per person.

The 45-minute Organic SpaRitual for Hands at Vdara (866-745-7767, www.vdara.com ) Health & Beauty is priced at $45 and uses micro-algae and mineral salt infused with Indonesian ginger. At Salon Bellagio (888-987-6667, www.bellagio.com ), a $40 Traditional Shave for men starts with a facial massage followed by a traditional straight razor shave and an after-shave balm.

For weddings, Excalibur’s (877-750-5464, www.excalibur.com ) Canterbury Wedding Chapel is offering a Vegas Wedding, priced at $254 excluding tax. Included are a seasonal bouquet and boutonniere, 30 minutes of chapel time, a minister and a photographer. At Circus Circus’ (800-634-3450, www.circuscircus.com )

Chapel of the Fountain, the Traditional Wedding, priced at $281, includes a garter and bouquet for the bride, a boutonniere for the groom, 30 minutes of chapel time, a minister, a photographer and 10 4-by-6-inch photos.

At Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage (800-374-9000, www.mirage.com ), the Trainer for a Day program provides participants with the chance to work side by side with animal care experts and a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins for a 10 percent discount off the regular price of $550 during February.

Crystal Cruises is offering VIP access to the most famous tennis tournament in the world, the Wimbledon Championships in London.

The line is offering a choice of two Extended Land Programs. A one-night option is available following Crystal Symphony’s June 14 seven-day British Isles cruise, with opening day, Centre Court action. For guests wishing to see the ladies’ and men’s finals, a three-night option is available following Crystal Symphony’s 11-day June 21 Baltic itinerary.

With both programs, participating guests will enjoy the highest level of service at Fairway Village, the luxury Wimbledon hospitality area near Centre Court, with champagne and canapés upon arrival, a four-course lunch and traditional English tea. Additionally, the three-night program includes business-class air from Stockholm to London’s Heathrow airport, a stay at the Dorchester Hotel and private car service.

Crystal Symphony’s June 14 British Isles voyage sails roundtrip from London and visits Guernsey, Channel Islands; Waterford, Dublin and Belfast, Ireland; and Liverpool, England. Two-for-one cruise fares begin at $4,210 per person, double occupancy, including a $500-per-person shipboard credit.

 The June 21 voyage sails from London to Stockholm, calling at Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Visby, Sweden; St. Petersburg, Russia, for two overnights; and Helsinki, Finland.

Two-for-one cruise fares start at $5,395 per person, double occupancy, with a $1,000-per-person shipboard credit. Both sailings include complimentary air transportation from more than 20 North American gateways, and business-class air for Penthouse guests. Rates for the one- and three-night Wimbledon programs start at $3,099 and $13,199 per person, respectively.

For more information, call 800-446-6620 or visit www.crystalcuises.com

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, located in Longboat Key, Fla., announces great value packages for families and couples.

The Colony’s “Beach Break” package is an ideal value-based package for couples, families or groups of friends traveling together.

Available for a minimum of three nights, the package includes a one- or two-bedroom suite, daily continental breakfast for two in a one-bedroom suite and four in a two-bedroom suite and a $50 dining credit.

For stays of four nights or longer, the dining credit is $100.

Rates start at $215 per suite per night.

The new “Family Fun in the Florida Sun” package includes accommodations in a one- or two-bedroom suite, continental breakfast for four daily, a dining credit of $50 for a one-bedroom and $100 for a two-bedroom, three hours of babysitting services and dinner for two in The Colony Dining Room.

Included in all rates at The Colony is tennis court time, use of the comprehensive fitness center and spa, pool and beach chairs and towels, children’s recreation programs, and parking.

Package rates start at $239 per night.

For more information or reservations, call 800-4-COLONY or visit www.colonyBeachResort.com

Hotels and resorts in Panama City Beach, Fla. are offering a variety of Valentine’s Day specials, including the following value-added hotel packages.

Shores of Panama is offering the “Shore Thing Romance Package” which includes two-night accommodations, special Friday night bonfire on the beach, couples’ massage, bottle of sparkling wine, $50 gift card for dinner at Boatyard or Schooners restaurants and unlimited access to indoor pool, hot tub and fitness center.

Rates begin at $249 per person, based on double occupancy.

The offer is valid Valentine’s Day weekend.

For more information or to book the package, call 877-808-4323 or visit www.OaseasResorts.com

By the Sea Resorts is offering gulf-front rooms starting at $59 per couple per night and complimentary breakfast for the long Valentine’s Day weekend.

The offer is valid Feb. 11to 13; three-night minimum on Feb. 12 arrivals.

For more information or to book a stay, call 888-627-0625 or visit www.bythesearesorts.com  

Hidden Dunes is offering a Valentine’s special which includes a three-bedroom, three-bath Gulf front room with rates beginning at $180 per night; third night is free.

The offer is valid Feb. 6 to 20.

For more information or to book a reservation, call 877-377-7707 or visit www.hiddendunescondo.com

Other Panama City Beach properties with Valentine’s Day and romantic getaways include: Hampton Inn & Suites Panama City Beach Pier Park (www.panamacitybeachpierparkareasuites.hamptoninn.com ); The Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort (www.hipcbeach.com ) ; Chateau Motel (www.chateaumotel.com ) ; Majestic Beach Resort (www.MajesticBeachResort.com ) ; Reflections Resort and Spa (www.sterlingresorts.com ) ; and Sterling Resorts (www.sterlingresorts.com ) .

For general destination information, visit www.visitpanamacitybeach.com

Play, Party, And Attend Professional Live Tennis

Tennis enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels can now have it all as Tennis Cruise combines a luxury cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas, tennis at exotic ports of call, and live tennis at the Sony Ericsson Open

HAUPPAUGE, NY, January 06, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — If you’re ready to get away from the cold and take a tennis vacation unlike anything you have ever experienced, Tennis Cruise may have what you are looking for.

With temperatures below freezing in much of the country, a Caribbean vacation may sound nice. And for tennis players and fans, the thought of playing in a warm tropical breeze is an inviting image.

With Tennis Cruise, you can have it all. Tennis in Miami, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel, Mexico with tennis legends Fred Stolle and Owen Davidson. And in between you can enjoy all the amenities that only a luxury cruise ship can offer.

If tennis is as active as you want to get, the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas offers amazing restaurants, great pools, wonderful entertainment, a full size casino, and so much more. If excitement is what you want- the ship offers a rock climbing wall, a surf pool, a water park, a boxing rink, a sports court, a dive pool, ice skating rink, and more.

Tennis Cruise also offers tennis players the opportunity to fine tune their game with onboard clinics featuring tennis legend Owen Davidson.

Following the seven night cruise, Tennis Cruise docks in Miami where participants will attend the tennis Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne with tennis Hall of Famer Fred Stolle. Stolle, an international television commentator and analyst will provide his expert insight and perspective during the live action.

Bob Lovinger, founder of Tennis Cruise says that this is the kind of vacation he always wanted so he decided to organize one himself.

Lovinger says his own family was his inspiration, “In my home, my daughter and I love to watch and play tennis while my wife and son have little interest. Tennis Cruise allows all of us to get what we want out of a vacation.”

Tennis Cruise has reached a very broad audience. According to Lovinger, he has players that range in age from 16 to 85 and skill levels from beginners to advanced. There are also a number of single travelers as well as a surprising large percentage of first time cruisers.

The Sony Ericsson Open Tennis Cruise begins on March 20, 2010 with a welcome party and concludes on March 29, 2010 with a day of professional live tennis at the Sony Ericsson Open.

A Tennis Cruise that coincides with the US Open in New York is also being offered.

Additional information for Tennis Cruise can be found at http://www.Tennis-Cruise.com. Lovinger’s blog can be found at http://www.Tennis-Cruise.com/blog

For travel from today through May 15, visitors to the Cayman Islands can take advantage of upgrades, savings and free nights from multiple accommodations, dive operators and attractions on-island, including a free trip to the world-famous Stingray City.

Highlights of the 2010 Get Warm promotion include:

Book four nights, and get the fifth night free;

a Cayman Airways special offer when you book a Get Warm package;

complimentary Stingray City trip for two (based on a five-night minimum stay);

and buy four dives (two tank) and get the fifth one free.

You can visit the Get Warm website for a chance to win a free trip to the Cayman Islands at www.getwarm.ky and enter the “That’s So Cold!” photo contest by uploading an image of how your frosty winter has been.

The top 10 finalists with the most votes will win a trip for four to the Cayman Islands.

Participating accommodations include The Reef Resort, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, Compass Point Diver Resort, Comfort Suites, Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, Grand Cayman Beach Suites, Grandview Condominiums, The Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa, Aqua Bay Condominiums and Sunshine Suites.

Participating dive operators include Ocean Frontiers, Deep Blue Divers, Off The Wall Divers, Divetech, Red Sail Sports, Sunset Divers and Tortuga Divers.

For more information, visit www.caymanislands.ky

 or www.divecayman.ky

In anticipation of its grand debut on Jan. 22, Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas, the newest of Sandals Resorts’ Luxury Included portfolio, is offering one free night to guests who book a minimum seven-night stay at the resort by Feb. 18 for travel during select dates in 2010, as well as savings of up to 60 percent off.

All guests who book a stay of three nights or more by Feb. 18 for travel during select dates in 2010 can have special savings of up to 60 percent off regular rack rates in select room categories.

Rates begin at $300 per person, per night.

Guests who book a stay at Sandals Emerald Bay will also receive complimentary airfare for their companion during the limited-time Companion Flies Free promotion.

This exclusive “air-inclusive” offer allows couples who book a four-night stay by March 3 the opportunity to jet to Great Exuma from now through June 23 for the price of one.

Sandals Emerald Bay is set along a one-mile stretch of beach on Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas.

The resort is the 14th Sandals Resort and, expanding on the company’s Luxury

Included concept, the first to offer a Greg Norman-designed golf course, world-class marina and professionally-trained butlers in all 183 beachfront rooms and suites.

In addition, the new Sandals Emerald Bay, Great Exuma, Bahamas will offer gourmet dining in a choice of five à la carte restaurants, premium brand wine and spirits, land sports including six Har-tru tennis courts all lit for night play, watersports including snorkeling and scuba diving, gratuities, airport transfers and more.

An exclusive 17,000 square foot Red Lane Spa is also on the property.

As the Grand Slam tennis season heats up, The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, located on Longboat Key, Fla., announced great value packages for its tennis programming, including a new-year tennis escape.

The Gold and Silver Tennis Packages are available to March 10, 2010.

Packages include accommodations in a one- or two-bedroom suite for three nights, daily continental breakfast for each adult and two (Silver) or four (Gold) tennis clinics per day, per suite.

Stay three nights and rates start at $100 per person per night.

For stays Sunday to Wednesday nights only, guests enjoy an extra 10 percent discount. If a group getaway is preferred,

The Colony has redesigned its Perfect Match Package for groups in tournament or club-level competition or those just seeking to practice their game in the warm Florida sunshine.

The Perfect Match Package is created for groups of 10 to 60 in groups of men, women or mixed and consists of three nights accommodations in a suite, daily continental breakfast, group match-play instruction, a tennis happy hour and exhibition, two two-hour private group lessons, unlimited fitness classes and dining credits in the award-winning Colony Restaurants starting at just $100 per person.

The Perfect Match is easily customizable to the meet the needs of each group with options of additional instruction, focused training sessions, demonstrations by the pros, lunch with the pros, round-robins, cocktail receptions, themed dinners, wine tastings and spa services.

For more information or reservations, call 800-4-COLONY or visit www.colonybeachresort.com

Sister properties La Costa Resort and Spa in San Diego and Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif., have created a Valentine’s version of the Sliders Cup.

Every couple who books a stay at La Costa or Rancho Las Palmas over Valentine’s weekend is invited to enter the resorts’ Couples In Sync Sliders Cup at the resorts’ water slides for a chance at winning a bottle of champagne and appetizers at La Costa’s Legends Bistro or Rancho’s bluEmber restaurant.

Instead of competing to beat one another down the slide, couples must work together to time their slides so that they enter the water together.

Each couple will have three chances at making it down the slide in perfect sync.

The Sliders Cup will take place at 2 p.m. on Feb. 13 and 14 at La Costa’s Splash Landing pool and Rancho’s Splashtopia pool.

La Costa is offering Valentine’s weekend rates with 20 percent off a two-night stay or 30 percent off a three-night stay, plus a $50 resort credit per stay good toward golf, spa, tennis or dining.

Rates start at $210 per night (after the discount) plus a daily resort fee and tax.

Rancho Las Palmas also has special getaway rates with savings over 30 percent.

Rates start at $240 per night and exclude the daily resort fee and tax.

For Las Costa information, call 800-854-5000 or visit www.lacosta.com

For Rancho Las Palmas information, call 800-423-1195 or visit www.rancholaspalmas.com

Acapulco, Mexico, is welcoming an array of new hotels and resorts. Among the current roster of upscale activities and cultural offerings, various ambitious hotel updates and new projects are also underway in Acapulco.

In November 2009, Acapulco welcomed Hotel Encanto, a unique boutique hotel and spa located in the Brisas Marques areas of Acapulco. A $20 million investment, Hotel Encanto is the vision of Mexican architect Miguel Angel Aragones. The hotel features 44 rooms, 22 of which feature a private pool on the balcony, and a full-service with spa eight treatment rooms.

Also coming this spring is the Hotel Boca Chica, a new project from Grupo Habita, the Mexican hotelier. Partnering with Mexican architects Frida Rojas and Jose Escobedo as well as Fernando Romero, owner of the hotel located in the Traditional Zone of Acapulco, Grupo Habita has fully renovated and restored the property’s 36 guest rooms back to it’s original 1950’s glamour. Boca Chica is slated for completion in March 2010 and is currently accepting reservations.

Currently in development in the exclusive Diamante Zone is the new cliff-top Banyan Tree Cabo Marqués hotel, scheduled to open in February 2009. As the first luxury, all-villa spa resort in the region, Banyan Tree Cabo Marques will offer stunning accommodations, world-class amenities and a Banyan Tree Gallery of arts and crafts from around the world.

The property will also feature the award-winning Banyan Tree Spa Complex, consisting of seven spa treatment pavilions.

The Grand Hotel Acapulco & Convention Center, formerly known as the Hyatt Acapulco, began the first stages of an extensive renovation and remodeling project this past May. Renovations will include new room categories, 200 of which will be completed and opened in December 2009.

The remodeling will ultimately include renovations to the hotel lounges, restaurants and pools, as well as include the construction of a new, exclusive spa.

The Fairmont Acapulco Princess recently introduced the Pearl. Located on the Fairmont Princess property and following a $30 million renovation, this hotel offers luxurious accommodations and world-class services along with private pool exclusive to Pearl guests.

For more information, visit www.visiteacapulco.com