Destination Hotels & Resorts' Year-End Escape Offer Bids Farewell to 2009 with Rates Beginning at $99 Per Night

Englewood, Colo. – Nov. 18, 2009 – Properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection are offering a final Year-End Escape to travelers with end of year savings to bid farewell to 2009. To end ’09, Year-End Escape prices begin at $99 per night and are valid through Dec. 30, 2009.

Choose from winter ski destinations, Oceanside retreats or getaway to a cool urban location or warm up in the desert with this special offer. Guests can book the $99 rate at properties such as the Vail Cascade in Colorado, Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center in Denver or Snowmass, Colorado’s Stonebridge Inn.  Additional rates begin at $119 per night for warm weather accommodations like Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa in California, Tempe Mission Palms in Arizona or Wild Dunes in South Carolina. The $119 rate also is available at great winter retreats including Inn and Spa at Loretto in Santa Fe, Resort at Squaw Creek in California and Sunriver in Oregon. Additional values may be found at collection properties in world-class locations such as Maui, Telluride, Vail and Stowe for $159 per night.

Travelers interested in booking this special end-of-year promotion can visit http://www.destinationhotels.com/2009 for more details. Guests signing up for the end-of-year promotion also can become a part of the company’s Destination Delivers customer loyalty program. To receive exclusive offers such as the end-of-year promotion guests can sign up for the free program by visiting www.destinationdelivers.com.

Destination Delivers offers guests customized information to help them select the right property and the right vacation experience at the right price. The new program is not points based like traditional hotel loyalty programs, however it is designed to provide guests with dynamic travel-related content and vacation values, tailored to their personal preferences.

Whether ushering out 2009 in style or just trying to get away for a little holiday fun, the Destination collection offers a selection of beach, mountain, ski, golf, spa and city experiences to meet any traveler’s needs. For details on the properties in the collection and additional insight into the myriad of experiences guests can enjoy at Destination properties, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.

Destination Hotels & Resorts is the seventh largest independent hospitality management company in the country with more than 30 luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers. To protect and preserve the unique communities in which the company operates, Destination launched Destination Earth, an environmental sustainability program in 2008. New for 2009 is the 582-room Terranea Resort situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California. The 102-acre ocean front resort will feature a 25,000-square-foot destination spa, three swimming pools, three restaurants and a Todd Eckenrode-designed par three golf course. In addition to Terranea in the greater Los Angeles area, Destination operates properties in key metropolitan areas and resort markets including Washington, D.C., Denver, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Palm Springs, Houston and Lake Tahoe. Destination is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based investment, development and management firm Lowe Enterprises.  For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.

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