(San Rafael, CA – March 9, 2009) The KN Karen Neuburger lifestyle brand announced two specially designed travel packages for women looking to spend quality time with their girlfriends. A stay in the KN Tranquility Suite at Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco offers opulent, comfort-inspired surroundings in the heart of Chicago’s Loop district with an exclusive “Girls Night In" overnight package. Relax, refresh, and revive with KN Getawayssm, a popular women-only “travel for a cause” program hosted by KN Karen Neuburger.
The perfect way to celebrate life and friendship, the Hotel Monaco “Girls Night In” package includes an in-room manicure and pedicure, a luxurious KN Karen Neuburger double plush robe, a complimentary movie rental, a fruit tray and bottled water, SpaRitual nail polish and a late check-out time. Guests also receive a $50 gift certificate towards any online purchase at http://www.karenneuburger.com. Available through August 31, 2009, the package can be booked at http://www.monaco-chicago.com with promotional code PGNI. Rates start at $569 a night.
The 450 square-foot KN Tranquility Suite opened its doors at Hotel Monaco Chicago in February 2008 and features a luxuriously furnished living room, bedroom and bath with plush window seats offering sweeping views of downtown Chicago. Diffused chandelier lighting, Venetian glass-beaded wall coverings, an elegant assortment of KN Luxury Home decorative pillows and accents along with the soothing sounds of water trickling form a wall-mounted fountain provide a welcome retreat 11 floors above the bustling city street.
Designed for the girls who need to get away from the big city, KN Getaway at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Mass is the perfect opportunity to relax and renew. The KN Getaways program also helps raise funds for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) as part of the company’s proud commitment to finding a cure. This getaway package fit for a queen offers a 2 or 3-night retreat where guests will receive three gourmet meals a day, a generous allowance towards all spa, sports and integrated wellness services, round-trip airport transfer and a gift of KN Spa Wear. KN and Canyon Ranch will contribute $100 BCRF for each package booked.
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Location
Canyon Ranch
165 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts 01240
www.canyonranch.com
Price
Three-Night Stay – April 16-19, 2009 Two-Night Stay – April 16-18, 2009
Deluxe Single: $2,310.00 per person Deluxe Single: $1,580.00 per person
Deluxe Double: $1,780.00 per person Deluxe Double: $1,220.00 per person
Three-Night Stay – October 1-4, 2009 Three-Night Stay – October 1-3, 2009
Deluxe Single: $2,360.00 per person Deluxe Single: $1,600.00 per person
Deluxe Double: $1,830.00 per person Deluxe Double: $1,260.00 per person
**Disclaimer: Package prices include all taxes and gratuities, but do not include airfare. Space is limited and subject to availability.
Reservations
To make reservations, please contact Canyon Ranch and mention “KN Girlfriend Getaways” when reserving you spot!
Reservations by phone: (800) 742-9000
Learn more at www.canyonranch.com
About Hotel Monaco
The Hotel Monaco, 225 N. Wabash Ave., is an AAA Four Diamond Property overlooking the Chicago River and located just steps from the North Michigan Avenue and State Street shopping districts. Originally built in 1912, the Hotel Monaco's eclectic French-Deco inspired design envelopes visitors in high energy, high design and high style. Call 312.960.8500 or visit www.monaco-chicago.com. Hotel Monaco is proud to be Green Seal™. Silver certified for its sustainable, earth-friendly practices.
About KN Karen Neuburger
The KN Karen Neuburger® lifestyle brand is synonymous with comfort-inspired fashion and home merchandise. The brand’s signature softness and quality can be experienced in heritage sleepwear and loungewear for the whole family, paper goods, crafting and memory products, and accessories, home collection, furnishings and décor. KN™ and KN Luxury Home® products can be found in department stores, specialty stores and online at www.karenneuburger.com.
About Kimpton
San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is the first and leading collection of boutique hotels, throughout the United States and Canada. Founded in 1981 by Bill Kimpton, every Kimpton hotel features personalized guest services, comforting in-room amenities, specialty rooms and suites, and provides a range of exciting culinary experiences through affiliated top-rated destination chef-driven restaurants. Kimpton takes pride in its commitment to social responsibility and leads the hospitality industry in ecological practices through its innovative EarthCare programs. Privately held, Kimpton received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction scores by the Market Metrix Hospitality Index for the entire year of 2007, exceeding all other hotel companies, including those in both the luxury and upscale segment. Among the company's newest properties are the Hotel Monaco Alexandria and Jackson 20 restaurant in Virginia, which opened in January 2008, and the Hotel Palomar Los Angeles in Westwood and the adjacent BLVD 16 restaurant, which opened in May 2008. Additional projects are underway in Florida, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago and Virginia. For more information, please visit www.KimptonHotels.com or call 1-800-KIMPTON.
About Canyon Ranch
Under the leadership of founders Mel and Enid Zuckerman, Canyon Ranch has been offering healthy, active vacations for more than 27 years. The life-enhancement company has two destination health resorts – the original, which opened in Tucson, Ariz., in 1979, and a second which opened in Lenox, Mass., in 1989. The company also operates three Canyon Ranch SpaClub fitness, spa and wellness facilites located in The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas; at Gaylord Palms resort in Kissimmee, Fla.; and onboard Queen Mary 2 luxury ocean liner. In addition, Canyon Ranch partners with the renowned Cleveland Clinic on health initiatives, such as an advanced Executive Heath Program. In fall 2007, the company will open the first Canyon Ranch Living residential community in Miami Beach and another is slated to open in 2010 in Chicago. www.canyonranch.com
About BCRF
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® was founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder as an independent, not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and translational research. The Foundation supports scientists at top universities and academic medical centers worldwide conducting the most advanced and promising breast cancer research that will lead to prevention and a cure in our lifetime. A minimum of 85 cents of each dollar donated to the Foundation goes directly to breast cancer research and awareness programs. In October 2007, $32 million was awarded to 151 scientists across the United States and in Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and throughout Europe. Money magazine named BCRF one of America’s eight top charities. And for the seventh consecutive year, BCRF received Charity Navigator’s highest rating, four stars, thus outperforming over 99% of the evaluated charities, while the American Institute of Philanthropy has awarded BCRF its highest possible rating of A+. BCRF is the only breast cancer organization in the U.S. to receive these accolades. For more information, visit www.bcrfcure.org or call 1.866.FIND.A.CURE.