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Daily Pampering: InterContinental Hong Kong’s million dollar Valentine’s Day date

by Melanie Nayer on Jan 17, 2011

Looking for a totally over-the-top way to spoil your special someone this Valentine’s Day? The InterContinental Hong Kong has planned the ultimate Valentine’s Experience for only HK$1 million (approximately $130,000 USD) Valentine’s Day Date in the hotel’s Presidential Suite.

The package includes one-night stay in Hong Kong‘s largest Presidential Suite (at 7,000 square feet), which includes a duplex living room, rooftop terrace with a private swimming pool and jacuzzi overlooking Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island and a master suite and bathroom, with a jacuzzi and rain forest shower for two, plus a private sauna and steam room. The suite at the InterContinental Hong Kong also has a private dining room, gym and study.You’ll also get:

Chauffeured airport transfers via the hotel’s Phantom VI Rolls Royce.
A bottle of Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2004Champagne served with fresh strawberries in the Rolls Royce, in transit to InterContinental Hong Kong
A personalized premium bar set-up in the Presidential Suite for your enjoyment throughout your stay.
Our Phantom VI Rolls Royce limousine with private chauffeur — on call for your use throughout your stay.
A special welcome gift and amenities in the Presidential Suite upon your arrival.
Your selection of pampering spa treatments in the private couple’s Spa Suite at the hotel’s feng shui inspired I-Spa during your stay.
Arrangements for a Personal Shopper to help you select your designer wardrobe for the evening at the brand name boutique of your choice (to the value of HK$150,000).
A custom-designed Valentine’s message displayed by banner via a private boat at a designated time as seen from your rooftop terrace.
Personalized floral décor in the suite
A premium private bar set up in the suite.
1,000 roses delivered to the Presidential Suite – just for her
A “declaration of love” gift from (valued at HK$100,000) from him to her from a designer brand store of her choice.
Pre-dinner cocktails and aperitifs served with deluxe hors d’oeuvres in the Presidential Suite
A romantic dinner fit for a prince and princess, with your choice of a custom-made menu from one of the hotel’s two 1-Michelin star restaurants
Yan Toh Heen (for exquisite Cantonese cuisine), or SPOON by Alain Ducasse (for contemporary French cuisine) or NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong (celebrated for its innovative new-style Japanese cuisine), paired with vintage wines.
The romantic candlelit dinner can be served in the Presidential Suite by your personal butler or in the private room at SPOON by Alain Ducasse, Yan Toh Heen or NOBU InterContinental Hong Kong.
Live music performed by a string quartet throughout the evening in the Presidential Suite.
A Champagne and caviar breakfast served in the privacy of Presidential Suite on your private harbourview terrace overlooking Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island.
Monogrammed His and Hers Shanghai Tang silk bathrobes.
A butler-drawn rose petal bath in the Presidential Suite’s romantic harbourview Jacuzzi with sweeping views of Victoria Harbour.
Chanel bathroom amenities
Access to the exclusive Club InterContinental (Executive Lounge) where you can enjoy afternoon tea and evening cocktails, as well as complimentary high-speed internet access and personalized concierge services.

This one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Date Experience in the Presidential Suite is exclusively for reservations between February 11-14, 2011.

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Last-minute Valentine’s Day deals at Taj Boston

by Melanie Nayer on Feb 8, 2010

Still haven’t made your Valentine’s Day plans? Typical of a procrastinator like yourself, but thankfully, hotels in the Boston area are still offering some sweet deals for the sugary event. Just be sure to book before she realizes you forgot…

The Taj Boston, located at the corner of Arlington and Newbury is offering last-minute planners a park-view suite, complete with a wood-burning fireplace and the services of a fireplace butler for $259. The “Sweetheart Package” is good for Feb. 13 and comes with added goodies including:

Welcome bottle of French champagne and chocolates
A silk and lace La Perla sleeping mask
$50 La Perla gift certificate
Valentine’s Day Sunday Brunch for two
3 pm checkout

If you’re not ready to leave, or want to check in a few days earlier, pay only $195. You must reserve this package by Feb. 10.

Daily Pampering: Spend Valentine’s Day at Turtle Island in Fiji

by Tom Johansmeyer on Feb 5, 2010

There’s only one way to go to Fiji: Turtle Island. The Valentine’s Day deal from this luxury resort is nothing short of incredible. Book five nights in paradise, and you’ll get two more nights free … in beachfront accommodations in a two-room “bure.” And, all meals are covered, including any romantic lunches you want to enjoy on the beach — they’ll be packed to order! The other activities are covered, as well, including sport fishing and SCUBA diving, and once you’re finished exerting yourself, you can relax with two one-hour lomi-lomi (that’s four-handed) massages.

The Turtle Island resort has 14 private beaches, five-star gourmet dining … and those lomi-lomi massages, along with other spa treatments. Personal “bure mamas” will attend to all your needs as you sip top-shelf liquors and champagnes. Only 14 couples are allowed in Turtle Island at a time … one for each private beach!

Here’s where it gets really interesting: if you book by March 31, 2010, you can travel any time by Valentine’s Day in 2011.

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Canadian restaurant encourages patrons to have sex in its bathrooms on Valentine’s day

by Scott Carmichael on Feb 5, 2010

Forget chocolate and flowers – how about treating your loved one to sex in a restaurant bathroom?

You’ll need to travel to Toronto for the experience, but Mildred’s Temple Kitchen has announced that they’ll encourage any of their guests to use their bathrooms for some Valentine’s day nooky.

Now, I’m no prude, but I don’t think I’d be too comfortable standing in line with other couples as we patiently await our turn to have sex in a bathroom.

Sure, Mildred’s says they’ll provide a maid for the day to keep things clean, but I think I’d much rather just get a hotel room for a couple of hours than try to mess around in a cramped bathroom that was just used for the same purpose by the previous couple.

Still, even though the restaurant claims that having sex in a bathroom is on a list of 101 places you should have sex before you die, I’m just not convinced that doing it on a day when the restaurant promotes and encourages it is so exciting. If you really want to spice things up, do it on a day that is not promoted as “have sex in our bathrooms day”.

Of course, thanks to the Internet, viral stories like this are a fantastic way to create buzz for any company, and I don’t think Mildred’s Temple Kitchen will have any open tables for Valentine’s day – even if half the tables are filled by pervs waiting to catch a glimpse at couples heading to the bathrooms.

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(Via: Huffington Post)

Hotel comparison site Trivago picks the top ten Valentine’s day hotels in Europe

by Scott Carmichael on Feb 3, 2010

Our friends at hotel comparison site Trivago always manage to send us timely articles on European hotels. Take for example this list of the top ten romantic Valentine’s day hotels.

The lineup has some of the best kept secrets, including a small luxury hotel next door to Buckingham Palace, a renovated millhouse in the French Dordogne and a quaint hotel overlooking the Italian Umbria. Here are the top ten hotels, as picked by Trivago:

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