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DESTINATIONS MEXICO DEALS Group Deals at CasaMagna Marriott After completing a $1.2 million renovation on its banquet and meeting facilities, CasaMagna Marriott PuertoVallarta is offering a $200 airfare credit per room. Reservations must be booked before December 16 with a minimum four-night stay to receive a $200 airfare credit per room for travel from January 15 to April 14, 2009. A minimum of 10 rooms is required to take advantage of this promotion. Next month, the resort will have completed a $9.5 million renovation to upgrade all rooms and the restaurant, La Estancia. Guestrooms and suite upgrades will include new furniture, new decorations in the bathrooms and paintings created by local artists. The hotel offers seven outdoor areas for functions to accommodate groups from 100 to 1,600 people. For more information, call 888-PARADISE or visit www. puertovallartamarriott.com. A suite at the Marquis Reforma Hotel in Mexico City CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO CITY The boutique Marquis Reforma Hotel is offering a special deal for a Christmas-themed visit to Mexico City. The trip can even help with holiday shopping when factoring the new refund of the 15 percent value-added tax on purchases totaling up to approximately $935. The Winter Holiday package includes a sightseeing tour of Mexico City’s most elaborately decorated neighborhoods via the double-decker Turibus, transportation to the Santa Fe shopping complex, spa treatments at Spa Marquis, deluxe accommodations and daily buffet breakfast. The package is offered from December 15 to January 6 starting at $170 per room, per night, double. For reservations or more information call 800-235-2387 or visit www.marquisreforma.com. WE’VE WON ‘BEST CARIBBEAN SPA’ SO WHY DON’T WE CALL OURSELVES A SPA? The BodyHoliday in St. Lucia is the first resort in the world to combine all the pleasure of an active beach vacation with body treats designed to relax and revitalise body and mind. It’s the ultimate R&R antidote to the fast pace of life today. Forty acres of tropical gardens on a stunning beach provide everything our guests need to get themselves into ideal physical and mental balance. A spa that has been named ‘Best In The Caribbean’ three years running offers a complete holistic programme of rejuvenation. This is complemented with land and sea sports, including golf on a championship course where we pay the green fees. Four restaurants, including the fabled TAO, show the way to temptation. Accommodation is truly first class. We promise to make your clients feel more beautiful and more alive than ever before. To find out more call 1 800 544 2883. THREE YEARS RUNNING. the bodyholiday www.thebodyholiday.com LeSPORT THE WORLD’S FIRST WELLNESS HOLIDAY. 60 | TravelAgent Octiber 27, 2008 http://www.puertovallartamarriott.com http://www.puertovallartamarriott.com http://www.marquisreforma.com http://www.thebodyholiday.com http://www.thebodyholiday.com

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