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| The Playford Adelaide. |
It's all sweet, chic and boutique this week, with Adelaide's boutique hotel The Playford on show, Melbourne's Art Series hotels on offer and a 'raid the minibar' deal while in New York.
Otherwise, strap on your fringed white playsuits and head to the Deep South to celebrate the birthday of the coolest octogenarian Elvis Presley (if he's still with us), in this week's Sun-Herald travel deals.
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Playford Adelaide is now in the boutique MGallery
Collection and is celebrating with a City Getaway package. Get a free
upgrade to a superior deluxe guestroom and $50 hotel credit for food and
drinks. From $175 a night, (08) 8213 8888,
theplayford.com.au.
CANADA
Book a Rocky Mountaineer holiday of six nights or more and
get a free hotel night in Vancouver or Seattle until July 31. The
eight-day Journey Through the Clouds Discovery Drive, with car rental
and two days in SilverLeaf class, costs from $3671 a person.
rockymountaineer.com.
GO SOONER
QUEENSLAND
Save 30 per cent on four-night stays at Piermonde Apartments'
two-bed apartments, by Cairns harbour. The deal includes use of a
rooftop sundeck and barbecue area. From $201 a night until June 30. (07)
4042 6500,
piermondeapartments.com.au.
USA
It is an open invitation to go crazy on the mini-bar at the newly
renovated Loews Regency Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Pay an extra $30 and
"milk the mini-bar", from champagne to gummy bears, on two-night stays
until August 31. From $499 a night,
loewshotels.com.
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| The Cullen, one of the Art Series hotels, Melbourne. |
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VICTORIA
Don't pay for hours you don't use. Melbourne's Art Series
hotels let you check in between 2pm and 6pm, and check out 24 hours
later. Until December 31, Saturday nights only. From $179. 1800 278 468,
artserieshotels.com.au.
JAPAN
It is half-price and seven minutes from the mountaintop at
the five-star Hilton Niseko Village. Stay for seven nights and get
airport transfers and a five-day multi-resort lift pass. Book by June
30, travel January 20-February 22. From $1550 a person, twin share.
Phone 1300 457 843, see
ski-resorts-japan.com.
Tour watch:
Rock & soul
If you don't believe he's dead, then Elvis should be in the
building for the celebration of his 80th birthday on January 8, 2015.
The Elvis Birthday tour travels from LA down to Studio B in Nashville,
where the King recorded many hits (and you can also hit the mic), and
on to Memphis and his birthplace in a wooden shed in Tupelo,
Mississippi. Take a candlelit vigil at Graceland and visit Sun Studios,
where he was discovered in 1954. Departs January 2, 2015. From $6990 a
person. 1300 884 891,
eliteset.com.au.
This travel deals column by Belinda Jackson is published in Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper every Sunday.
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