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Cascade Christmas Returns Featuring Three Weeks of Family-Friendly Fun and Holiday Lodging That Gives Back

Vail Cascade Offers Christmas Present in the Form of a Vacation Credit for Holiday Stays

VAIL, Colo. – October 26, 2009 –The Vail Cascade is hosting a 17-day holiday celebration this year with nearly three weeks of family activities and festivities during the resort’s annual Cascade Christmas celebration Dec. 18 through Jan. 3, 2010. The resort also is offering a special holiday rate this year with its Powder to the People package that gives guests up to $150 in vacation credits.

Vail is a true winter wonderland during the holidays and the Vail Cascade is making it easier to book a mountain getaway during this special time of the year with its Powder to the People offer. The special package provides guests with incremental vacation credits the longer they stay – even during the holidays. Guests booking two nights get a $50 credit, stay three nights and receive a $100 credit or four night or more for a $150 credit. Rates over the holiday period begin at $399. The offer is valid through April 18, 2010. To book a holiday vacation at the Vail Cascade, please visit www.vailcascade.com or call 800-420-2424. Please use booking code VCPOWDER3 when reserving the Powder to the People offer.

While at the Vail Cascade over the holidays, guests can enjoy the resort’s annual Cascade Christmas festivities. Children and adults alike delight in visits from the reindeer and they’ll be back this holiday season. The reindeer will make brief appearances at the Cascade pre- and post-Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 26 from 6-8 p.m. Kids and families also will be able to take sleigh rides around the Cascade courtyard pulled by Santa’s helpers.

Kids of all ages can enjoy a unique line-up of activities featuring something different each night, including cookie decorating, construction of gingerbread houses, stocking and ornament decorating and more. Every night is movie night featuring children’s holiday favorites like Home Alone, The Santa Clause and The Grinch Who Stole Christmas at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. nightly.

Adults also can get into the holiday spirit with wine tasting events every other night beginning Dec. 19 and continuing through Dec. 30 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Space for the wine tastings is limited, so reservations are recommended. The wine tastings are $20 per person. After sampling wine, adults also can sign up for a variety of cooking classes offered during the three weeks of the Cascade Christmas celebration. Cooking classes, led by Executive Chef Adam Votaw, take place Dec. 20, 22, 27 and 29 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and cost $20 per person. Two of the classes focus on cooking a seasonal favorite – lamb.

To ring in the New Year, the Cascade also will offer complimentary family portraits to capture the holiday cheer from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 31 in the Library. A New Year’s Eve party follows in the Fireside Lounge with a balloon drop, party favors and Kevin LaCurrubba will be providing live entertainment until 1 a.m. Children under four years old may attend the celebration free of charge. The cost for kids ages 5-14 is $10 and for guests ages 15 and over is $25.

For a complete list of dates and times of Cascade Christmas festivities, please contact the concierge at the Vail Cascade (888) 228-8988 or visit www.vailcascadechristmas.com.

Nestled at the base of Vail Mountain, Vail Cascade is Vail’s only ski-in/ski-out AAA Four Diamond resort. The mountainside resort offers 292 hotel rooms including 27 suites and more than 80 spacious condominiums and private homes to choose from. An abundance of off-slope activities also abound including snowmobiling, snowshoeing, sleigh rides, dog-sled rides, winter fly-fishing, ice climbing, indoor and outdoor ice skating, hot air balloon rides and hut trips.

The Vail Cascade also features the 78,000-square-foot Aria Spa & Club. The Spa offers more than 10,000 square feet of rest and relaxation found in 14 treatment rooms. Guests also can train and take advantage of one of the fitness center’s many programs from group classes to personalized instruction. After an afternoon of working out at the fitness center or in nature’s playground, guests can refuel at the new Atwater on Gore Creek restaurant.

Vail Cascade is one of more than 30 independent, upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, which is consistently rated one of the top 10 independent hospitality management companies in the United States. 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, which opened to the public in June. The 102-acre ocean front resort features a 25,000-square-foot destination spa, three swimming pools, three ocean view 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 or to join the company’s loyalty program for the best offers available, visit www.destinationdelivers.com
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