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Fairmont Hotels And Resorts Offers New Mouth-Watering PackagesTravelers looking for an authentic taste of a city’s local flavor should consider new travel packages designed to enlighten taste buds offered by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in the central United States.
For more information about Chicago, visit http://www.travellady.com/Destinations/central.htm#Chicago Visitors can celebrate the art of food, wine and spirits in
New Orleans, a city renowned for its distinctive flavors. The “Savor New
Orleans” package at the Fairmont New Orleans provides guests the opportunity to
experience demonstrations and hands-on cooking classes at Culinaria, a
state-of-the-art cooking school in the restored 1850s mansion of Duncan Kenner,
a wealthy Civil War era citizen. The package includes one night in a Fairmont
guestroom and a cooking class for one or two people.
For more information about New Orleans, visit http://www.travellady.com/Issues/April05/1391WheretoStay.htm and http://www.travellady.com/Destinations/central.htm#Louisiana.
For more information on Boston, visit http://www.travellady.com/Destinations/east.htm#Boston.
For more information about Missouri, visit http://www.travellady.com/Destinations/central.htm#Missouri. For reservations or additional information, call the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts at (800) 441-1414 or visit www.fairmont.com. For reservations at or information regarding the Fairmont Chicago, call (312) 444-9494. Edited by L. Kim Loop |
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Guests
can peruse through some of the Chicago area’s best farms and local purveyors
while Fairmont Chicago’s Executive Chef, Noah Bekofsky, acts as their personal
shopper and chef with the “Shop With Chef” package. The half-day program
includes transportation from the hotel to and from the Green City Market, the
city’s largest outdoor market specializing in local and fresh produce and
products. Participants will shop with Bekofsky, participate in cooking
demonstrations from famous Chicago chefs, and meet farmers from the Midwest. The
program also includes a gourmet lunch prepared by Bekofsky. This program is
available the fourth Wednesday of every month, from May to September and is
priced at $100 plus tip.
Participants
can either relax and observe the class or roll up their sleeves and work
alongside the chef. Classes include wine and spirits pairings and conclude with
a multi-course meal in the mansion’s formal dining salon. Lunch and dinner
classes are approximately three hours long and offered every weekday except
Thursday. The “Savor New Orleans” package teaches cooking lessons that guests
can carry with them for years to come. The package is available through December
31, 2005, and rates start at $250 for one person and $275 for two people. 
The
“Dinner Date Package” at Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston is a unique way to
celebrate any special occasion. The package offers a one night accommodation and
a sumptuous three-course dinner for two in the award-winning restaurant the Oak
Room. Dinner includes one $45 bottle of wine and includes tax and tip. This
package is available Sunday through Thursday evenings until December 30, 2005,
and rates begin at $419.
Spark
a new romance or rekindle a familiar one at the Fairmont Kansas City at the
Plaza. The “Sunset Romance” package includes a romantic candlelight dinner
served in a spacious signature room with a breathtaking evening view of the
Country Club Plaza. This package is available through December 31, 2005, and
rates start at $249.