$25,000 Plus Valentine's Day Package

February 2005 - The historic Buckingham Hotel, and Champagne's Nicholas Feuillatte, invites out-of-town and Gotham couples alike to a luxury Valentine's Day tryst.

Cupid's gilded arrow will strike the Central Park-side property February 14th with a special $329 rate. The package includes a one night stay for two in one of the property's sprawling one-bedroom suites - which average 700 square feet. The package also includes a bottle of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, chilled to perfection, the Hotel's signature chocolates and a horse-drawn carriage ride through Central Park.

Beyond it's ideal Central Park and Gallery Row locale, the Buckingham is also noted as being the "home away from home" to generations of classical music legends performing at the neighboring Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera. Accordingly, the staff will also leave a CD of "The Most Romanic Classical Music In The Universe" playing low on the suite's stereo as yet another Valentine for guests to remember the night by.

Adopt-A-$25,000-Central Park Bench
More conspicuous consumers can tack on an additional $25,000 to adopt their very own hand-made rustic Central Park bench. Donors will receive not only a tax deduction but can also have an engraved plaque installed on their bench of choice, inscribed to their lover or spouse (or both). Encrypted wedding proposals, apparently, are nothing new. One notable Central Park bench plaque reads: C'est Lui Pour Moi, Moi Pour Lui, Dans La Vie ("In life, there is only him for me, and me for him"). Proceeds from the Adopt-A-Bench program benefit the Central Park Conservancy fund to maintain and endow the care of Central Park benches and their surrounding plantings. The immortal gesture will not only be present when the guests return to the Buckingham for future visits, but it is guaranteed to continue on throughout the life of the Park itself. For more information, travelers can visit the Buckingham Hotel Web site at www.buckinghamhotel.com or call toll free at 888-551-1900.

About the Buckingham
Now celebrating its 75th Anniversary, the all-suite Buckingham is perfectly located on 57th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. With décor that echoes the red velvet and dark wood of famed concert halls, the Buckingham has been host to the world's top classical musicians and other celebrities for generations.

Amenities at the Buckingham include a complete pre-arrival concierge service, full-service business center, in-room high-speed anywhere-Internet connection, wired meeting space and a 24-hour state-of-the-art fitness center with private shower and sauna.

The Patrons' Lounge offers a flat-panel television that screens CNN and CNBC by day and Carnegie Hall-themed movies by night. The Buckingham also offers a lending library of live Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center music and performance on CD and DVD for playing on the VHS and CD players in the suites.

The property is just seconds from Central Park, David Letterman's Ed Sullivan Theatre, Steinway's piano gallery right next door, the Museum of Modern Art, the renowned 57th Street art galleries as well as shopping destinations like Bergdorf Goodman, Tiffany, Prada, Gucci, Burberry and Barneys. Of course, Carnegie Hall is across the Street and Lincoln Center just minutes by foot.

Stylish and smart, the public spaces of the Buckingham are filled with music and commissioned artwork from the property's own permanent collection - starting right at the front door with the Buckingham's signature stained glass "Dancing King" and eleven unique installations of deconstructed musical instruments ("Bounce Fugue") that line the entrance way.

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