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Kohala Coast, Hawaii’s Big Island, April 2005 - The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii is making it twice as easy for families and friends to travel together this year with the resort's popular Twice As Nice Package. Rates for the package start at $499 USD (approx. $615 CDN) a night for a Moderate room, with the second room free; two free activity passes per room; and two complimentary full buffet breakfasts per room daily. Reflecting a 35 percent savings, the Twice As Nice package is valid now through December 20, 2005. No minimum stay is required.
Twice As Nice can be booked by calling the hotel toll-free at 1-800-845-9905 or through a preferred travel agent. Rates are based on double-occupancy, are subject to availability, exclude taxes and gratuities, and are not combinable with other packages or promotions.
The two free Activity Passes per room (total of four) are valid the entire stay, and provide limitless access to The Fairmont Orchid’s best recreational, ocean, sports, culture and wellness activities and gear, including daily Seaside Yoga, kayaking, snorkeling, outrigger canoe paddling and soft-top surfboards, tennis clinics, and cultural hikes by the hotel’s Beachboy ambassadors. Also included with each Activity Pass is a Saturday evening Keiki (Children) Aloha program, so Mom and Dad can enjoy some time together, while their keiki watch a movie and meet other young hotel guests. The Activity Passes are valued at $40 per person per stay, and $30 per child, ages five to 12, per stay.
Families and friends can fuel up for the day’s adventures at The Orchid Court restaurant. Twice As Nice includes two complete buffet breakfasts per room daily at The Orchid Court (open from 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.), where a tantalizing morning spread of breakfast meats, an omelet station, fresh Big Island fruit, breakfast pastries, bagels, Japanese breakfast items, and much more, is offered. The Breakfast Buffet is valued at $26 per person.
Adding to the packages allure is The Fairmont Orchid features new ‘Ohana (Family) Connector rooms, which offer an inside connecting door between rooms. Guaranteed only in the Moderate category. Connecting rooms in all other categories are on a request basis.
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