Revive Your Relationship: MTM Luxury Lodging Declares Friday as a Day to Reconnect and Renew

MTM's Northwest Collection properties and glassybaby provide a way to connect with loved ones during

. May 12, 2009

SEATTLE, WA, May 12, 2009 - MTM Luxury Lodging, which manages a premier collection of boutique hotels in the Northwest, including Cave B Inn at SageCliffe, Hotel 1000, Sorrento Hotel, Willows Lodge and The Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club and Spa, announces the "Reconnect and Renew" rate, declaring every Friday a day for couples and friends alike to revive their relationship at its Pacific Northwest properties.

"Our relationships are under siege in today's world," said Marc Pujalet of MTM Luxury Lodging. "Often, we are too consumed with the everyday stresses of work, family and looming economic woes in order to truly show how much we appreciate what we have. Our relationships are our most basic, simple pleasures and we all should make time to enjoy them, which is why we have declared every Friday as the day to 'Reconnect and Renew' at each of our Northwest Collection hotels."

The "Reconnect and Renew" rate features: overnight accommodations for two at the value room rate of $199 with an automatic upgrade and an exclusive welcome amenity of a glassybaby (http://www.glassybaby.com), a small, colored hand-blown votive, to take home as a reminder to find time to reconnect with one another. Each Northwest Collection hotel has chosen a different glassybaby color to represent its own personality. In alignment with the founder's philosophy, glassybaby will donate 10% from the sale of each glassybaby to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. http://www.fhcrc.com

"We are touched to be included in this special partnership with MTM," said Lee Rhodes, glassybaby founder. "It is important for us to align with partners that share our mission of giving, healing and celebrating life."

According to recent articles in USA Today, the bleak American economic forecast has led people to realize how the simple things in life mean a lot - quality time with family and friends, comfort foods and value-oriented ways to be entertained. Travel today is less about self-indulgence and more about the quality time allotted with loved ones.

"With our 'Reconnect and Renew' rate, we hope to offer guests the chance to find peace amidst the chaos of everyday life to reconnect with those that are most important to you," said Marc Pujalet of MTM Luxury Lodging. "The glassybaby becomes a daily reminder to treasure our relationships, extending their trip long after they've checked out of the hotel."

Seattle-based company, glassybaby, has been designing the original small multi-layered glass-blown candleholders since 1998. glassybaby are available in over 80different colors and can be arranged together to create a stunning display. Physically just a small object, the light coming through a glassybaby generates more; it creates warmth and a calm token of peace in the busy world.

The "Reconnect and Renew" rate will be offered each Friday beginning May 2009 through year-end at participating MTM Luxury Lodging Northwest Collection properties - Cave B Inn at SageCliffe, Hotel 1000, Sorrento Hotel, Willows Lodge and The Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa. Rates for the package are $199 and are based upon availability; some restrictions apply and cannot be used in conjunction with other promotions. For additional information or to book a time to "Reconnect and Renew" please visit http://www.mtmnorthwestcollection.com

About MTM Luxury Lodging

MTM Luxury Lodging is a luxury hotel management company headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., just outside of Seattle. The company specializes in managing independent luxury hotels, inns and resorts, which are located in spectacular settings and are distinctive with an abundance of character, ambiance and a flair for exemplary regional cuisine. Its premier collection of boutique hotels includes Cave B Inn at SageCliffe (Quincy); Hotel 1000 (downtown Seattle); Willows Lodge (Woodinville); and Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa (Kirkland). Other MTM luxury properties from coast to coast include The Liberty Hotel (Boston) and Bardessono (Napa Valley). Without exception, MTM managed hotels are among the very best in the markets they serve. http://www.mtmluxurylodging.com

About glassybaby

glassybaby was founded in 2001 by Lee Rhodes, a three time cancer survivor. Finding solace in the beauty of glassybaby, she started selling them to her family and friends out of her garage, and moved to her first retail studio in 2003. A glassybaby is a small colored, glass cup, candleholder, or vase. glassybaby are hand-blown in Seattle by glass artisans in a myriad of seasonal colors with names like Wet Dog, Seattle Sunset, Comfort and First Kiss. The glassybaby goodwill program donates 10% of sales from select colors to cancer related charities, and to date has donated over $400,000 through the program. Their packaging is environmentally friendly and 100% recyclable. glassybaby can be purchased at their Madrona Studio or their new University Village retail shop.