Chocolate Chip Cookies for Santa are Complimentary This Holiday Season at Doubletree Hotels
'Tis the Season for Sweetening Santa's Palate (and Yours) at More Than 150 Hotels Nationwide
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 21, 2005. This holiday season, kids and kids-at-heart will be lining up at Doubletree Hotels in last-minute attempts to earn extra points on Santa's "nice" list. Just in time for the jolly old man to slide down chimneys everywhere, Doubletree is offering complimentary freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies - Old Saint Nick's favorite kind - to anyone who drops by any of its more than 150 properties in North America from December 22 to December 31, 2005. All ages are welcome and no purchase is necessary. Simply visit a Doubletree hotel to request your complimentary cookie.
"The Doubletree 'Cookies for the Holidays' campaign is a fun way for us to celebrate the spirit of giving in our communities by setting the standard ourselves, and having some fun by satisfying chocolate cravings across the country," said Dave Horton, senior vice president - brand management. "It's a time-honored tradition to put out cookies for Santa. This year, we're helping kids provide Santa Claus with some of the most delicious cookies ever!"
The Doubletree tradition of greeting guests at check-in with its legendary warm chocolate chip cookie has set the standard since the 1980s. Doubletree gives out approximately 29,000 chocolate chip cookies each day; that's more than 10,500,000 each year! Each cookie weighs a hearty 2 1/2 ounces and boasts an average of 20 chocolate chips.
The Doubletree "Cookies for the Holidays" promotion shares the hotel's signature cookies with the young and old to celebrate the holiday season. Each person (or child) will be presented with one Doubletree cookie, while supplies last.
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