Iditarod Heats up the Beautiful Alaskan Terrain
Millennium Alaskan Hotel's "Iditarod" Package Includes Access to Champagne Toast with Mushers and Fu
ANCHORAGE, AK, January 5, 2006. Mushers traverse the magnificent Alaskan landscape in the annual Iditarod Race under the gaze of the Northern Lights, braving more than 1,000 miles in sub-zero weather and gale force winds. This "amazing race" begins on March 4, 2006, in the city of Anchorage and ends in Nome on the coast of the Bering Sea, lasting a total of nine days or longer, frequently in blizzards and white-out conditions.
The best way to experience the Iditarod is with the Millennium Alaskan Hotel which is offering a "Head Start" package which includes: two nights accommodations, two tickets to the five-course Iditarod fund-raising dinner and auction at the hotel on March 3, 2006, transportation to and from the Iditarod starting line in Anchorage on March 4, 2006, access to the Iditarod race activities at the hotel such as the Musher's Champagne Toast, nightly turndown service and complimentary breakfast in-room or in the hotel's Flying Machine Restaurant. Complimentary use of the hotel's health club with sauna, steam room and hot tub and shuttle service to the 5th Avenue Mall, Nordstrom's, J.C. Penney and the Dimond Center Mall is also available to guests. The package is priced at $499, available for booking for the dates of March 1 - March 6, 2006. Activities for the Iditarod such as the Musher's Champagne Toast (afternoon of March 2nd) and the Iditarod Fundraising Dinner (night of March 3rd) begin during that time period.
Additional nights at the hotel are available at $139 per room, per night. Room tax and gratuities are not included. Reservations can be made at www.millenniumhotels.com or by calling 866-866-8086.
The Millennium Alaskan Hotel which recently underwent a $1.6 million renovation was named as the fifth-highest performing U.S. airport hotel by Lodging and Hospitality Magazine. This year's ranking is the 15th year that the hotel has been recognized by the magazine. The magazine lists the top 400 U.S. hotels and resorts based on total sales revenue per room from the previous year.
The Millennium Alaskan is located on the eastern shores of Lake Spenard which is home to the world's largest float-plane base. One can watch these aircrafts take off from the hotel's popular Fancy Moose Lounge. The hotel is situated only a mile from the Anchorage International Airport and ten minutes from downtown features the ambience of a world-class hunting lodge, with rich furnishings, a one-of-a-kind six-foot in diameter globe, a rock fireplace, displays of indigenous Alaskan animals, a photo gallery of early residents and other Alaskan artifacts. The 248 spacious guestrooms feature king-sized or two double beds.
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