SEATTLE, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Always wanted to see the famous Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights that dance across Alaska's winter night sky? The Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center is offering a special Northern Lights Package now through April 15 during the dark winter months when this aerial phenomenon is best viewed.
The Northern Lights Package features one night's accommodations for two in a deluxe room, Northern Lights' wake-up call, map of Northern Lights' viewing areas, two signature coffee tumblers with hot chocolate, cookies and hand-warmers, hot/cold continental breakfast buffet for two and 2:00 PM late check-out so you can sleep in after viewing Northern Lights in the wee hours. Cost is just $95 per night, plus tax.
"The Northern Lights are truly an extraordinary sight," said Steve Leonard, vice president and general manager of Westmark Hotels. "It's a spectacle well worth visiting Fairbanks in winter, and the new package we're offering bundles together some nice amenities at a price that can't be beat."
Undulating ribbons of light may shimmer in the sky for hours like glowing, dancing curtains of green, yellow and orange/red. Native people thought the lights were spirits playing ball in the sky with a walrus skull or flaming torches carried by souls departing for the afterlife. The scientific explanation: a physics phenomenon 50 to 200 miles above Earth where solar winds hit molecules of gas, lighting them up like neon signs.
The Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center has completed a $34-million expansion and now offers 400 rooms and suites, an 800-square foot fitness center, two restaurants and meeting space for up to 400 people. It offers a convenient downtown location, free parking, free airport/railroad shuttle (October - April), phones with voice mail & data ports and free Wi-Fi in all public areas and some guestrooms.
Westmark Hotels, a subsidiary of Holland America Line, is the largest hotel group in Alaska and the Yukon, operating a total of 10 hotels in 9 communities catering to both business and leisure travelers. The Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center is one of five hotels open year-round; the others are in Anchorage, Whitehorse, Juneau and Sitka.
Other Westmark Hotels operating seasonally from mid-May through mid-September are located in Skagway, Tok, Whitehorse (Klondike Inn), Dawson City and Beaver Creek.
Westmark Hotels offers consistently top-notch service, considerate and helpful staff and comfortable accommodations. For more information or reservations, phone 1-800-544-0970 or visit http://www.westmarkhotels.com/. To contact the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center directly, phone 907-456-7722.
-http://www.westmarkhotels.com-/ About the Westmark Hotels
Westmark Hotels operates the largest hotel chain in Alaska/Yukon with 10 hotels and inns in nine communities across the region. The chain is a member of the Holland America Line family of companies, the largest and most experienced tour and cruise operator in Alaska and the Yukon. Celebrating its 62nd year as the leader in Alaska travel in 2009, Holland America will have eight ships offering a record number of cruises with more departures featuring Glacier Bay National Park than any other cruise line.
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Holland America Line's fleet of 14 ships offers nearly 500 cruises to 320 ports in more than 100 countries, territories or dependencies. Two- to 108- day itineraries visit all seven continents, and highlights include Antarctica, South America, Australia/New Zealand and Asia voyages; a Grand World Voyage; and popular sailings to ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Mexico, Canada/New England, Europe and Panama Canal. A 15th ship, ms Nieuw Amsterdam, is scheduled to join the fleet in 2010.
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