Renaissance Austin Hotel's New Austin Hill Country Shopping Package Kicks Off This Month

    /24-7PressRelease/ - AUSTIN, TX, January 11, 2008 - The Renaissance Austin Hotel in Texas now offers guests a weekend of relaxation and shopping as part of their new Austin Hill Country Shopping Vacation Package. Beginning in January 2008 and running throughout the year, guests can book one of the 492 rooms the luxury hotel has to offer and receive a $50 gift card to upscale Austin stores, including The Arboretum and The Domain shops. With the Austin hotel just minutes from downtown, the Austin Hill Country Shopping Vacation Package allows hotel guests to enjoy the beautiful Austin Hill Country as a backdrop to the fabulous shopping experience.

The new Austin hotel package includes: deluxe guest room accommodations for two, a $50 gift card for shopping in the nearby upscale shops, complimentary self parking, and Starbucks coffee for two. Guests will have a great time exploring the Arboretum and Domain shops, the beauty of the Texas Hill Country, University of Texas, Lake Travis, or the City of Austin. When they visit the hotel, guests can enjoy a heightened level of luxury surroundings and sneak a peek at the recently completed multimillion-dollar renovations. This Northwest Austin, Texas hotel provides a vacation of luxury and relaxation in the heart of Austin's finest shopping district.

"This vacation package provides our guests with a fun winter shopping experience," commented Rob Gillette, General Manager for the Renaissance Austin Hotel. "Not only can they take advantage of our outstanding hotel amenities, but where else can shoppers enjoy the beauty of the Texas Hill that we can also offer in our own backyard? The upscale shopping and dining located nearby also make this a perfect combination for a scenic Texas Hill Country getaway."

The Austin Texas Hill Country Shopping Vacation Package will be available throughout the year. The nearby shopping centers offer guests a choice of several national retail chains and upscale shops for a unique selection of shopping and entertainment.

With the recently completed renovations, guests can also experience a new level of luxury surroundings when they visit the Austin luxury hotel. The changes now lend to a more "high-tech, high-touch" feel for guests at this truly authentic and upscale 10-story atrium hotel. The new Internet caf , @ustinbytes, offers a variety of foods and beverages during the day, including: Starbucks coffee, gourmet coffees, specialty wines and beer, fresh-baked pastries, fresh pizzas and sandwiches, select cheeses, snacks, and gourmet desserts. The cyber caf projects an "eat.drink.connect." methodology. Wireless service is available for guests in the open "great room" atmosphere where computers are set up in workstations with a private, yet relaxed environment. The Austin hotel also has a new state-of-the-art fitness center with the latest equipment, and a new bedding package which includes plush pillow-top mattresses and a 300-count linen package. The Austin restaurant, Banderas - A Texas Bistrot, in the hotel serves three meals daily featuring a Texas-style Hill Country cuisine. Wireless internet service is also available in the luxury hotel's public areas, meeting rooms and guest rooms.

As a recipient of several esteemed awards and ratings over the past years, including the prestigious Gold Key Award by Meetings and Conventions magazine for ten consecutive years, the AAA Four Diamond Award for ten years with the last three consecutively, the International Special Events Society (ISES) Austin Chapter Host of the Year, and the corporate Savvy Service Award for North America, the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Texas provides outstanding accommodations and Savvy Service to its guests.

About the Renaissance Austin Hotel
The Renaissance Austin Hotel is located just 11 miles or fifteen minutes from downtown, nestled in the scenic hills of northwest Austin and a gateway to the Texas Hill Country. The Austin hotel is close by to the new Domain shopping center. It is also cornerstone to the upscale entertainment complex offered in the hotel package, the Arboretum, which is a 95-acre park-like setting filled with over 80 shops, boutiques, restaurants, movie theaters, walking and jogging paths. With 60,000 square feet of functional space, and an additional 7,000 square feet of meeting space opening in Summer 2008, - and its recently-renovated 30,000 square foot exhibit hall, the Austin luxury hotel is an attractive destination for both business and leisure travelers. For more information or to make a reservation, call 800-468-3571 or visit http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/aussh-renaissance-austin-hotel.
*To view all the details of this package visit http://www.marriott.com/hotels/specials/mesoffer.mi?marshaCode=aussh&marrOfferId=300530

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