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Discount Tickets Offered for 'Summer Passions'
Only $75 for weekend pass
Olympic Valley, Calif. - Resort at Squaw Creek is offering a limited number of all access passes to Summer Passions Food and Wine Event for $75, plus tax. The event brings the best of food and drink to life with a summer celebration featuring the wines of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. Summer Passions, which takes place July 31 through August 2, begins with an outdoor evening reception with tapas paired with Antinori wines, and the delectable eats and flavorful beverages flow all weekend. Guests will catch Mr. Mojito as he prepares his namesake beverage, taste Domaine Ste. Michelle sparkling wine infused with summer fruits, experience winesicles made with Snoqualmie Riesling, and sip sangria made with Columbia Crest wines.
Chef Sara Kops of Resort at Squaw Creek presents healthy summer recipes on the Six Peaks Terrace paired with wines from Chateau Ste. Michelle. A wine and cheese party under the stars with a classic movie and wines of Villa Mt. Eden Winery peaks the weekend fun. These are merely a sampling of the events. An all access weekend pass to Summer Passions is $75 per person, plus tax. Passes are limited.
Ten percent of the proceeds will benefit the Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation.
The entirety of Summer Magical Memories, a series of themed weekends, spans through August 30. A complete Summer Magical Memories calendar and Summer Passions event schedule is available at http://www.magicalsquawcreek.com/.
For more information or reservations call 800.401.9501, or visit http://www.visitsquawcreek.com/.
Resort at Squaw Creek is a Destination Hotels & Resorts-managed property. Recently recognized as one of Condé Nast Traveler's "Top 50 Ski Hotels" in North America, the 405-room and suite Resort at Squaw Creek is situated at the base of Squaw Valley USA, five miles from Lake Tahoe. The property features several diverse dining options, a full-service spa, and a year-round pool complex with seasonal waterslide. During the summer months, guest can enjoy on-property golf, guided hikes, river rafting on the nearby Truckee River, miles of bike trails and variety of water activities at Lake Tahoe.
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n About Resort at Squaw Creek (www.squawcreek.com)
Resort at Squaw Creek, a Destination Hotels & Resorts property, is situated at the base of Squaw Valley USA, home to the 1960 Winter Olympics. The mountainside North Lake Tahoe resort, which still sparkles from the nearly $55 million property-wide renovation two years ago, features 405 lavishly appointed residential-style guest rooms and suites; 33,000 square feet of indoor meeting space and 14,750 square feet of outdoor space; an exclusive on-property chair lift accessing Squaw Valley USA's world-class ski terrain; a recently renovated spa and full-service salon; a 25-meter heated pool and outdoor hot tubs; four distinct restaurants; exclusive boutique shopping; and Mountain Buddies, a fully-supervised children's activity program. Resort at Squaw Creek is a perennial AAA Four-Diamond property, and is one of the "Top 50 Ski Resorts in North America," as selected by Condé Nast Traveler.
n About Destination Hotels & Resorts (www. destinationhotels.com)
Resort at Squaw Creek is one of more than 30 independent, upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, which is consistently rated one of the top 10 independent hospitality management companies in the United States. To protect and preserve the unique communities in which the company operates, Destination launched Destination Earth, an environmental sustainability program in 2008. New for 2009 is the 582-room Terranea Resort situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California, which opened to the public in June. The 102-acre ocean front resort features a 25,000-square-foot destination spa, three swimming pools, three ocean view restaurants and a Todd Eckenrode-designed par three golf course. In addition to Terranea in the greater Los Angeles area, Destination operates properties in key metropolitan areas and resort markets including Washington, D.C., Denver, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Palm Springs, Houston and Lake Tahoe. Destination is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based investment, development and management firm Lowe Enterprises. For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit http://www.destinationhotels.com/ or to join the company's loyalty program for the best offers available, visit http://www.destinationdelivers.com/.
Marc Sapoznik
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