Florida: Historical Hotel Holiday - 6 days/5 nights

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Florida: Historical Hotel Holiday
6 days/5 nights
Colony Hotel & Cabana Club

www.thecolonyhotel.com

Enjoy 6 days/5 nights at this historic landmark. Since 1926, The Colony Hotel & Cabana Club has been a member of The National Trust for Historic Preservation's prestigious list of over 200 Historic Hotels of America. The Colony offers the historic appeal of a romantic "Old Florida" setting and with all the modern amenities for a perfect vacation. The hotel is ideally located on the renowned Atlantic Avenue, in the very heart of Delray's restaurant, boutique, art gallery, festival, cultural and historic centers.

This trip is available until November 30, 2010

• This package includes a Historic King or Corner Queen room, breakfasts in the Skylight Lobby, transportation to the beachfront Colony Cabana Club, maps to Green Cay Interpretive Center and trails, Wakodahatchee Wetlands trail, Loxahatchee Interpretive Center and three mile canoe trail throught the Everglades, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
• This donation does not include tips, tax, telephone use, and lunch, dinner and bevarage charges

Colony Hotel & Cabana Club Awards:

• Voted Best Hotel by Broward Palm Beach in "New York Times" - 2003
• Won Green Business Award from Florida Atlantic University - 1996
• Delray Beach Historic Landmark and is a member of The National Trust for Historic Preservation's

Colony Hotel & Cabana Club Sustainable Green and Social Practices:

• Certified a Florida Green Lodge by the Department of Environmental Protection - 2006
• Family-owned and operated hotel with a sister property in Kennebunkport, Maine
• Founding member of the "Green" Hotels Association
• Eliminate the use of Styrofoam food containers, aerosol spray products, plastic trashcan liners whenever possible, and use of non-toxic cleaning materials in guest rooms
• Careful purchasing to eliminate excessive packaging, including buying in bulk.
• Support community businesses by purchasing as many local products as possible.
• Buy only recycled paper products for office use and promotional materials.
• Photocopy doublesided whenever possible.
• Recycle soda cans, food cans, office papers, newspapers, glass and plastics with recycling bins distributed throughout the hotel for use by employees and guests
• Have an educational campaign to make environmental awareness second nature to our employees and guests.