Museums & Attractions
Programs & Packages
- San Francisco’s Exploratorium is showcasing the 5,000-square-foot Mind exhibition, encompassing 40 new interactive exhibits. The exhibition, which was four years in the making, challenges visitors to experience their own thoughts, feelings and actions in provocative and unexpected ways. For example, the display A Sip of Conflict asks visitors to drink from a water fountain fashioned from a real but unused toilet. Poker Face invites guests to try to catch a friend in a lie—or to get away with one themselves. For more information, call 415.397.5673 or visit www.exploratorium.com.
Programs & Packages
- California’s Viceroy Palm Springs is offering its Desert Glamour meeting package while the Viceroy Santa Monica is promoting its Urban Retreat package for groups. Each package includes a 50 percent discount on meeting room rentals, a complimentary hospitality cabana or suite, complimentary breakfast upgrades, and one complimentary room upgrade. The Palms Springs package also includes discounts at its Estrella Spa. The packages run through Dec.15. For more information, call Viceroy Palm Springs at 760.320.4117 or visit www.viceroypalmsprings.com; and Viceroy Santa Monica at 310.260.7500 or visit www.viceroysantamonica.com.
- Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas now offers personalized Yoga Breaks between meeting sessions, taught by certified yoga and Pilates instructors and designed especially for meeting attendees. Yoga Breaks last 30 minutes and take place at the hotel’s spa. Meeting planners can work with spa staff to design a Yoga Break based on their group’s individual needs, including 15-minute mini-yoga sessions. Ten-minute chair massages are also available as are one-on-one yoga sessions. For more information, call 702.632.5000 or visit www.fourseasons.com.
- Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco is offering several Hot Date periods from now through June 2008 for groups to get the best value available for group bookings. Upcoming dates include Nov. 16-27; Dec. 13-30; and March 19-29, 2008. The 313-room hotel offers 19,000 square feet of flexible function space; a ballroom with skylights and a fireplace; and Wi-Fi in all meeting, event and prefunction areas. For more information, call 415.563.1234 or visit http:fishermanswharf.hyatt.com.