TASTY EASTER PACKAGE TREATS FROM MACDONALD HOTELS & RESORTS – YOU’LL BE EGG-STATIC!

Easter’s coming early this year and Easter weekend starts on Friday 21st March so start planning your getaway now! Gather up the family, pack up the car and head to one of Macdonald Hotels & Resorts’ 48 four and five-star hotels for a long weekend of egg-cellent family fun! Alternatively, if you would rather relax and put your feet up, then Macdonald Hotels’ short break packages could provide the perfect opportunity to escape the daily grind.

If you are planning to take the kids then make the most of Macdonald Hotels’ ‘Great Days Out’ voucher promotion for money off entry into top tourist attractions throughout the UK. Included in the promotion are theme parks, zoos, wildlife centres, transport heritage sites, aquariums, and English Heritage and National Trust properties, so there’s something to appeal to every member of the family, young or old! The ‘Great Days Out’ promotion aims to offer discounts at at least five attractions within a 40 minute drive of every Macdonald hotel.

Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is renowned for serving superior quality food in its restaurants and aims to use organic produce sourced from ethical suppliers, where possible. For example, guests that are feeling particularly ‘clucky’ this Easter, can feast on free range corn fed chickens and those who don’t want to over indulge on eggs of the chocolate kind can enjoy a hearty breakfast made with free range eggs!

FAMILY FUN APLENTY IN SHROPSHIRE FROM £73.50pppn
Escape to the country and treat the kids to a fun packed weekend of activities, including splash time in the pool, egg painting, treasure hunts and a family disco at the four-star Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Set amidst 300 acres of countryside, Hill Valley is offering a two night package of dinner, bed & breakfast for £80 per person per night or three nights for £73.50 per person per night. With each package, kids stay free on a B&B basis when sharing with adults (one child per room). Offer is valid from 21st-23rd March 2008. Round off the Easter weekend with Easter Sunday lunch in the hotel’s Borders restaurant priced at £17.50 per adult and £11.50 for children under 14. Booking ref: HV/Easter08. Call 0870 194 2133 to book or visit www.macdonald-hotels.co.uk/hillvalley.

JAZZ & THREE NIGHTS FOR TWO IN MARLOW FOR £70pppn
Guests wanting to get away from it all and be looked after should head to the Macdonald Compleat Angler Hotel in Marlow, Bucks. Named after Izaak Walton’s famous book, The Compleat Angler enjoys a prime waterside location and many of the hotel’s 64 bedrooms have views of the river and Marlow weir. The hotel is hosting a jazz dinner on Thursday 20th March 2008 as the perfect lead in to a relaxing Easter weekend. For just £38.50 per person, soak up the mellow atmosphere and enjoy live jazz from the great songwriters of the 1940's and 50's, as well as Bossa Novas from Brazil. Then, why not take advantage of the hotel’s ‘three nights for the price of two’ offer (available from 14th March to 1st June 2008) and stay a few days. The three night package price of £420 B&B for two sharing a classic room is exceptional value at just £70 per person per night. Call 0844 879 9128 to book or visit www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/compleatangler.

DB&B FOR £99pppn IN EAST LOTHIAN WITH FREE B&B FOR KIDS
The Macdonald Marine Hotel & Spa in North Berwick, East Lothian, has breathtaking views of the Firth of Forth and nearby championship golf course. Recently refurbished to its former glory, this majestic Victorian hotel boasts 83 bedrooms and a magnificent spa. The Easter package is valid from 21st-24th March 2008 and costs £99 for dinner, bed and breakfast per person per night, based on two sharing a classic twin/double room. Kids stay for free on a B&B basis and receive an Easter egg on arrival. Dinner for kids can be purchased for £8.95 per child per night. Call 0844 879 9130 to book or visit www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/marine.

HUNT FOR EGGS IN BATH FROM £139.50pppn
Enjoy timeless quality at the exquisite Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel, which is offering bed and continental breakfast from £139.50 per person for one night stays between 19th and 26th March 2008, with an Easter egg for each guest staying over the Easter weekend. The hotel is also serving Easter Sunday lunch on 23rd March in the award-winning Vellore restaurant (charged separately) and there will be an Easter egg hunt for children in the hotel grounds. Call 0844 879 9106 to book or visit www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/bathspa. For more information on Macdonald Hotels and Resorts call: 0870 830 4807 or visit www.macdonald-hotels.co.uk