Deerhurst press release

huntsville Girlfriends getaway

The spotlight is back on music, fashion, fun and food for annual town-wide event and resort package featuring Kathleen Edwards and JUNO winners The Good Lovelies.

Huntsville, ON., August 2010 – With the back-to-school rush and end-of-year office crunch both taking their toll, it’s time to call your best friend, sister, daughter, neighbour or mom to get out, get away and get happy.

Ontario resort Deerhurst and its hometown of Huntsville have gotten together to make it easy with a ready-to-go girlfriends’ weekend, November 12-14, that’s much more than just a resort package and fits in even the most stretched of budgets.

"In summer, many women take an Ontario getaway with their family – not always a break for mom or daughter. This chance to take an easy trip with the girls is a wonderful contrast and a great way to explore the very best of Muskoka,” notes Clee Varon, Deerhurst’s director of sales & marketing.

"Deerhurst Resort gives you the ideal location plus a roster of exciting activities and special guests for the entire weekend, and our town of Huntsville puts on amazing retail specials and even more workshops. This truly is a click-pack-go trip, and you can make a dent in that holiday shopping too.”

The 2010 edition of the Huntsville Girlfriends’ Getaway is headlined by a Saturday night resort concert with hit singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards and opening act trio the Good Lovelies, winners of the 2010 Juno Award for Roots Album of the Year.

Deerhurst’s two-night Muskoka Girlfriends’ Getaway event package wraps up a two-night hotel stay, welcome tapas, admission to the on-site Pretty in Pink evening and Beautifully You show, Saturday breakfast, concert admission, pre- and post-concert parties, two workshops, yoga classes and a complimentary downtown shopping shuttle from just $249 per person based on double occupancy.

Hotel add-on options include a pre-concert dinner and treatments at the Spa at Deerhurst, which features top beauty brands like Pevonia, La Biosthetique and Jane Iredale, as well as cranberry-honey treatments using products created by fave local bath emporium Soapstones using Deerhurst’s own wildflower honey harvest and Bala cranberry extracts.

Downtown, Huntsville’s entire Main Street will again be decorated in “pink chic.” And all kinds of retailers and restaurants like Flotrons Hickory & Tweed boutique department store, The Finds gallery-café and casual gear designer Muskoka Bear Wear will be offering discounts, sales, demos and gifts with purchase.

To book your Huntsville Girlfriends’ Getaway package at Deerhurst visit deerhurstresort.com/girlfriends or call 1-800-461-4393.

“We know you love your kids, your partner, your job,” says event organizer Kelly Haywood, general manager of the Huntsville-Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce.

“But for one weekend, love them remotely – come up and have fun with us in Muskoka. The Huntsville Girlfriends’ Getaway is your time and place to relax before the holiday season madness.”

ABOUT DEERHURST RESORT
A Muskoka resort landmark since 1896, Deerhurst showcases 400 rooms and condo-style suites and the most on-site activities of any hotel in Eastern Canada including stables, an inflatable water park, two 18-hole golf courses, a live stage show, kids’ YMCA program, and full-service spa with locally inspired therapies, as well as 45,000 square feet of function venues. The place where the 2010 G8 Summit of world leaders was held and Shania Twain launched her superstar career also hosts concerts by performers like Johnny Reid, Holly Cole and Chantal Kreviazuk. For information and reservations visit www.deerhurstresort.com or facebook.com/deerhurst or call 1-800-461-4393.

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