June 17, 2012
Broadway Cares and Kimpton Swing for NYC Pride
Mark Thompson READ TIME: 2 MIN.
NEW YORK, NY - Pack your pride and head to the Big Gay Apple! With lots of parades and festivities planned for NYC Pride this summer, why not complete your NYC gay-cation at Kimpton's Eventi Hotel.
Guests can book Eventi's I Swing for PRIDE package which includes the following:
� Start the weekend off with a bottle of bubbly on us
� Experiment with a 2-hour trapeze class for two at The Trapeze School
� PRIDE-only wine hour on the 5th floor terrace on the night before the parade
� Sleep in and enjoy breakfast in bed and morning mimosas the day after the parade
� Complimentary upgrade to next room type if available
� 10% of your rate will be donated to Broadway Cares
Starting at $449, guests can book online or call 1-866-996-8396 and mention rate code PRIDE for travel now until July 31, 2012. Rates subject to availability. Taxes and gratuities not included. Blackout dates may apply.
Kimpton is proud to be the only hotel brand to score 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality index for four years in a row and has provided continual support to the LGBT community through KPride, the company's employee resource center, along with many other initiatives.
On Thursday, June 28, HESTER NIGHTS' participating vendors will donate 10% of profits to Broadway Cares as part of HESTER STREET FAIR'S on-going pro-social initiative, HESTER GIVES.
LINK: Eventi Hotel
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A long-term New Yorker and a member of New York Travel Writers Association, Mark Thompson has also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The author of the novels WOLFCHILD and MY HAWAIIAN PENTHOUSE, he has a PhD in American Studies and is the recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center. His work has appeared in numerous publications.
