Boston luxury hotel XV Beacon is more than just a pretty building - it’s now the place to be for Boston business travelers.  Travel + Leisure recently named XV Beacon the best business hotel in the U.S. ranked it fourth in the world, in the magazine’s World’s Best Business Hotels 2009 survey.

The Beacon Hill hotel is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary at the stroke of midnight, January 1, 2010. To honor this new award, XV Beacon is offering their valued business guests the “Business Meets Pleasure” package.

XV Beacon’s new “Business Meets Pleasure” package also provides the following:

• A luxurious room and late check-out at 2pm
• Two cocktails at Mooo Bar
• Daily XV “Bacon” Breakfast
• Airport drop-off in Lexus sedan
• Local and toll-free calls and complimentary faxing

The XV Beacon’s “Business Meets Pleasure” package is available through year-end 2010, with package rates starting at $310.

In addition, all business travelers receive complimentary personalized business card with direct dial phone number; 24 hour pressing and laundry services; city sedan services; complimentary newspapers, WiFi, printing and copying.

Standard rates at XV Beacon begin at $250 - $575 for “Classic Rooms” per night/double occupancy, based on availability.

Baby, it’s cold outside, so instead of gallivanting around town ruining your party shoes in the snow, spend the night inside for New Year’s Eve at a luxury hotel in Boston.

The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel and it’s 606 Congress restaurant are hosting a New Year’s Eve package for $299 to ring in the 2010. The “New Year’s Eve Beantown Bonus” package includes:

• Deluxe overnight accommodations for two on New Year’s Eve
• Dinner for two at adjacent 606 Congress on New Year’s Eve
• Breakfast for two at adjacent 606 Congress on New Year’s Day
• Late check-out of 4 p.m. on New Year’s Day
• One $20.10 gift card to Starbucks
• Complimentary use of the health club and lap pool

The package rate is $299 and is based on double occupancy.

View from the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel

Make reservations online at www.RenaissanceBoston.com and enter the promotional code EVE. Hint: You must make reservations at 606 Congress for dinner in advance of your stay to secure a table.

Black Friday is over, cyber-Monday has come and gone, and you spent the two best shopping days of the season gorging on leftover turkey and watching “Elf”. We hope you enjoyed your relaxation time, but since you missed the best sales of the year it’s time to kick it into high-gear.

Listen up, fellas: Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a night at the Four Seasons. Think “romance” and book a hotel room.

(Don’t worry, we’ll help you…)

Start with breakfast in bed followed by a few spa treatments and dinner by the in-room fireplace. The best part? You don’t have to plan a thing. Grab a Four Seasons gift certificate and let the concierge at one of the world’s best hotels take care of the rest. The gift cards come in any amount from $100 to $5000 and can be purchased online or at any Four Seasons hotel. And, you can feel charitable about your gift: Four Seasons will donate the cost of one bed kit to Sleeping Children Around the World* for every Gift Card sold between December 1-10, 2009.

p.s. Hotel gift cards are available at most major hotels around the world. Contact your favorite hotel group to find out what denominations are available for purchase. Hint: You might even be able to use your gift card for a holiday stay.

What’s better than a shopping spree at Barney’s? A massage to soothe your tired muscles from carrying all your shopping bags after a shopping spree at Barney’s. Thanks to the Mandarin Oriental, New York hotel, this little slice of holiday heaven could be yours.

The Mandarin Oriental New York and Barney’s New York have teamed up to offer guests two shop-‘til-you-drop nights in a fashionable New York suite, complete with breakfast each morning, one dinner for two at the exclusive Fred’s at Barney’s New York restaurant, and a $250 Barneys New York gift certificate.

Mandarin Oriental Suite

As you might imagine, this chic little package comes at a cost. The ultimate shopping suite hotel package starts at $3,500 and is available through Dec. 31, 2009.

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is a holiday shopping spree at Barney’s.