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This custom package allows your party of (2) to fly to one of the following destinations and also allows for (1) stopover on the way to the selected destination and (1) stopover on the way home from the selected destination. Select three total stops from the following locations:

Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne and Sydney
New Zealand: Auckland

Enjoy a total of (10) nights at your choice of award-winning Hyatt Hotels. All certificates are valid one year from event date and include room taxes. A maximum of (4) nights can be used at the Park Hyatt Sydney property.

Australia:
Hyatt Regency Adelaide-This 4-star property is located in the center of town overlooking the River Torrens, near Elder Park, part of the Adelaide Plaza complex incorporating a casino, convention center, exhibition hall and Adelaide Festival Centre.
The shimmering 24-story tower fronts a courtyard with unobstructed river views. Public space is abundant and dazzling. A sauna, steam room, whirlpool, plunge pool, solarium, weight room and outdoor pool await onsite, and tennis and golf can be arranged.

Hyatt Regency Coolum (Queensland)-This 5-star resort is located 75 miles from Brisbane. It combines sprawling design and local styling with resorty surroundings. This place improves with each inspection-a refined retreat equally suited to short breaks and long vacations.
The renowned Robert Trent Jones, Jr., golf course is the showpiece here, and eight pools, tennis and squash courts, and a complete health club with saunas and whirlpools keep pulses racing. The arts center, beach club, and beauty salon provide alternative fun.

Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove (Gold Coast Queensland)-This 5-star resort is located only 60 miles from Brisbane. Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove is a five-star resort hotel on Australia's Gold Coast - styled as a traditional 1940s grand Queensland homestead and set amidst lush, tropical gardens, the hotel's colonial design is an elegant reminder of former times, offering a unique blend of Australian hospitality and sophistication.

Park Hyatt Melbourne-This 5-star property is a prestigious member of Conde Nast's 2007 (reserve list). This impressive property is located off Parliament Place only one block from Parliament, adjacent to Fitzroy Gardens, shopping and businesses. This sensational monument to hospitality is easily Melbourne's most distinguished address and stands on an even keel with the most notable hotels in the world. Just six years old, the hotel's two buildings resemble stately 18th-century townhouses set back down a long drive. The level of quality throughout the public rooms and accommodations is stellar; well-chosen contemporary art and lavish marble and exotic wood accents blend elegantly with the designers' updated art-deco aesthetic. The lobby dazzles with burnished burl paneling, astoundingly intricate inlaid marble floors, and mirror-finished steel and chrome. Service is no less impressive, and no request is too small to receive immediate attention. Comfortable well-upholstered furniture makes lounging in the adjacent sitting area a pleasure. In winter, gas fireplaces warm spirits and bodies.

The exquisite spa and health center offers a full range of services and a 25-m heated indoor lap pool. Admission is free for guests. Outdoorsy types can play tennis or venture into the surrounding pockets of vegetation. The thoroughly professional but unpretentious staff renders flawless service to a potpourri of knowledgeable travelers. There is no better choice in Melbourne.

Grand Hyatt Melbourne-This 5-star is a prestigious member of Conde Nast's 2007Gold List. This impressive property is located in the heart of Melbourne's business & theatre district within walking distance of many of Melbourne's main attractions, including the Yarra River promenade and casino. Options for healthy diversion are abundant in the country's largest hotel-based gym, the aerobics room, sauna, solarium, pool, plunge pool, whirlpool, and pro shop, and on the tennis courts. A wide range of massage treatments is available, as well.

Park Hyatt Sydney-This 5-star property is a prestigious member of Conde Nast's 2007 Gold List as the #1 rated property in Sydney. Also One of the Top 500 Hotels in the World according to Travel & Leisure Magazine's 2007 rankings. This property is uniquely situated beneath the Harbour Bridge on Sydney Cove and this property gets the award for City's Most Distinguished Boutique-Hotel. At night, guests gazing out at the illuminated opera house from their furnished balconies can easily justify paying the highest rack rate in town. The hotel's new pared-down look is sophisticated and chic, appealing especially to those with refined contemporary tastes. This highly polished operation consistently gets rave reviews from a long list of discerning corporate and leisure travelers who will stay no place else.

The new lobby is tres chic, overflowing with superlative modern furnishings, including exquisite Eames chairs and Naguchi-inspired tables. Guests check in at a pair of well-polished credenzas positioned to take in the breathtaking vistas of the harbor. Service too is noteworthy. Subtle well-chosen art, high-quality exotic wood and marble finishes reflect the discreet monied clientele that frequent this refined roost. To burn off the calories, guests ring up the personal trainer or troop to the rooftop pool and whirlpool, sundeck, steam room, sauna, masseuse and health spa with adjoining juice bar.

Hyatt Hotel Canberra - A Park Hyatt Hotel -This glamorous 5-star art-deco hotel is clearly the capital's best and is located 155 miles from Sydney. The health-minded enjoy the heated indoor pool and the superb fitness complex, which occupies its own building with a sauna, whirlpool, tennis court and jogging track.

New Zealand: Hyatt Regency Auckland-International gateway to New Zealand, laid out with stylish informality around one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. Called the 'City of Sails', Auckland is an irresistible aquatic playground. Right in the midst of this incredible city is a very special 4-star hotel, the Hyatt Regency Auckland, an undeniably posh pick that will please even finicky travelers. On entering Hyatt Regency Auckland, there is an impression of a European-style hotel-sophisticated, classical and stylish. Guests are greeted with friendly enthusiasm and unsurpassed efficiency. No request is too large, no detail too small. The perfect place to discover a cosmopolitan yet unspoiled city.

"The Piano" was filmed in New Zealand and showcased the beauty of this country.

Qantas

Enjoy coach class for (2) from Los Angeles, San Francisco or Hawaii to one of the following destinations and this package also allows for (1) stopover on the way to the selected destination and (1) stopover on the way home from the selected destination subject to availability. Select three total stops from the following locations:

Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne and Sydney
New Zealand:Auckland

The winning bidders can upgrade their coach class airfare to business class for the over the water portions of the flight (LAX or SFO links) for $5,500 per person subject to availability. A minimum of 14 days advance booking is required as is a Saturday night stay. Valid through June 30, 2008.

American Airlines

This package includes round-trip coach class service for two from any American Airlines destination in the 48 contiguous United States to anywhere American Airlines flies in the 48 contiguous United States subject to availability. The winning bidders can upgrade their coach class airfare to first class for $750 per person subject to availability. Note: On three class flights upgrade is to business class. A minimum of 14 days advance booking is required as is a Saturday night stay. The winning bidders will be able to earn AAdvantage miles in accordance with the terms and conditions of the AAdvantage frequent flyer program. Miles cannot be utilized to upgrade these coach class certificates to a higher level of service. The certificates will have a one-year expiration date from the date issued and all reservations are subject to availability.

Any airport departure or taxes (if charged) are the responsibility of the winning bidder. Ground transportation is not included in this package.