Fact Sheet

BEN'S BIRTHDAY HOTEL PACKAGE

Rittenhouse Hotel

Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC

PACKAGE NAME:

Ben's Birthday Hotel Package

AVAILABILITY DATES:

December 15, 2005 through April 30, 2006 (check-in days vary from property to property) at 36 hotels

HOTEL PACKAGE ELEMENTS:

• One- or two-night accommodations any day of the week
• Two tickets to the Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World exhibition at the National Constitution Center. Tickets are valid over two days and allow visitors one-time entry to the Ben Franklin exhibition and one-time entry to the Center’s permanent exhibits, including Freedom Rising.
• Little Book of BENefits coupon book, Ben's Birthday Bulletin, Ben Franklin 300 Philadelphia Official Guide, Philadelphia Trolley Works discount card and temporary Ben tattoos
• Other amenities, which vary from hotel to hotel and may include free parking. See www.gophila.com/ben for specific details 

BOOKING THE PACKAGE:

To reserve the hotel package, visitors can call their favorite hotel or visit www.gophila.com/ben. The package will be bookable online in October 2005.

PARTICIPATING HOTELS:

The following hotels throughout the Philadelphia region will offer Ben's Birthday Hotel Package:

• Best Western Center City Hotel, (215) 568-8300
• Best Western Independence Park Hotel, (215) 922-4443
• Comfort Inn Downtown Historic Area, (215) 627-7900
• Comfort Inn, Valley Forge, (610) 962-0700
• Courtyard by Marriott, (215) 496-3200
• Crowne Plaza, (215) 561-7500
• Crowne Plaza Valley Forge, (610) 265-7500
• Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia, (215) 893-1600
• Embassy Suites Hotel Center City, (215) 561-1776
• Fairfield Inn King of Prussia, (610) 337-0700
• Four Seasons Hotel, (215) 963-1500
• Hampton Inn Convention Center, (215) 665-9100
• Hilton City Avenue, (215) 879-4000
• Hilton Garden Inn, (215) 923-0100
• Hilton Inn at Penn, (215) 222-0200
• Holiday Inn City Line Philadelphia, (215) 477-0200
• Holiday Inn Express Midtown, (215) 735-9300
• Holiday Inn Historic District, (215) 923-8660
• Holiday Inn Stadium, (215) 755-9500
• Hotel Windsor, (215) 981-5678
• Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing, (215) 928-1234
• Loews Philadelphia Hotel, (215) 627-1200
• Omni Hotel, (215) 925-0000
• Park Hyatt Philadelphia, (215) 893-1234
• Penn's View Hotel, (215) 922-7600
• Philadelphia Marriott Airport, (215) 492-9000
• Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, (215) 625-2900
• Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, (215) 735-6000
• Residence Inn by Marriott, (215) 557-0005
• Rittenhouse Hotel, (215) 546-9000
• Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia, (215) 523-8000
• Sheraton Society Hill, (215) 238-6000
• Sheraton University City, (215) 387-8000
• Sofitel Philadelphia, (215) 569-8300
• Westin Philadelphia, (215) 563-1600
• Wyndham Philadelphia, (215) 448-2000

For more information about all things Ben, including cultural programming, tours, restaurant specials and more, visit www.gophila.com/ben.

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Ben Franklin 300 Philadelphia is a year-long celebration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday, coordinated and marketed by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, the National Constitution Center and CBS 3. Festivities will run from fall 2005 through 2006 and will focus on the world premiere of the international traveling exhibition, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World at the National Constitution Center. The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, a non-profit organization, is supported by a lead grant of $4 million from The Pew Charitable Trusts and established to reaffirm Franklin's enduring legacy in his 300th birthday year. The Tercentenary was founded in 2000 by the American Philosophical Society, The Franklin Institute, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the University of Pennsylvania. For more information about the exhibition, related programs and traveling to Philadelphia, visit www.gophila.com/ben.

CONTACT:

Cara Schneider, GPTMC
(215) 599-0789, cara@gptmc.com

Cheri LaSpada, Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
(215) 790-7825, cheri@alta247.com