The Carlyle Hotel in New York City Celebrates Madison Avenue with the Ultimate Shopping Package

NEW YORK – January 27, 2011 – The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, situated on one of the most fashionable streets in the world — Madison Avenue in New York City — will come together with the neighborhood's most exclusive boutiques to offer fashionistas the ultimate Madison Avenue shopping experience. In celebration of this iconic avenue of luxury shopping that has recently boomed with glamorous new stores, The Carlyle has created the Madison Avenue Shopping Package, offering hotel guests the ultimate VIP shopping experience with discounts and gift cards to select boutiques. Surrounded by designer boutiques on New York City's posh Madison Avenue, no hotel offers a better location for exploring the shopping treasures of New York City than The Carlyle.

Guests will enjoy elite access to Madison Avenue with a special "key" provided by The Carlyle that will unlock VIP privileges at some of the world's most fashionable boutiques. Generous gift cards and deep discounts will be honored at Carolina Herrera, Luca Luca, Intermix, Steuben, Stubbs & Wootton, Manrico Cashmere, Yves Delorme and LampeBerger. After a day of retail therapy, guests will revel retiring to the grandeur of New York City's finest hotel for some après shopping luxury.

The Carlyle's Madison Avenue Shopping Package Includes:

- Deluxe accommodations for two

- Complimentary upgrade based on availability

- Complimentary daily buffet breakfast for two at The Carlyle Restaurant

- Welcome VIP Amenity

- VIP discounts and/or gift cards to be redeemed at Carolina Herrera, Luca Luca, Intermix, Steuben, Stubbs & Wootton, Manrico Cashmere, Yves Delorme and LampeBerger

Pricing starts from $480 per night. Hotel accommodations available January 11-March 30, 2011. Taxes not included.

Standing at the corner of 76th Street and Madison Avenue, The Carlyle has been an enduring landmark for East Side social life since 1930. The internationally acclaimed hotel has always been ranked amongst the best in the world, and was named Top Hotel in New York City in Travel + Leisure's 500 World's Best Hotels list in 2010 and one of the top 20 U.S City Hotels by Harper's Hideaway's 2007, 2008 and 2009 Reader Survey. The Carlyle's new Sense, A Rosewood Spa® was named one of the top 50 Hottest Spas of 2009 by Conde Nast Traveler. The Carlyle is a 35-story, 188-room hotel that has long understood the aesthetic sensibilities of its clientele and is surrounded by galleries, designer boutiques and the city's most popular art museums. Embracing a passion for the arts, pianos grace many of the suites, and most tower rooms have views of Central Park. For more information about The Carlyle, please visit thecarlyle.com.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts manages properties worldwide including Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and Rosewood Crescent Hotel in Dallas, The Carlyle in New York, The Mansion on Peachtree in Atlanta, Rosewood Sand Hill, CordeValle and San Ysidro Ranch in California, Las Ventanas al Paraíso and Rosewood Mayakobá in Mexico, and the Caribbean properties of Rosewood Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda, Caneel Bay on St. John and Jumby Bay on Antigua. For more information, call 888.ROSEWOOD or visit rosewoodhotels.com.