Wedding Packages from Millennium Hotels in Anchorage, Nashville, Scottsdale, on Broadway & More

NEW YORK (February 27, 2013) – Every bride paints her dream wedding in her own unique style. You might picture yourself dancing at a wedding reception in a majestic ballroom resplendent in period detail that seems right out of a movie set, or walking down an aisle lined by delicate linen-dressed chairs in an elegant formal garden where your groom awaits at a sheer-white pavilion. Your once-upon-a-time fantasy wedding might involve making a grand entrance by seaplane or taking off in a Rolls Royce. Wedding Planners at Millennium Hotels and Resorts pride themselves on turning each couple's "Once in a Millennium" dream wedding into a reality. Millennium has 14 distinctive hotels and resorts across North America, and just as no two couples are alike, each of its properties has its own personality. So wherever and however you decide to wed, Millennium Hotels and Resorts has an enticing wedding package to jump-start your dreams, with skilled, caring professionals who will work to create wondrous memories to begin your happily-ever-after.

Take full advantage of Anchorage, Alaska's beauty and bounty with "Once in a Millennium Weddings" offered at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage. Book this hotel wedding package, and your guests will be sipping champagne on "The Greens," savoring the view of lovely mountain-framed Lake Spenard as bride and father arrive by float plane. At the reception, fresh Alaskan king crab legs and salmon highlight the menu. Later, while the band plays everyone's favorite dance tunes, the kids make s'mores with the Millennium's homemade marshmallows and light sparklers by the lake. As the music winds down, champagne and hand dipped chocolate-covered strawberries greet you in your hotel suite.

The next morning, after a delicious Alaskan crab and eggs Benedict room service breakfast with freshly squeezed mimosas and wild Alaska blueberry muffins, you're off to experience the wonders of Alaska on the breathtakingly scenic Alaska Railroad to Seward and a wildlife/ glacier cruise through the Kenai Fjord National Park wildlife. On the way back enjoy white table linen service in the Gold Star Dining Car.

This Anchorage wedding package includes: Photographer, deluxe bridal suite with champagne, flightseeing and Lake Spenard landing for two, wedding with elegant white chairs, string quartet, all day wedding coordinator, five-course dinner, room service breakfast, two tickets for the Alaska Railroad and Kenai Fjord Tour and discounted hotel room block for guests. Prices start at $200 per person.

"Signature Southern-Style Weddings" at Millennium Maxwell House Hotel Nashville provide a fairytale wedding for the bride seeking the ultimate in elegance. The wedding day starts with manicures, pedicures, mimosas and Bloody Marys for the bride and bridesmaids, while groom and groomsmen unwind with an early morning golf outing. A stroll along a romantically-landscaped walkway leads to the hotel's outdoor pavilion for the wedding ceremony. Guests sign a custom-designed guest book and sit on Chiavari chairs with colored sashes as a harpist plays. The nuptials are celebrated with a cocktail hour on the poolside patio with butler passed hors d'oeuvres and an acoustic guitarist as a prelude to an elegant three-course dinner reception in the gracious Crown Ballroom, with panoramic views of Nashville, Tennessee. After the reception, the bride and groom escape for a romantic Rolls Royce chauffeured tour of Nashville before returning to their Presidential Honeymoon suite, complete with chocolate-dipped strawberries and champagne, a Jacuzzi tub and rose petals sprinkled throughout the hotel suite.

In addition to the features above, this Nashville wedding package includes an officiant, photographer, and florist services, plus a designer wedding cake, entertainment and engraved champagne flutes as wedding favors. The couple will also receive 10 complimentary guestrooms for two nights, limousine transfers, a hospitality room with manicures, pedicures, robes, slippers, a mimosa/ Bloody Mary bar, and bouquets and boutonnieres for the bridal party. Prices start at $100,000 for up to 250 people.

From a stylish wedding in a converted Broadway theater in NYC's Times Square, to a posh lakeside wedding in Scottsdale, Arizona, you'll have plenty of settings to choose from for your romantic "Once in a Millennium" wedding. Majestic. Romantic. Unforgettable. Whichever hotel or resort you choose, you'll be creating treasured memories to begin your happily-ever-after.

For more information on hotel wedding packages available at Millennium Hotels and Resorts, visit millenniumhotels.com/usa/weddings.

About Millennium Hotels and Resorts
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C), listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996, is a dynamic, global hotel company, which owns, asset manages and/or operates a worldwide portfolio of over 100 hotels across seven distinct global brands–Grand Millennium, Millennium, Grand Copthorne, Copthorne, M Hotel, Studio M and Kingsgate –throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and North America.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) was established as a global brand by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc to provide a common marketing and operating platform across its entire portfolio. Founded on the philosophy of genuine hospitality, this dynamic hospitality group has an outstanding reputation for excellence, taking pride in exceeding the needs of its business and leisure travelers. The strategic locality of its properties in gateway cities such as London, Paris, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok makes MHR the perfect address to conduct your business or indulge yourself while on holiday.

Established in the United States in 2000, the North American arm of MHR includes a portfolio 14 hotels in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Anchorage, Boulder, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Durham, Minneapolis, Nashville, Scottsdale, and St Louis. www.millenniumhotels.com