Ignite Your Senses This Christmas - New Year Make it a Truly "Feastive Season" at The Regent Sydney

 End Sydney's fabulous Olympic Year on a high note at the hotel chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as its headquarters for the games. Come celebrate Christmas and the New Year in real style at The Regent Sydney.

Newly refurbished and ready to delight, The Regent Sydney's Christmas attractions will ignite your senses, tantalise your taste buds and make it a truly "Feastive Season". One to remember at the close of a wonderful year for Australia's premier international city.

From today, you can bring the kids to see the giant Christmas tree in the lobby. And then you can bring them back again to meet Santa and listen to the The Regent Carollers on Christmas Day.

Dine at the award-winning Kable's Restaurant or in The Café. Pick up some last minute gifts or a Christmas Hamper from The Regent Christmas desk in the Lobby. Treat yourself or your "best friend" to a Spa. Or why not book now for one of our special weekend accommodation packages?

At Christmas or the New Year, or any day during the Festive Season, The Regent Sydney has all you need and more to make this year's celebrations the special occasions you want them to be ? for you, your family, your work-mates and friends.

On Christmas Day there will be lunch and dinner in Kable's featuring a magnificent, four-course menu, at just $195 per person, or $95 for children between five and twelve. Children under five are free. There will also be lunch in The Café, followed by Afternoon Tea with Santa.

For New Year's Eve there will be an equally exciting five-course dinner in Kable's and The Café, with live entertainment and dancing throughout the night, for just $295 per person.

Come in now to pick up your Christmas Hampers, with a selection of the finest luxury gourmet fare from around the world, at $195 and $275 each. Get gift certificates for Spa packages from $45, luxurious Regent bathrobes at $140 and Bvlgari bath products, also at $45.

But if you really want to spoil yourself, or somebody close to you, why not book one of our weekend accommodation packages from $267.

On Christmas Day, Chef Jérôme Tremoulet's special à la carte luncheon menu begins with a complimentary glass of Louis Roederer Champagne. Santa Claus will visit each table and The Regent Christmas Carollers will sing all the old favourites between 12 noon and 1.00 pm.

From 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Executive Chef, Azmin Ghahreman will put a special Christmas twist on The Regent Sydney's traditional Afternoon Tea at $45.00 per person, $25 for children from five to twelve years and complimentary for children under five.

Afternoon Tea includes a glass of Yarrabank Cuvee upon arrival and again, Santa Claus will visit each table.

For dinner in Kable's, from 5.00 pm to 10.30 pm, the Christmas luncheon formula will be repeated, with Santa delighting the kids and the carollers providing the entertainment between 7.00 pm and 8.00 pm.

On New Year's Eve, Chef Jérôme Tremoulet's five course Millennium menu will be available in Kable's and The Café from 7.00 pm to 1.30 am at $275 a person, including a glass of Louis Roederer Champagne upon arrival. There will be live entertainment and dancing, featuring "Baby Loves to Cha Cha".

Alternative vegetarian meals are available on request at the time of booking and all prices are inclusive of GST. Bookings can be made for any event on Christmas Day or New Year's Eve, by calling (02) 9250 3352, faxing on (02) 9250 3181 or by visiting the Christmas Desk in the hotel Lobby.

So remember, at The Regent Sydney this year it is a truly "Feastive Season" with:

· Kable's and The Cafe Christmas Lunch at $195.00, The Café Christmas Afternoon Tea at $45.00, Kable's Christmas Dinner at $195.00, Kable's New Year's Eve Dinner at $275.00 and The Café New Year's Eve Dinner a $275.00.

· Christmas Hamper "Christmas Rendezvous" at $195.00, offering a wonderful range of Christmas treats and culinary delights, including an array of wine and cheeses, chocolates and cookies, all beautifully presented.

· Christmas Hamper "Christmas with Me" at $275.00, a decadent feast for anyone, with an enticing selection of delicious savoury gourmet items and chocolates including all the traditional favourites of wine, cheeses, chocolates and cookies.

· Accommodation Packages from $267.00 in our luxuriously refurbished guest rooms. Simply choose your room category and add any combination of á la carte options such as champagne, fruit or flowers to make your personalised package.

· Spa Packages from $45.00 at The Regent Sydney Spa and Fitness Centre, the premier facility of its kind in the city, featuring treatments such as Spa and body therapies, body wraps, facials and a variety of Shiatsu, Remedial, Deep Tissue and Aromatherapy massages. The Absolute Face and Body treatments are specialities of The Regent Spa.