Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Doubletree Hotels offers complimentary cookies and milk for Santa on December 24

With Christmas just one days away, Doubletree Hotels has teamed up with GOT MILK? to help children across the U.S. and Canada show they care about the jolly man that spreads holiday cheer to millions of homes with a traditional sweet treat. This Sunday, Doubletree will be offering two of its legendary, mouthwatering chocolate chip cookies, refreshing milk and a thank you note for Santa as part of a specially designed Christmas Eve Cookies and Milk CARE Package For Santa to anyone who walks into any of its more than 175 properties in North America.

You don’t have to be a hotel guest. No purchase is necessary. Kids and parents may simply walk into any Doubletree hotel between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on December 24, 2006 to receive a special thank you for Santa, while supplies last.

“For those who are naughty or those who are nice, what young kid doesn’t want to show that special milk and cookies thank you to St. Nick for all those great surprises they receive on Christmas morning,” said Ronnie Kaiser, senior director – brand marketing for Doubletree. “This year, Doubletree decided to team up with the California Milk Processor Board – the creators of GOT MILK? – to ensure children across North America welcome and thank Santa with the delicious Christmas Eve combination of milk and chocolate chip cookies.”

For the past 20 years, Doubletree Hotels has welcomed millions of hotel guests to their home away from home with a warm, chocolate chip cookie. As a matter of fact, Doubletree gives out approximately 30,000 chocolate chip cookies each day; that’s approximately 15,000,000 each year

To find a Doubletree location and pick up a Christmas Eve Milk and Cookies Doubletree CARE Package in your own community, please visit our brand website at http://www.doubletree.com.

About GOT MILK? and the California Milk Processor Board

The California Milk Processor Board was established in 1993 to make milk more competitive and increase milk consumption in California. GOT MILK? is a registered trademark and has been licensed nationally since 1995. A separate Spanish-language campaign has been running in California since 1994. Gifts and recipes can be viewed at GOT MILK?. The CMPB is funded by all California milk processors and administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

About Doubletree Hotels:

With a growing collection of contemporary, upscale accommodations in more than 175 gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation destinations throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America, Doubletree Hotels, Guest Suites and Resorts are distinctively designed properties that provide true comfort to today’s business and leisure travelers. From the millions of delighted hotel guests who are welcomed with the brand’s legendary, warm chocolate chip cookies at check-in to the advantages of the award-winning Hilton HHonors guest reward program, each Doubletree guest receives a satisfying stay wherever their travels take them.

To make reservations at any Doubletree hotel, travelers can visit the Doubletree website, contact their preferred travel professional or call 1-800-222-TREE in the U.S. and Canada.