The Ellis Hotel offers Fourth Night Free

ATLANTA - Family fun is heating up in downtown Atlanta at The Ellis Hotel this summer with low rates and a plethora of family-friendly attractions that are easy on the gas tank and the bank account. Now launching its "Fourth Night Free" program, The Ellis is offering three nights at $159/night and the fourth consecutive night free through Aug. 31, 2008. With so many attractions to see and do, from Family NightCrawler nights at the Atlanta Zoo and Atlanta Brave blowouts at Turner Field, to making a wet splash at the world's largest, Georgia Aquarium and dancing in the Fountain of Rings at Olympic Centennial Park, families are going to need of some extra "free" time.

With most attractions within walking distance of the The Ellis, guests take advantage of the Atlanta City Pass, $69 for adults and $49 for kids providing admission into six Atlanta family-friendly attractions including The Atlanta Zoo, Georgia Aquarium and the New World of Coke.

City Pass provides admission into the Georgia Aquarium, where families can "Swim with Gentle Giants"(the largest fish in the world, the whale shark) at the world's largest aquarium with more than 120,000 animals from 500 different species in more than eight million gallons of water and the Atlanta Zoo in historic Grant Park, offering Family NightCrawler overnights where kids participate in scavenger hunts, animal encounters, educational programs and a grand tour of the zoo's wildest creatures. In addition the CNN Center, offering behind-the-scenes tours of the first 24-hour news network's global headquarters and The New World of Coke, a dynamic new multi-media environment, featuring 70 different product samplings and a meet and greet with the world-famous Coca-cola polar bear are included with City Pass. For no cost, Atlanta's 21-arce Centennial Olympic Park hosts free community-wide events, including a Fourth of July celebration, Wednesday Wind Down concerts, Fourth Saturday Family Fun Days and the Fountain of Rings show, a synchronized water dance to familiar tunes with sound and lighting effects.

If families are looking to venture a little further but want to give the gas tank a rest, The Ellis provides convenient access to Atlanta's transit commute saver, MARTA, located just across the street. Only a quick MARTA ride away, families can find themselves engulfed in Atlanta's most exhilarating traditions, from the celebrated Stone Mountain Park, hosting "Summers at The Rock," where families can enjoy the new Sky Hike attraction, a family adventure course in the treetops and free entertainment at the nightly, signature Laser Spectacular lightshow, where everyone can admire the world's largest low relief sculpture carving in a "new light" to catching a foul ball at Turner Field, home to Major League's Braves Fan Plaza and Hall of Fame Museum's 1995 World Series Trophy.

Exuding southern hospitality in a cosmopolitan environment, The Ellis Hotel is infused with the scent of "Sea Island Cotton," and greets families with the sounds of Southern artists such as John Mayer, Paris Luna and Mindy Smith. All guest rooms and suites feature 32" LCD Televisions and iPod docking stations to play the kids favorite tunes. Mini bar delicacies such as pecans, Sugar Daddies, Red Bull and Dylan's Chocolates create a sense of nostalgia and comfort for the whole gang.

To experience first-hand the rebirth of The Ellis Hotel on Peachtree Street and experience Atlanta's spring activities, call 404-523-5155 or visit www.ellishotel.com.