Loews Regency Package Gives Guests A Chance To Experience Weightless Flight

NEW YORK, NY –November 1, 2007 Continuing to surpass industry standards with packages for guests, the Loews Regency hotel will be offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for guests to experience the total absence of gravity and to float like an astronaut. On November 17th, partnering with the company ZERO-G, guests booking the hotel's ZERO-G Package will be able to experience "zero gravity," or parabolic flight.

The experience offered by ZERO-G is the only commercial opportunity on earth for individuals to experience true "weightlessness" without going to space. The 90-minute parabolic flight, the same method NASA has used to train its astronauts for the last 45 years and the same way Tom Hanks floated in Apollo 13, takes place on a G-Force One plane. The controlled ascent and descent of the plane allows flyers to experience Martian gravity (1/3-gravity), Lunar gravity (1/6-gravity), and zero gravity. The ZERO-G Experience provides its flyers with twice the amount of weightless time achieved in a typical sub-orbital flight into space.

Package guests will receive a personalized flight suit and preflight training with the ZERO-G professional team. Additionally, the package includes a one-night stay the day before the flight, breakfast and lunch. Cost for this truly unique experience is $5,000 for one person for a one-night minimum stay and $10,000 for two people based on a two-night minimum stay. Availability is limited.

To book this package, contact ZERO-G at 1-800-937-6480. For more information on the Loews Regency, visit www.loewsregency.com

This package and flight is part of a new partnership between Loews Hotels and ZERO-G, which allows visitors at several Loews properties to experience weightless flights the only way possible without going to space. Both traditional flights, led by Zero-G professional flight staff, and Platinum flights, led by an astronaut or famed space-related personality, will be offered throughout the year.

Zero Gravity Corporation (www.GoZeroG.com) is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public. ZERO-G is based in Las Vegas and Florida and is the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flight to the general public, as well as the entertainment and film industries, corporate and incentive market, non-profit research and education sectors, and government. ZERO-G operates under the highest safety standards as set by the FAA (Part-121) with its partner Amerijet International of Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Aircraft operations take place under the same regulations set for large commercial passenger airliners. G-Force-One regularly flies from both Signature Air Terminal at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
The Loews Regency Hotel



Flagship property of Loews Hotels, the Loews Regency features 351 guestrooms, 85 of which are suites. Ideal for long-term stays, the central Manhattan location is optimum for conducting business or taking advantage of the city's best shopping, culture and dining. The Loews Regency's two restaurants, 540 Park and The Library, are as noteworthy for their high-powered clientele as they are for their chef's innovative American cuisine.

Headquartered in New York City, Loews Hotels owns and/or operates 18 hotels and resorts in the U.S. and Canada. Located in major city centers and resort destinations from coast to coast, the Loews portfolio features one-of-a-kind properties that go beyond Four Diamond standards to delight guests with a supremely comfortable, uniquely local and vibrant travel experience. Loews boasts some of the industry's most innovative and successful travel programs, including Loews Loves Kids for families and Loews Loves Pets for discerning animals on the road. For reservations or more information on Loews Hotels, call 1-800-23-LOEWS or check www.loewshotels.com.


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