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rooms, special rates are available
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for Deluxe New City View Rooms.
• Every guest celebrating a 50th birthday
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Guests in Deluxe Old City View
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Rooms and Suites staying a
• their stay at a Dan Hotel (from May 1,
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• 1997 to April 30, 1998) is invited to a
minimum of 4 nights will receive
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• dinner for two — The Special Jubilee
complimentary arrival transfer and
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• Menu — at the hotel. The guest will also
dinner for two in hotel's Grill Room.
• receive a complimentary gift.
Valid May 1 - December 31, 1997.
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• Israel Hotel Representatives (212) 752-6120
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• or outside New York State Toll Free: 800-223-7773/4
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Advisory Service (ITAS) — and
invariably they give their groups
an unusual experience. For in-
stance, they've staged full-scale
block parties, klezmer music and
catered Israeli dinners. _
Whether it's a block party for
200 or a custom pub crawl for
three, it's carefully planned and
customized for the clients — with
a wide range of possibilities from
which to choose. The combination
pub and nightclub tour, for in-
stance, might include an unusu-
al pub that also serves as a
laundromat, plus a visit to sev-
eral of the all-night nightclubs in
Tel Aviv, or to a disco with an un-
usual angle.
The two mavens of Tel Aviv
night life now "work" at the very
activity they enjoy most — ex-
ploring the varied pleasures of Tel
Aviv at night. Intrepid night owls,
they're the first to follow a tip and
check out a new restaurant or pub,
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ike many Tel Avivians, Maia
Hoffman and Shira Skolnik
are devoted fans of their city.
They love its vitality, its
Mediterranean ambiance, its cul-
tural resources and especially its
undisputed claim as the city that
never sleeps.
They've even made a business
opportunity from their enthusi-
asm for Tel Aviv's night life. As
founders of a company called Late
Night Tel Aviv, they plan and or-
ganize all sorts of nocturnal ad-
ventures for those eager to enjoy
nightlife in this most dynamic city.
A pub with singing waiters, a
nightclub where everyone ends up
dancing on the tabletops, tiny
restaurants tucked away on side
streets — these are the types of
places often included in Late
Night Tel Aviv tours.
"We saw a need to show people
where to go beyond the brochures
and typical tourist attractions,"
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says Shira. "We wanted
The Tel Aviv
and they regularly re-
Perfor ming Arts
to take people to the
visit their tried and true
places that Israelis fre- Center is part of the favorites, too.
quent, where they can see archite cture tour.
"Our 'office' is really
Tel Avivians in their own
Tel Aviv itself," says Ms.
environment."
Hoffman. However, right now, the
They started their company two are sitting in an actual office:
just two years ago, and it's caught a small, cheerfully informal space
on so well that they often give four on the fourth floor of a building on
or more tours a week, including a Pinsker Street in downtown Tel
pub crawl, a "midnight to sunrise" Aviv. Here they work with a com-
tour for true night owls, and more. puter, four phone lines, a fax ma-
A staff of 20 freelance multi-lin- chine, and a desk.
gual tour guides, plus the two
Here they plan and finalize tour
founders, lead the tours. Their itineraries, read the weekend sec-
clients include individual tourists, tions of all three Tel Aviv news-
business executives, Jewish or- papers and answer the constantly
ganizations, even native Israelis ringing phones. Ms. Hoffman also
who want suggestions about new writes a bi-weekly guide, Late
or offbeat night spots: The com- Night User's Guide, with contin-
pany offers consultations as well ually updated information and
as tours.
advice about night clubs, restau-
Late Night Tel Aviv also plans rants, Tel Aviv neighborhoods and
tours for bar and bat mitzvah more, as well as a list of her per-
groups. In this capacity, Ms. Hoff- sonal favorites in various cate-
man and Ms. Skolnik work ex- gories: places serving the best
clusively with Israel Travel cheesecake, the best Mexican food,