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For Immediate Release

December 1, 2008

Contact:
Moneé Cottman
Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association
410-659-7301
Email: mcottman@baltimore.org

EVERYONE'S A KID IN BALTIMORE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Baltimore Promotion Highlights Holiday Events and Special Exhibitions that Bring Out the Kid in Everyone

BALTIMORE - December 1, 2008 - Visitors to Baltimore this holiday season might just feel like kids again. The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association (BACVA) spreads holiday cheer with their latest promotion, "Everyone's a Kid in Baltimore this Holiday Season." Travelers can get into the holiday spirit with great hotel deals, holiday events, and exhibitions with fun kid-like themes for kids and for kids at heart.

Highlights include:
• Barbie: 50 Fashionable Years: December 20 - May 31, 2009, Geppi's Entertainment Museum

• Holiday Festival of Trains: November 28 - December 30, B&O Railroad Museum

• Annual Parade of Lighted Boats: December 6, Fell's Point

• Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker: December 7 - 29, Lyric Opera House

• Miracle on 34th Street: an amazing holiday light display in Hampden through December 31

• The Polar Express: through January 4, 2009, National Aquarium in Baltimore

• ...and much more!

Visitors can cash in on free offers at Baltimore area hotels including an overnight stay with perks ranging from an extra free night or free parking to chocolates and roses in your room! Discount offers at local gift shops and free holiday events are highlighted at www.baltimore.org. Holiday travelers to Baltimore can also save on gas with the new online tool "Deal Driver," which offsets the cost of driving to Baltimore by providing discounts equal to the cost of gas to get here. New to the "Deal Driver" program are discounted admissions to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Maryland Science Center and Geppi's Entertainment Museum.

In addition, visitors can take advantage of unique holiday shopping with special discount offers at several museums, galleries and attractions. Coupons are available to download at
www.baltimore.org/holiday-discounts.

For more information, please visit www.baltimore.org.

The Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association (BACVA) - the official sales and marketing organization for Baltimore that generates economic benefits for stakeholders through the attraction of convention, group and leisure visitors.