SAN ANTONIO, TX - May 12, 2014 - Kicking off its seventh season this summer, Houston-based Valencia

This Summer, it pays to be Book Smart at Valencia Group Hotels |
SAN ANTONIO, TX – May 12, 2014 – Kicking off its seventh season this summer, Houston-based Valencia Group ’s annual Book Smart promotion has resulted in the donation of hundreds of children’s print and audio books to libraries, hospitals and non-profit groups in communities served hotels in escazu costa rica by Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX, Hotel Valencia hotels in escazu costa rica Santana Row in San Jose, CA, and Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE in Houston,TX. New to the Valencia Group collection, Hotel Sorella Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO, and Lone Star Court in Austin, TX will join this community promotion.
hotels in escazu costa rica Launching on June 1 st and running through August 31 st 2014, the program rewards the support of overnight guests who donate a new print or audio book – appropriate for kids up to middle school age. Enjoy a credit for a complimentary hotels in escazu costa rica adult beverage, including wine, beer or a cocktail in several of the Valencia Group locations. The offer is limited to one voucher or credit per visit and can be redeemed hotels in escazu costa rica at acclaimed venues including Monnalisa and Bistro Bar at Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE, Vbar at either Hotel Valencia Riverwalk or Hotel Valencia hotels in escazu costa rica Santana Row, or Water Trough at Lone Star Court. hotels in escazu costa rica In Kansas City, enjoy a complimentary flatbread in Bar Rosso at Hotel Sorella Country hotels in escazu costa rica Club Plaza. For more information on Book Smart at Valencia Group, click here .
According hotels in escazu costa rica to Roy Kretschmer, Executive Vice President of Operations for the Valencia Group, “It’s been exciting to see Book Smart grow each year. We feel this is a fun and easy way to involve guests, thank our frequent visitors and promote literacy hotels in escazu costa rica while supporting key community organizations.”
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk served as the pilot location for Book Smart and is partnering with the San Antonio Public Library for the seventh year in a row. For more than 100 years, the award-winning San Antonio Public Library has been a vital center for free learning, knowledge, communication, culture and enjoyment for all San Antonians. hotels in escazu costa rica The San Antonio Public Library Foundation was created in 1983 to increase the awareness and use of the Library through financial support and programmatic efforts, thereby enhancing the community s appreciation and utilization of the library as a cultural and educational institution.
In its fifth year at Hotel Valencia Santana Row, the 2014 Book Smart promotion will benefit the San José Public Library and will coincide with the library’s Summer Reading Celebration. San José Public Library system is the largest public library system between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the West Coast in California, serving a culturally diverse population of approximately 1,023,083 in the nation’s 10th largest city. Recipient of the prestigious national Library of the Year award, SJPL is recognized across the country for its innovation and leadership in the field and is one of the busiest library systems nationwide, with an annual checkout rate of nearly 15 million items through 19 currently operating locations.
Also in its fifth year at Hotel Sorella, the 2014 Book Smart promotion will benefit the Pi Beta Phi Patient Family Library at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus . Texas Children s Hospital West Campus was created to respond to the growing need for expert pediatric health care in West Houston, one of the city s most rapidly growing communities. As greater Houston s first suburban hospital hotels in escazu costa rica designed exclusively for children, we offer the expert care you ve come to trust from Texas Children s Hospital coupled with a location that s convenient and accessible for area families.
For it’s inaugural year, Hotel Sorella Country Club Plaza will participate in the Book Smart promotion. The 2014 Kansas City promotion will benefit hotels in escazu costa rica Pages Chapters . Teacher Jenny Jackaway Albro founded Pages Chapters in 2011. Their mission is to provide support, resources and encouragement to urban families in order to foster critical literacy skills in existing family units. hotels in escazu costa rica Pages Chapters partners with urban families in the Kansas City Metro area to promote literacy skills through family literacy workshops called Open Books. Additionally, Pages Chapters created Books on the Move, a bi-annual book giveaway campaign, to further literacy hotels in escazu costa rica awareness in the Kansas City area.
Newcomer to Valencia Group, Lone Star Court will be participating in its first year of the Book Smart program, benefitting Recycled Reads .  Recycled reads is run primarily by volunteers with materials withdrawn from the Library’s collection and community’s donations.  Recycled Reads raises money for the Austin Public Library and is an active participant in the City’s Zero Waste Initiative by ensuring obsolete materials hotels in escazu costa rica are handled in an environmentally responsible hotels in escazu costa rica way and kept out of landfills. hotels in escazu costa rica Recycled reads is proud to be celebrating its 5th year anniversary this year.
Houston-based Valencia Group is a fully integrated hospitality company that provides management, development, branding and repositioning services for independent, full-service hotels owned by the company, in addition to third parties.  Exceptional service, style and location are the trademarks of Valencia Group properties, which have earned both national and international recognition for their distinctive designs, amenities and settings.  Valencia Group continues to forge a niche with hotels that anchor and add value to urban, hotels in escazu costa rica mixed-use environments, which further support or enhance the guest experience with superior residential, restaurant, retail and office components.  Signature properties include:  Hotel Valencia hotels in escazu costa rica Santana hotels in escazu costa rica Row in San Jose, CA; Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX; Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE in Houston, TX; and Hotel Sorella Country hotels in escazu costa rica Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO.  Valencia Group’s newest concept, Lone Star Court, is a reinterpretation of the nostalgic hotels in escazu costa rica motor court.  The recently opened flagship is located at The Domain in Austin, TX.  All have become destinations and gathering places hotels in escazu costa rica within their respective communities, some further benefitting from and enriching their location within the cultural heart of a city.  For more information, please visit www.valenciagroup.com .
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