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Pounce On These Leap Year Hotel Deals Now, Before They Leap Away

Yes, it's a Leap Year! An entire day added to the month, an entire extra day for some hotel-lovin'. And the hotels are pretty excited about it too! We've hunted around for the best Leap Year deals from San Antonio to New York to London. Unsurprisingly, several of them overlap with Valentine's Day festivities—but as they say, bargains make the heart grow fonder...

Grand Hyatt New York, fresh from its recent $130 million renovation, is feeling generous. So they're singling out people who are either turning 29 this year or who were born on a leap year. While the 29-year-olds actually make out with something cool (free appetizer or dessert at New York Central, pictured above), leap year babies (anyone born in 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, etc), as usual, get the short end of the stick. That would be a "free" Dylan's Candy Bar cupcake...-shaped tin (not even an actual cupcake!) from the hotel's 24-hour convenience store, Market.

With a purchase of $9 or more. Seriously. These guys only celebrate their birthday once every four years. Can't we just give them a free cupcake and call it a day? Rates from $309.

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Maybe A Romance Expert in Santa Fe Can Help Spice Things Up in the Bedroom

Where: 113 washington ave. [map], Santa Fe, NM, United States, 87501

How's this for romance? The Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi is luring couples with a "Sense of Romance" package that would spark even the dullest flame of desire between a pair of nuns. Yes, dinner by candlelight. Yes, a bed of roses. Yes, those Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background.

And, for fun, an hour appointment with the hotel's Romance Expert, a designated concierge who presides over the Front Desk spouting fathomless knowledge about the ins and outs of true amor. Or, in more accessible terms: where to dine, what spa treatment to book, and where to go stargazing.

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The Michelangelo Will Offer Theater Recommendations, And Then Spoil the Ending (If You Ask)

Where: 152 W 51st St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10019

The Michelangelo Concierge, James Jolis

Have you ever flirted with a hotel concierge? In our series, Concierge Interviews, HotelChatter goes behind the Front Desk and gets chummy with the men—and women—whose job it is to never say no. Filmed inside various lobbies, courtyards, and bar lounges, each video will offer a glimpse into the world of hotels from the people who know them best. Got a burning question you'd like us to ask? Or have someone in mind for us to interview? Email us your requests!

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Will Room 77's New Booking Service Make Guests Too Demanding?

We've had success before with Room 77. Back in May, we took their advice to stay on the twenty-second floor of the Eventi Hotel, and definitely had a positive experience. But as much information as we were able to glean, we still had to make our physical reservation elsewhere.

Now, guests who use Room 77's profiling technology can simultaneously pull up rates and book the room right there on the same screen. Room 77 announced today that its 500,000 browsable rooms can all be booked directly through the site, and will even allow guests to request which rooms they want to stay in through a digital Room Concierge.

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