(Quebec, PQ) November 11, 2002 -The Ice Hotel Québec-Canada will be offering new experiences inside its walls this year. At press conferences held in Quebec City and Montreal, the Ice Hotel team introduced the new features including Le N'ice Club Hôtel de Glace and Your Fantasy Suite.

The public has fallen in love with the Ice Hotel since its opening. Thousands (100,000) visited the Ice Hotel during the first two years of operation. We can even count among them approximately 4,500 individuals who slept at the Ice Hotel. The daily trips of coach lines will allow a greater number of Canadians and passing tourists to discover the pleasures of the Ice Hotel.

THE N'ICE CLUB
The same artisans that have brought you the past masterpieces of the Ice Hotel will shape the image and design of the N'ice Club. You will be fascinated by the space and arches that will dominate the room with a surface area of 200 square metres. There will be room to accommodate up to 400 people for events. With an exciting schedule of Thursday Comedy Nights, Friday DJ & Happy Hours, Ice Band Saturdays. Soon enough you will feel yourself move to the dance floor and you will forget time exists, as the hours melt away in this almost surreal universe.

At just $20.00 CAD dollars per person including one drink, the N'ice Club with quickly become the most in place in Québec. We promise you very hot times, even at – 2 ºC.The N'ice Club will launch its entertainment schedule on Thursday, January 16, just six days after the opening of the Ice Hotel.

This year the inauguration of the N'ice Club and the Ice Hotel will be open to the public. As of mid-December, tickets to this exceptional evening will be available for purchase.

YOUR FANTASY SUITE
Pushing the limits of the imagination, the Ice Hotel team will offer overnight guests the opportunity to have any desired décor in the Your Fantasy Suite. As well as finding themselves in personalized enchanted surroundings, the guests will have the royal treatment with access to an adjacent private Jacuzzi under the stars.

DISHES ON ICE
Adding to the mystic of the famous ice glasses, here are dishes on ice. A variety of bite-size aboriginal delights will be served at the Ice Hotel on plates.ice plates. There will be choices such as smoked fish (salmon, tuna, herring, etc) or duck. The “Le Sous-Bois” dining room of the Duchesnay Eco-tourism Resort, where overnight Ice Hotel clients enjoy their meals will also serve dishes on ice.

THE MUST-SEE ATTRACTION
Surely you have seen or heard of the Ice Hotel in the last two years? You were awestruck at the sight and idea of this original architectural masterpiece! For everyone's exhilaration, the ice chapel, the two interior courtyards, the Absolut Ice Bar, the cinema, the reception room with a grand candelabra, the exposition areas, the 20 rooms and 12 suites including the Québec Hilton suite with its working fireplace all return with and so much more. You just need to meet us in 2003 to see how the artisans have outdone themselves with renewal and additions to the décor.

It is a must see from January 10 to March 31, 2003!

Station écotouristique Duchesnay, Highway 40, exit 295, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Route 367 North (nord)

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