NEW YORK, NY – This Valentine's Day, Godiva Chocolatier will indulge chocolate lovers and design aficionados alike. For its 13th annual Valentine's Day promotion, the luxury chocolate brand has once again created an extravagant chocolate experience, offering consumers the opportunity to win an exclusive getaway weekend for two at the 2nd Annual Godiva Decadence Suite at the Bryant Park Hotel in New York City. This year, renowned interior designer Jonathan Adler offered his creative expertise while Larry Abel Designs transformed the space into a chocolate oasis inspired by Adler's signature furnishings and accessories.

"Godiva is dedicated to creating moments of luxurious chocolate celebration. We're thrilled to partner with Jonathan Adler to present this legendary, once-in-a-lifetime chocolate experience to one lucky couple," said Jim Goldman, President, Godiva Worldwide. "There will be no better way to celebrate romance than in the exquisitely designed Godiva Decadence Suite."

The Grand Prize Winner of the 2009 Godiva Valentine's Day Promotion will receive a deluxe trip for two to New York City and will be the first and only guests to stay at the Godiva Decadence Suite at The Bryant Park Hotel.

An exploration of the suite will reveal a series of vignettes, weaving signature Jonathan Adler pieces with their exclusive chocolate iterations, as well as decadent designs dressed in chocolate, created by Abel.

Each of the suite's three rooms will house Adler designs and Godiva chocolate:

• As guests enter the living room, their eyes are immediately drawn to a hand made chocolate mosaic wall, composed entirely of Godiva chocolate pieces. Complete with chocolate interpretations of Adler's furniture pieces, the room includes chocolate artwork and a whimsical chocolate chess set.
• The dining room promises to be the perfect setting for a romantic evening, decorated with the Adler Utopia Collection's expressions of male and female. Its most notable pieces are life-sized chocolate recreations of Adler's "man" and "woman" decanters, truly bringing Adler's pottery to life in chocolate, as well as a dining room table, which is decorated in chocolate to the pattern of Adler's Bargello Collection.
• The bedroom boasts a playfully chic motif; Adler's Menagerie Collection, in its original and chocolate forms, populates the room. Additionally, the bed is the perfect spot for chocolate bliss; its headboard is made of chocolate and a chocolate room service tray complete with chocolate surprises rests atop it.

In addition to a weekend in the lavish suite, the winner will also indulge in several chocolate-themed activities, including a private chocolate tasting in Godiva's Rockefeller Center boutique and a romantic dinner for two at a premier New York City restaurant. Upon their return home, the winner will receive a year's supply of Godiva chocolate.

To enter the sweepstakes, simply look for the heart symbol () on specially marked Valentine's Day gift boxes valued $25 or more, available in Godiva boutiques, finer department stores, and specialty shops across North America, as well as through the company's toll-free number (1-800-9-GODIVA) and website, www.GODIVA.com.

About Godiva Chocolatier
Godiva Chocolatier is recognized around the world as the leader in fine chocolates. From its famous truffles and shell-molded chocolate pieces to its European-style biscuits, gourmet coffees, and hot cocoa, Godiva Chocolatier has been dedicated to excellence and innovation in the Belgian tradition for over 80 years. www.GODIVA.com

About Jonathan Adler
Since receiving his first order for pottery from Barneys New York fifteen years ago, Jonathan Adler's eponymous company has grown to become an internationally recognized lifestyle and home furnishings brand offering tabletop, bedding, bath accessories, furniture, rugs, pillows and lighting. Jonathan Adler is known for a design aesthetic which pairs modernist forms with bold colors and groovy graphics. The company motto, "If your heirs won't fight over it, we won't make it," reflects Jonathan's commitment to impeccable craftsmanship and panache.

Jonathan Adler has seven company-operated stores nationwide as well as a thriving consumer website. Through its wholesale division, the company sells its groovy home décor in over 1,000 locations worldwide. Additionally, Jonathan Adler is one of the country's leading interior designers, working on luxury residential projects as well as large-scale commercial projects, including the celebrity hot spot Parker Palm Springs hotel. Jonathan is the lead judge on the Bravo television series, "Top Design."

About larry abel / designs, vb
larry abel / designs, vb. is a full-service experiential marketing company, specializing in creating 'brand experiences' at high profile entertainment related events in Los Angeles, New York and Miami Beach. Principal Larry K. Abel has a 15-year history as a brand marketing and creative executive with several major national brands, giving him a unique perspective on this type of brand integration. Larry personally and actively designs and renders each and every element of his client's brand experience.

About The Bryant Park Hotel
Year-round neighbor to the fashion community, the Bryant Park Hotel is party to New York's semi-annual Fashion Week and hosts innumerable events and functions celebrating industry elite; the hotel's 3,000-square-foot Cellar Bar, a dim, subterranean haunt frequented by the young-professional set and celebrities incognito, bleeds into a spacious 70-seat private screening room favored by studio executives for its intimacy and progressive technology; and above ground, the celebrity-owned Los Angeles transplant Koi rounds out the hotel's allure with its high-concept, pan-Asian menu, boldfaced patronage and minimalist environs. The Bryant Park Hotel houses 25 stories with over 100 spacious guest rooms, 17 suites, 10 park-view terraces, and a rooftop loft space with 180-degree skyline panoramas.

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