City Card Manchester have seen sales double in the build up to Christmas compared to December 2006, as thoughtful friends look to save each other a small fortune in 2008.

City Card Manchester ran a range of promotions in the run up to Christmas with 3, 6 and 12 month memberships packs available for people to buy for their friends, with the added bonus of a free new year get-fit package.

City Card Director Kieran Gately commented 'The Christmas gift packages have proved to be a huge success this year, offering great value as a gift to a friend, and having the added bonus that your friend will actually make use of and appreciate their suprise.  We even had people buy in bulk - a City Card for every one of their friends - so they never needed to step out into the cold, crowded streets and spend hours searching for inspiration'.

City Card Manchester is a privilege card which provides it's members with a varied range of exclusive offers, such as 50% off at top restaurants, bars and salons and spas, as well as 2 for 1 cinema, theatre and comedy tickets.  More information is available at www.citycardmanchester.co.uk .