Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California is New Member of Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI)

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. April 02, 2014

April 2, 2014 - Bacara Resort & Spa, located along the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara, California, has joined Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) as the newest Member of its prestigious worldwide portfolio of AAA Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts that serve the meetings and incentive marketplace. ALHI now provides Global Sales Organization (GSO) support, expertise, and sales services for the luxurious oceanfront resort to meeting professionals, association executives, incentive/recognition specialists, and business executives in North America interested in conducting meetings and/or programs at the California resort.

Nestled on the bluff and beaches of Southern California's Gaviota coast, between the Pacific Ocean and the scenic Santa Ynez Mountains, Bacara Resort & Spa becomes ALHI's only Member in Santa Barbara. Known for its natural beauty, the resort features 354 lavish guest rooms and suites, each with a private balcony or patio that provides breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and lush flower-filled gardens. The resort also has over 70,000 square feet of function space, which includes the Executive Conference & Technology Center, a private screening room, and venues with incredible ocean views. In addition, the resort offers the legendary 42,000-square-foot Spa at Bacara; a state-of-the-art wellness center; world-class golf at three nearby courses, including the adjacent Sandpiper; oceanfront zero-edge swimming pools; four lighted tennis courts; four restaurants and lounges, including its signature restaurant, which features a 12,000-bottle wine cellar and tasting room; specialty retail shops; hiking trails; and Foley Wine Tasting Room. The resort is convenient to Santa Barbara's many attractions, including the beautiful wine country and wineries, ocean excursions, historic sightseeing, and upscale shopping. The resort, which is owned and operated by Pacific Hospitality Group, is conveniently located just six miles from the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

“The new Bacara Resort & Spa is special,” said ALHI CEO David Gabri. “It features an extraordinary oceanfront setting, wonderful meeting and event space, and first-class facilities and service all the way, and we are very proud to add the resort into the ALHI portfolio. Planners considering a meeting or program in California should definitely speak with their ALHI Global Sales professional about this incredible resort, and consider it in their rotations.”

In addition to the Bacara Resort & Spa, ALHI provides planners an extraordinary collection of hotels and resorts in California, including in Southern California: Orange County's 536-room Hotel Irvine Jamboree Center, undergoing an impressive reinvestment initiative along with its new brand identity; the newly completed Loews Hollywood Hotel, offering 632 guest rooms and suites at the glamorous Hollywood & Highland Center in world-renowned Hollywood; the newly refurbished Miramonte Resort & Spa, providing picturesque views of the Santa Rosa Mountains in Indian Wells; the Five-Star, Five-Diamond The Resort at Pelican Hill, sitting on 504 sun-drenched acres on the coast of Newport Beach; the 295-room Island Hotel Newport Beach, offering breathtaking coastal and city views in Orange County; the iconic and amazing 220-acre Five-Diamond Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in scenic Ojai; in Pasadena the beautiful Langham Huntington, featuring 380 elegant guest rooms and suites and 50,000 square feet of meeting and event space; Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, set on 240 acres of garden landscaping in Rancho Mirage; the exquisite Terranea, rising from a magnificent peninsula along Southern California's coast in Rancho Palos Verdes; and the much acclaimed Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, providing a beachfront setting and sensational ocean views in Santa Monica.

Further south in California, ALHI's portfolio also features: the vibrant AAA Four-Diamond Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, with 420 guest rooms and suites, and more than 40,000 square feet of meeting space; the historic, Victorian-style Hotel del Coronado, featuring more than 65,000 square feet of meeting space; the newly renovated Loews Coronado Bay, situated on a private peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and Coronado Bay; Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, which recently completed a $50 million renovation, and has more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space; the exquisite and celebrated The Grand Del Mar, nestled amidst San Diego's Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve; the breathtaking 280-acre Rancho Bernardo Inn, offering 287 guest rooms and 45,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space in San Diego; and Surf & Sand Resort, perched above scenic Laguna Beach with stunning Pacific Ocean views, and 100,000 square feet of meeting space.

Elsewhere in California, ALHI provides direct GSO sales services for the incredible Pebble Beach Resorts, consisting of the sophisticated The Inn at Spanish Bay, the world-famous The Lodge at Pebble Beach, and the exclusive Casa Palmero.

ALHI's impressive California portfolio also features: the AAA Four-Diamond The Meritage Resort and Spa, surrounded by rolling hills and gorgeous private vineyards in Napa; Lake Tahoe's luxurious Resort at Squaw Creek, providing sweeping views of the Sierra Nevada range and featuring 45,000 square feet of function space; Hotel Nikko San Francisco, a stylish sanctuary of serenity in the heart of vibrant San Francisco; the landmark InterContinental Mark Hopkins, ideally situated at the crest of San Francisco's illustrious Nob Hill; and the 32-story InterContinental San Francisco, boasting a prime location adjacent to the Moscone West Convention Center.

ALHI's 160+ Member hotels and resorts include exceptional Four- and Five-Diamond quality meeting, convention, and incentive resorts on land and sea, incomparable city hotels, exclusive smaller hotels, golf resorts, historic & landmark properties, island destinations, resorts with spas, properties in international destinations, and hotels with world-class gaming and entertainment.

With a worldwide portfolio of over 115,000 rooms and suites and nearly 10 million square feet of meeting space, ALHI provides planners and their organizations experienced Global Sales services with diverse options among its outstanding worldwide member hotels and resorts which specialize in meetings and incentive programs. ALHI provides reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels, resorts, and venues for programs ranging from 10 to more than 6,500. There is no cost to planners' organizations to utilize the ALHI GSO services, expertise, and account advocacy, as its Members' dues fund the Global Sales Organization to best serve planners with local professionals.

For a list of ALHI's portfolio, visit www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI's Membership, including useful information on the 12 defined “specialty segments” within the portfolio, which are designed to make it easy for planners to identify properties, destinations, venues, and/or ships that will best suit their programs' objectives, unique desires and specific needs.

On the ALHI website, planners can quickly see details of the properties' meeting, accommodation, recreational and dining offerings, as well as destination information and “Luxury on Sale” value opportunities. A photo gallery, meeting floor plans and specs, and a location map for each property are also easily available.

ALHI has 20 professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California (3), Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state). Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Team” sales professionals in your state/area.

For more information about ALHI, to inquire about any of the ALHI member properties, and/or to acquire a free copy of ALHI's “2014 Global Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities” or the new ALHI app, contact your nearest ALHI Global Sales Office, or call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), and visit www.alhi.com .