Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) Hits Milestone, Opening 20th Global Sales Office

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. October 15, 2013

Ocotober 15, 2013 - To address the significant growth of its worldwide hotel and resort membership and its growing client base and demand for its Global Sales Organization (GSO) services, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) recently opened its 19th and 20th Global Sales Offices in North America, which are located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Houston, Texas, respectively.

ALHI is the prestigious Global Sales Organization that provides authorized and dedicated GSO services and sales support to the North American meetings and incentive marketplace for its exclusive portfolio of more than 160 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide. ALHI's distinctive portfolio features over 115,000 rooms and suites and nearly 10 million square feet of meeting space, providing diverse options among its outstanding 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.

“We have strategically opened these GSO offices in Phoenix and Houston to provide more service, advocacy and local contacts to the meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists, and business executives in these regions,” said David Gabri, CEO of ALHI. “We have experienced significant demand growth over the years, and we are pleased to expand with these new offices, staffed with skilled global sales professionals, to provide reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to our member hotels and resorts for planners and executives in these areas.”

“In addition to announcing these new GSO offices at IMEX America, we are also very excited to showcase our distinctive membership to attendees at IMEX America,” said Gabri. “In addition to appointments made, planners in attendance simply need to stop by ALHI's 'Luxury Lane' area -- Booth #3052 at the show - to speak with ALHI's GSO team and with many of our exceptional member hotels and resorts that will be exhibiting with us, to find out all that is new within ALHI's impressive portfolio and how we can assist in meeting your objectives.”

“We are proud to have ALHI's new President Jim Schultenover, as well as our Executive Vice President Don Macumber, Division Vice President Ashly Balding, Regional Vice President - Midwest Stacy Lucherini, Director of Sales Penni LeRoy, and Global Sales Specialist Tatiana Lotufo at the show to introduce Members and our portfolio services. Joining us at our 'Luxury Lane' area will be 21 ALHI member hotels and resorts. While 43 more ALHI member hotels and resorts also will be exhibiting at the show.”

Meeting professionals have chosen ALHI for nearly 30 years, for reliable one-call GSO professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels and resorts for meetings and incentive/recognition programs. 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.

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

For a list of ALHI's entire portfolio, visit ALHI's website www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI's membership. This includes easily useful information on 12 defined specialty segments within the ALHI 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.

The ALHI Specialty Segments include: the “ALHI Big Box 5-50 Solutions Collection,” featuring ALHI's 25 member hotels and resorts that offer more than 500 rooms, feature over 50,000 square feet of meeting space, and have at least one 20,000-square-foot ballroom; the “ALHI Level 5 Collection,” consisting of ALHI's 29 hotels and resorts that have earned the highest and most distinctive recognitions including the prestigious AAA Five-Diamond rating, and/or the esteemed Forbes (Mobil) Five-Star rating; and the “ALHI City Solutions Collection,” featuring ALHI's 60 Four- and Five-Diamond quality city center hotels which are specifically designed to serve meetings and programs.

Additional ALHI Specialty Segments include: the “ALHI Historic Collection,” consisting of 39 legendary hotels and resorts with more than 50 years of heritage; the “ALHI Mountain Collection,” with 25 options with inspiring mountain views; the “ALHI U-200 Gems Collection,” consisting of 20 ALHI member hotels with 200 rooms or under, which specialize in serving meeting and incentive programs; the “ALHI Caribbean Collection,” with 22 resorts in 11 countries, making it the largest and finest collection of Four- and Five-Diamond meeting and incentive resorts in the Caribbean; and the “ALHI Ocean Line,” featuring 8 luxurious ships (i.e. “floating resorts”) that can accommodate groups nearly anywhere around the world.

Also available are: the “ALHI Golf Collection,” consisting of ALHI's 51 Four- and Five-Diamond golf resorts that cater to the meetings and incentive marketplaces; the “ALHI Beach & Island Collection,” featuring 48 Four- and Five-Diamond beach and/or island resorts and hotels with distinction which are designed to serve meetings and programs; the “ALHI Entertainment & Gaming Solutions Collection,” consisting of 26 Four- and Five-Diamond resorts and hotels in the U.S. and abroad that provide hallmark entertainment and/or gaming; and the “ALHI Passport Collection,” featuring ALHI's 39 member resorts and hotels outside of the U.S. which provide unique opportunities and beautiful backdrops for meetings.

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.

In addition to Phoenix and Houston, ALHI has professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Northern California, Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California (2), Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state). Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Team” sales professionals in your state/area.

Contact any office for professional assistance and let ALHI help you identify distinctive opportunities to meet your objectives with your meetings, incentives, and conventions. 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,” contact your nearest ALHI Global Sales Office, call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), visit ALHI's “Luxury Lane” area at IMEX America (Booth #3052), and visit www.alhi.com .