"Bacara Resort & Spa Diamond" Necklace To Be Given Away By Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) At ASAE Annual

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. July 18, 2015

If you are attending the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit in August, you should be sure to visit Associated Luxury Hotels International's “Luxury Lane” area. The reason? In addition to finding out about ALHI's diamond-studded portfolio of more than 170 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide which specialize in serving the meetings and incentive marketplace, you will have the chance to register for the chance to win a dazzling one-carat diamond necklace. ALHI is giving away the stunning one-carat “Bacara Resort & Spa Diamond Necklace,” representing the Four- and Five-Diamond ALHI portfolio at the convention, which is being held August 8-11, 2015 at Cobo Center in Detroit.

The diamond necklace is named in honor of Santa Barbara, California's extraordinary, newly renovated and reimagined oceanfront Bacara Resort & Spa, a distinguished Member of ALHI's worldwide portfolio. The gem is being given away by ALHI as a means to recognize its exceptional Four- and Five-Diamond quality portfolio ideal for meetings, conventions, and incentive programs. Association executives, meeting professionals, incentive/recognition specialists, and business executives in attendance simply need to stop by ALHI's “Luxury Lane” area (anchored at Booth #1023), in order to register for the chance to win the bling.

Featuring a truly beautiful coastal setting overlooking the Pacific, Bacara Resort & Spa just completed an impressive multi-million dollar renovation of its 360 guest rooms and suites, with an inviting Spanish Colonial feel. Other recent improvements include a Foley Wine Tasting Room, a new coffee bar, a refreshed seaside restaurant, and an upgraded poolside bar. In addition to its new guestrooms, the resort also offers 70,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Plus, groups and guests also enjoy a 42,000-square-foot spa and wellness center, three zero-edge swimming pools (two with ocean views), direct beach access, four Har-tru clay tennis courts, onsite nature trails, and four restaurants and lounges. The resort is nestled on the bluff and beaches of the Gaviota coast, just 40 miles from Santa Ynez Wine Country and five miles from the Santa Barbara Airport.

“The 'Bacara Resort & Spa Diamond' is quite remarkable, just like its namesake resort,” said ALHI President Jim Schultenover. “The talented General Manager and industry veteran Kathleen Cochran leads a remarkable team ready to serve up successful programs of all types in this remarkable resort and beautiful destination in Santa Barbara, California.”

“The diamond giveaway,” Schultenover continued, “is a fun way to spotlight that notable ALHI Member resort, and to draw attention to ALHI's incredible diamond-studded portfolio of more than 170 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts that specifically serve the meetings, conventions and incentive marketplace. Planners stopping by our ALHI Luxury Lane area at ASAE, anchored at booth number 1023, can find out about all that is new within ALHI's portfolio and about the hotels or resorts that could be the ideal site-solution for their upcoming programs. It will just take a moment for planners to register for the chance to win and learn more about ALHI and our outstanding hotels and resorts.”

ALHI (alhi.com) is the leading independent Global Sales Organization (GSO) serving the North American meetings and incentive (M&I) marketplace for its Membership of over 170 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide. In addition to the 115,000 rooms and 10 million square feet of function space in the hotel portfolio, ALHI also provides GSO “Alliance” sales services for 9 luxury cruise ships appropriate for M&I programs; and a worldwide Destination Management Company (DMC) offering program support from 100 service providers in over 65 countries. One call connects to an experienced ALHI GSO Sales Professional with advocacy and sales assistance for meetings, conventions, and incentive programs.

ALHI is a dues-funded organization, so there is no cost to the planning organization to access the GSO network with local professionals and ease and expertise of discussing viable options for your programs.

In addition, for ease of matching specific event criteria, ALHI provides very useful information on 12 defined “Specialty Segments” within the ALHI portfolio which makes it easy for planners to quickly identify site-specific solutions for their programs. These include the “Beach & Island Collection,” “Big Box Solutions,” “Level 5 Collection,” “City Solutions,” “Passport Collection,” “Golf Collection,” “Entertainment & Gaming Collection,” “U-200 Gems,” “Historic Collection,” “Mountain Collection,” “Ocean Line Collection,” and “Bahamas, Bermuda & Caribbean Collection.”

For information about any of ALHI's Members and resources, planners should contact their nearest of the 20 professionally-staffed ALHI Global Sales offices situated coast-to-coast in the United States and in Canada, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, Southern California (3), Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state). For specifics, go to 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 portfolio properties, and/or to acquire a free copy of ALHI's “2015 Meeting Facilities Guide” or the ALHI app, contact your nearest ALHI Global Sales Office, or call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), visit ALHI's “Luxury Lane” area at the ASAE Annual convention (anchored at Booth #1023), and visit www.alhi.com .