Associated Luxury Hotels Adds Allied International As New Member
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Associated Luxury Hotels Adds Allied International As New Member
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2010-07-28
. . . This New Strategic Global Alliance Expands ALHI’s National Sales Services To Planners
Allied International, the largest independent destination management company in the world (as it is the parent company of Allied Europe, Allied Arabia and PRA Destination Management), with offices throughout Europe, the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere, has joined Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), effective July 2010. With this new membership and global alliance, ALHI expands its service offerings to meeting professionals, association executives, incentive/recognition specialists and group travel specialists, beyond its extensive worldwide portfolio of more than 125 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts. This new alliance makes it easier for planners -- working with ALHI -- to secure innovative destination opportunities and services, and to coordinate logistics for their programs throughout Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, beyond the ALHI headquarter hotel. Established in 1986, ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious dues-based membership organization which provides dedicated National Sales services exclusively for its membership and portfolio of incredible luxury hotels and resorts, at no cost to planners’ organizations.
“We’re very pleased about this new strategic global alliance with Allied International and its destination management companies, as it complements and augments our incredible portfolio of distinctive hotels and resorts around the world,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “While providing dedicated National Sales services for our member hotels and resorts is, and always will be, the core focus of ALHI, this alliance with Allied enables ALHI professional access to provide even more destination service options to our valued planners as we assist them in developing distinctive programs at our hotels.”
“Win-Win” Situation For Planners
Gabri added, “Allied International’s membership also ties in perfectly with our National Sales account service mentality and with our membership expansion domestically and internationally. We now have extraordinary member hotels and resorts around the world, with over 100,000 rooms and 10 million square feet of meeting space, so adding Allied’s and PRA’s impressive presence and destination expertise to our member hotel and resort offerings throughout Europe and the U.S. is a tremendous added resource for us to share with meeting professionals and incentive/specialists with whom we work with every day.”
“This new membership with Allied International allows our National Sales team to provide planners seamless support and a direct link to Allied’s and PRA’s reliable and experienced DMC specialists for destination solutions worldwide, all with no commissions or incremental costs to the account for this added National Sales service by ALHI,” said Gabri.
“Instead,” Gabri added, “we formed this membership-alliance as an added account service in direct response to customer input -- where clients suggested we establish incremental destination support for them, with proven relationships, to complement our incredible hotel and resort portfolio, for destination services and concept options to be considered to best assist them. So, whether our account relationships need assistance with coordinating a program’s logistics, arranging transportation, planning group tours, identifying desired off-site event options, and/or coordinating special spousal and guest activities, this new alliance allows ALHI to become more helpful with the valued accounts we serve to make it much easier and faster to develop and coordinate a program concept.”
Gabri continued, “It really is a ‘win-win’ situation for planners, who are now able to easily tap into their reliable ALHI resource to obtain incremental destination intelligence and costing, with just one-call to their nearest ALHI National Sales office professional. The team strategy and support of ALHI and Allied International will be a real benefit in serving our clients with the best hotels and resorts solutions in the most desirable locations, plus destination options and assistance, especially as we augment our member hotel and resort properties worldwide.”
Allied International (www.allied-international.com) is the parent company of Allied Europe, Allied Arabia, and PRA Destination Management. Allied International, like Associated Luxury Hotels, has over 20 years of experience serving the meeting, convention, and incentive/recognition marketplace. Allied International includes the ownership of PRA Destination Management Inc., based in Carlsbad, California, with DMC operations throughout America as well. Allied International is headed by CEO James W. Hensley, and now provides destination management services in 38 U.S. and 29 international destinations throughout Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
“By combining forces with ALHI, we are able to assist even more meeting professionals and incentive specialists with their destination service needs,” said Hensley. “It really is an ideal alliance since Allied, PRA and ALHI have built proven service reputations based on customer focus, quality solutions, and service reliability. Together we will now provide even more comprehensive account-focused services for planners seeking the variety of ALHI hotels and destinations.”
ALHI’s distinctive, dues-based membership of more than 125 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide provides over 100,000 rooms and 10 million square feet of meeting space for meetings, conventions and incentive/recognition programs. ALHI’s membership includes hotels and resorts throughout the U.S., as well as in Argentina, The Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, England, France, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates.
The ALHI worldwide member portfolio includes extraordinary Four- and Five-Diamond quality meeting and incentive resorts, incomparable city hotels, exclusive smaller hotels, golf resorts, historic and landmark properties, island destinations, resorts with spas, properties in international destinations, and hotels with gaming and entertainment; all with a dedicated focus on serving the group markets.
For a complete list of ALHI’s entire worldwide portfolio, visit www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s impressive portfolio, including information on several defined specialty segments within the ALHI portfolio to serve distinctive meeting, convention and incentive travel needs. Included among these are: the “ALHI Level 5 Collection” for those 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; the “ALHI Big Box 5-50 Collection” for larger programs requiring over 500 rooms and over 50,000 square feet of meeting space; the “U-200 Gem Collection” for planners seeking smaller, yet high-quality venues, for their specific programs; the “Mountain Resort Collection”; and the “ALHI Historic Collection” consisting of legendary hotels and resorts with historical significance.
Contact your nearest ALHI national sales representative for their expertise and assistance. Associated Luxury Hotels has 16 professionally-staffed National Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, North Carolina, Orange County (CA), Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Diego, Toronto and Washington, DC. Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Contacts” sales professionals in your state/area.
To inquire about a potential meeting at any of the ALHI member properties, contact your nearest ALHI National Sales Office, call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), and visit www.alhi.com.
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