Associated Luxury Hotels Adds Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC To Membership (United States)
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Associated Luxury Hotels Adds Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC To Membership (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Industry economy
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2011-01-28
Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has augmented its portfolio and Washington, D.C. offerings with the addition of the AAA Four-Diamond Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. into its membership. Located just steps from the Tidal Basin and the famed cherry blossoms, and within minutes of Capitol Hill, the hotel offers beautiful views of the Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument. Also a recipient of the prestigious Forbes Four-Star designation, the hotel will now receive dedicated and authorized National Sales services and support by ALHI to the meetings, incentive/recognition travel, and convention marketplaces.
ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious dues-based membership National Sales organization that represents more than 130 Four- and Five-Diamond hotels and resorts worldwide to meeting professionals, incentive/recognition specialists, association executives, product launch specialists, and business executives wishing to conduct programs at one or more of the member properties. There is no cost to planners’ or executives’ organizations to utilize the National Sales services of ALHI, as its members’ dues fund the organization to serve planners in their region.
Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. becomes ALHI’s fourth member in Washington, D.C., joining: The Madison, a sophisticated landmark hotel that is four blocks from the White House, and features 353 guest rooms and 12,500 square feet of meeting space; the popular Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill, just steps from the U.S. Capitol, offering 265 newly-renovated guest rooms and more than 18,000 square feet of meeting space; plus the highly acclaimed and historically significant Willard InterContinental, ideally located along Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, and within easy walking access of the National Mall, theaters and the Smithsonian.
“ALHI continues to experience enormous demand for meetings in our nation’s capital city,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “The recent addition of the beautiful Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. into our ALHI portfolio will certainly enable us to serve more accounts, including those requiring larger ballrooms to meet their needs.”
Gabri continued, “With its outstanding location, impressive views, exceptional meeting spaces, and the renowned Mandarin Oriental reputation for service and culinary excellence, Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. is a wonderful choice for planners.”
Located within walking distance of the nation’s most cherished monuments, Capitol Hill, and the museums of the Smithsonian Institute, Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C. features 400 stylish guest rooms and suites which provide impressive waterfront or city views. Meeting offerings at the elegant hotel include 38,000 square feet of meeting space (which includes the 8,300-square-foot pillar-less Grand Ballroom), and a 5,000-square-foot outdoor garden with marina views. Additional offerings at the hotel include the AAA Five-Diamond CityZen restaurant, a 10,500-square-foot spa (ranked in the top 3 for “Best Hotel Spas in North America” in Condé Nast Traveler’s “Readers Choice Awards 2010”), a 50-foot indoor heated lap pool, a fitness center, and the popular Empress Lounge. The hotel is located just 12 minutes from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Meeting professionals, association executives, and incentive/recognition specialists have utilized ALHI’s National Sales services for 25 years, with reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels and resorts for meetings and incentive/recognition programs ranging from 10 to more than 6,500 rooms.
ALHI’s worldwide portfolio features over 100,000 rooms and suites and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space. ALHI provides planners and their organizations experienced National Sales services with diverse options among its outstanding worldwide member hotels and resorts which specialize in meetings and incentive programs.
Member hotels include 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 world-class gaming and entertainment.
For a complete list of ALHI’s entire worldwide portfolio, visit www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s impressive portfolio, including easily useful information on several defined specialty segments within the ALHI portfolio to serve distinctive meeting, convention and incentive travel needs. Included among these specialty segments are: the “ALHI Level 5 Collection,” for ALHI’s 18 hotels 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 Big Box 5-50 Solutions Collection,” featuring ALHI’s 27 member hotels and resorts that offer more than 500 rooms, feature over 50,000 square feet of meeting space each, and have at least one 20,000-square-foot ballroom or more.
Other specialty segments include: the “ALHI Historic Collection,” consisting of 36 legendary hotels and resorts with more than 50 years of heritage; the “Mountain Collection,” for planners desiring to conduct programs with inspiring mountain views; the “ALHI U-200 Gems Collection,” consisting of ALHI members with 200 rooms or under, which specialize in serving meeting and incentive programs; the “ALHI Golf Collection,” consisting of ALHI’s 43 Four- and Five-Diamond golf resorts that cater to the meetings and incentive marketplaces; and the “ALHI Beach & Island Collection,” featuring 33 Four- and Five-Diamond beach and/or island resorts and hotels with distinction which are designed to serve meetings and programs worldwide.
To make it easy for planners to access options within any of the specialty segments, there is an “ALHI Specialty Segments” quick reference button on the www.alhi.com Home Page. The button provides easy access for planners to preview the options available in each specialty segment, to be augmented by their ALHI national sales executive, also easily identifiable at www.alhi.com . On the site, 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 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.
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