Asheville’s Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Joins Associated Luxury Hotels International (United States)
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Asheville’s Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Joins Associated Luxury Hotels International (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Industry economy
- New brands / Affiliations
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2011-05-20
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, one of the South’s most popular resorts, recently joined Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) as a new member. ALHI now provides authorized National Sales services and support for the resort to corporations, associations, independent planners, business executives, and incentive and product launch specialists desiring to conduct meetings, incentive/recognition programs, and conventions at the resort.
To commemorate the occasion, ALHI presented a plaque to the Asheville, North Carolina resort to welcome it into the prestigious membership organization. ALHI Director of Sales Kyle Lourie (left) and ALHI President and CEO David Gabri (right) presented the plaque to Ron Morin, Vice President and Managing Director of The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.
Perched atop scenic Sunset Mountain overlooking the picturesque city of Asheville, The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa has a rich history, which includes serving as host to many U.S. presidents and famous guests since its opening in 1913. Providing magnificent views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 512-room resort features 53,000 square feet of meeting space (which includes the 17,982-square-foot Grand Ballroom). In addition, the resort features a 43,000-square-foot world-class spa, a Donald Ross-designed championship golf course, and a 50,000-square-foot Sports Complex that features an indoor pool, three outdoor tennis courts, three indoor tennis courts, and a fitness center. The resort’s three award-winning restaurants includes Horizons Dining Room, ranked as one of the 50 best hotel restaurants in the nation. Area offerings available to groups include hikes to scenic peaks, gallery strolls, horseback riding, visits to The Biltmore Estate, Asheville Historic Trolley Tours, and adventure excursions like whitewater rafting. The resort is located just nine miles from Asheville Regional Airport.
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 the meetings and incentive marketplace. Meeting professionals, association executives, and incentive 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 portfolio features over 100,000 rooms and suites and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space, offering diverse and distinctive options among its worldwide member hotels and resorts which specialize in meetings and incentive programs. 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.
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