ALHI Debuts New “2011-2012 National Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities” (United States)
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ALHI Debuts New “2011-2012 National Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities” (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2011-10-11
. . . Designed For Planners, The Guide Features Over 100,000 Rooms & More Than 10 Million Square Feet of Meeting Space Options
Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has just published its new and much-anticipated “2011-2012 ALHI National Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities,” the ultimate meeting planners resource guide from which to identify resorts and hotels of distinction which are specifically designed and operated for meetings, incentive/recognition programs, conventions, and exhibitions (MICE), that could be ideal for their specific events.
“This new guide is essentially ALHI’s playbook for meeting planners who are seeking perfect platforms for their programs,” according to ALHI President and CEO David Gabri. “It is the ultimate guide for meeting planners, as it can Inspire, spark the Imagination, and help to Identify the resorts or hotels that can best suit their specific programs.”
Established in 1986, ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious dues-based National Sales Organization (NSO), which is dedicated exclusively and authorized specifically by the more than 130 Four- and Five-Diamond quality member hotels and resorts that it serves. Most of the Member hotels and resorts are independently owned or operated, or are part of emerging brands to the North American marketplace, with all in the upper-upper tier and luxury level. There is no cost to planners’ or executives’ organizations to utilize the NSO services, expertise, and account advocacy of ALHI, as its members’ dues fund the National Sales Organization to serve planners with local professionals.
“Our 156-page annual directory is a consolidated resource for meeting professionals, incentive specialists, association executives, and business executives to quickly and easily access information regarding more than 130 of the very best hotels and resorts in the world for meetings and programs,” said Gabri. “The comprehensive guide features more than 100,000 rooms and over 10 million square feet of exceptional meeting space options, providing ALHI the distinction of literally offering the very best portfolio for meetings, conventions and incentive/recognition programs in the upper-tier and luxury set,” he added.
“Our guide is designed for planners and executives to work together with their ALHI National Sales professional to build successful and distinctive programs at one or multiple properties from among ALHI’s truly impressive collection of more than 130 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts,” said Gabri.
Featuring large photography, with easy-to-find “at a glance” descriptions and critical facts about each property, the guide presents ALHI’s distinctive worldwide portfolio of extraordinary meeting and incentive resorts, incomparable city hotels, exclusive smaller hotels, island destinations, golf resorts, historic and landmark properties, resorts with spas, and hotels with world-class gaming and entertainment.
“Our annual guide has proven to be an extremely valuable resource for planners and organization executives,” said Gabri. “It is a great tool for identifying options for large and small meetings, special incentive/recognition programs, annual conventions, and important board meetings and executive retreats.”
Gabri continued, “Our ALHI Industry Advisory Council helped us develop the guide, and it can be very useful in identifying possibilities and for narrowing options for programs of all types. Many planners have expressed to us that they love the table-top format which provides an overview of each of our outstanding member hotels and resorts, as well as ‘quick on the facts’ detailed information about the accommodations, meeting spaces and facilities, unique attributes and access.”
For even easier navigations, the guide also features a section on ALHI’s 10 distinctive Specialty Segments which make it very easy for planners to identify properties that will suit their programs’ unique desires and specific needs. The ALHI Specialty Segments include: the “ALHI Big Box 5-50 Solutions Collection,” featuring ALHI’s 26 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; and the “ALHI Level 5 Collection” consisting of ALHI’s 18 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.
Other ALHI Specialty Segments include: the “ALHI City Solutions Collection,” featuring ALHI’s 50 Four- and Five-Diamond quality city center hotels which are specifically designed to serve meetings and programs; the “ALHI Historic Collection,” consisting of 31 legendary hotels and resorts with more than 50 years of heritage; the “ALHI 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; and the “ALHI Golf Collection,” consisting of ALHI’s 45 Four- and Five-Diamond golf resorts that cater to the meetings and incentive marketplaces.
Also available are: the “ALHI Beach & Island Collection,” featuring 28 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 29 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 member resorts and hotels outside of the U.S. which provide unique opportunities and beautiful backdrops for meetings.
Planners Value Resource
“This convenient sourcebook, combined with the expertise of our helpful and knowledgeable ALHI National Sales team professionals, helps planners identify potential and often ideal solutions for their specific programs,” said Gabri. “The guide provides a comprehensive base of knowledge to help the planner review potential options for their next meeting, convention or incentive/recognition program; and share the concepts with colleagues.”
Gabri continued, “Our National Sales team is experienced and skilled at providing great detail and sharing insight on the portfolio of the resorts and/or hotels of interest. Once we narrow the options with planners, we also use our website www.alhi.com to provide planners incremental details, photos, videos, destination information, and other vital information to advance ideas internally and externally. The combination is very popular with planners, all leading up to specific property site visits which we arrange.”
”So whether you are seeking distinctive resort, city, entertainment, international, and/or incentive solutions, ALHI has it, and this new ALHI Guide will be an invaluable resource,” Gabri said.
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.
For a list of ALHI’s entire portfolio, visit www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s membership, including easily useful information on the Specialty Segments. On the 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.
ALHI has 16 professionally-staffed National Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Orange County (CA), Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Diego, Savannah, Toronto and Washington, DC.
Additionally, in 2011 ALHI will launch Associated Destinations Worldwide (ADW), a new Global Sales Organization (GSO) that will be a dedicated business unit of ALHI to specifically promote the first-class member destinations, hotels, and convention facilities from around the world to U.S. and Canadian meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists, and business executives. ADW will be ALHI’s new Global Sales arm, which will serve North American companies and associations by developing outbound international group programs specifically for its members. Supported by ALHI’s 16 National Sales Offices, ADW also will feature a dedicated team of highly experienced, internationally trained, and culturally astute ADW Global Sales specialists who will focus on international business development. ADW will initially feature three GSO sales offices, in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
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