Worldhotels Prestigious Deluxe Collection Now Includes La Casa Del Zorro

Treasured Desert Retreat Becomes Worldhotel's Sixth California Affiliate

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. April 15, 2014

BORREGO SPRINGS, CA - April 15, 2014 - Worldhotels today welcomed La Casa Del Zorro as the newest member of its Deluxe Collection of luxury independent hotels. The classic retreat in Borrego Springs, Calif., has been carefully restored and updated to recapture the romance and style that visitors experienced during its heyday.

“This is a beautiful gem of a resort hotel that we're delighted to have in our portfolio,” said Tom Griffiths, vice president, Worldhotels-The Americas. “It provides the perfect blend of natural beauty, serenity and solitude that our discriminating guests are seeking.”

Located just 90 miles from downtown San Diego and three hours from Los Angeles, La Casa Del Zorro is uniquely surrounded on all sides by the stunning Anza-Borrego State Park. Cradled by the towering Santa Rosa Mountains, the surrounding Anza-Borrego Desert offers hiking trails and opportunities to traverse unspoiled canyons, buttes and mesas. Visitors can explore hints of lost civilizations that include more than 50 Native American rock art sites, petroglyphs and pictographs.

Luxury guest accommodations include poolside and pool view rooms with marble bathtub surrounds, glass shower enclosures and wood-burning fireplaces. Individual casitas offer one-to-four bedroom floor plans and feature rustic desert decor with private pools, spas, or both.

La Casa Del Zorro is situated on 42 acres of beautifully landscaped desert with six night-lit tennis courts, a complete fitness center, full-service spa (www.balancespaborregosprings.com), salon and five swimming pools. Other available activities include bocce, shuffleboard and nearby championship golf. Borrego Springs is one of the few “International Dark-Sky Association Communities” in the world that protect and preserve night sky for future generations. As a result, night skies are a blanket of millions of stars and galaxies.

"We are pleased to showcase our beautifully renovated resort to travelers throughout the world through our affiliation with Worldhotels," said Patrick Sampson, general manager. “We're proud to bring this celebrated desert resort back to the luxury and prominence it's long been known for. Our Worldhotels relationship enables us to provide our guests with world-class convenience and service even before they arrive.”

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available at the hotel's Butterfield Room and Rose Garden Terrace. The Fox Den Cantina offers a casual dinner atmosphere, paired with a selection of refreshing cocktails, craft beers and an inspired wine list.

As part of Worldhotels, La Casa Del Zorro is easy to book via telephone, online or through 450,000 travel agent terminals worldwide—as easily as with hotels and resorts affiliated with large franchise operations. With the group's new loyalty program, Worldhotels Peakpoints (worldhotels-peakpoints.com), guests can redeem points for hotel vouchers or collect miles for eligible stays thanks to an extensive list of 26 frequent flyer programs of the world's premier international carriers.

Other advantages include participation in advertising, promotions and public relations campaigns, as well as exposure at industry events and trade fairs attended by Worldhotels. Specific advertising materials include a page in the Worldhotels' hotel/resort directory, a listing on www.worldhotels.com, and inclusion in print ads to capture the atmosphere, amenities and unique essence of each property.

In addition, more than 30 sales and reservation offices staffed by 60 employees worldwide work on behalf of all Worldhotels' properties to create and sell special programs for business and leisure travelers.

About Worldhotels:

• Worldhotels is a global brand that brings together some of the world's most unique independent hotels. With the tagline “Where Discovery Starts” it targets savvy business and leisure travelers that seek an authentic and local experience when choosing a hotel. Worldhotels now offers nearly 500 hotels in 250 destinations and 65 countries worldwide.

• With over 40 years of excellence in the industry, the company's mission is to provide access to 4 and 5 star hotels of character and distinction. Each hotel in the Worldhotels portfolio has been carefully selected to ensure it meets the group's strict quality standards. Each hotel is measured against over 1,000 quality criteria every year.

• Guests can now earn points with the group's loyalty program, Worldhotels Peakpoints (worldhotels-peakpoints.com), and redeem them for hotel vouchers. Alternatively, they can collect miles for eligible stays thanks to an extensive list of 26 frequent flyer programs of the world's premier international carriers. Delta, American Airlines, U.S. Airways, United Airlines, Air France and Lufthansa are just some of the partners that make it easy to earn miles with Worldhotels.

• Through a comprehensive range of services that includes global marketing, sales, training, e-commerce and state-of-the-art distribution and technology, Worldhotels backs independent hotels with the power of a global brand while allowing them to retain their individual character and identity. In addition to its classic “affiliation model”, the group offers independent hotels a soft franchise branding solution which is the perfect alternative to standard franchise contracts.

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