City Solutions Are a Booming Segment of ALHI's Portfolio

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. April 11, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC - April 8, 2011 - If you are seeking a hotel for your meeting in a metropolitan area you may be interested in the specialty segment that was recently launched by Associated Luxury Hotels International(ALHI). The “ ALHI City Solutions Collection ,” part of ALHI's worldwide portfolio, features ALHI's 59 Four- and Five-Diamond quality city center hotels which are specifically designed to serve meetings and programs.

“ALHI has an impressive worldwide collection of distinctive and extraordinary city center hotels,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “The 'ALHI City Solutions Collection' is comprised of hotels in a variety of interesting and highly accessible cities, making it very quick and easy for planners to access ALHI's array of outstanding options that could best fit their specific program needs. We have been experiencing significant demand from planners seeking our distinctive city center hotels and locations for their programs. This new specialty segment allows us to provide incredible options to answer the questions for our accounts before they are asked, to help accelerate recognition of recommendations when planners work with our professional NSO team.”

ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious dues-based National Sales organization, which is dedicated exclusively and authorized specifically by the 130+ Four- and Five-Diamond quality member hotels and resorts that it serves. Established in 1986, ALHI offers to meeting professionals, incentive/recognition specialists, association executives, product launch specialists, and business executives over 100,000 rooms and suites, and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space in its extraordinary portfolio of the best venues for meetings. There is no cost to planners' or executives' organizations to utilize the National Sales services of ALHI, as its members' dues fund the National Sales organization to serve planners.

The “ALHI City Solutions Collection”

The “ALHI City Solutions Collection” consists of many of the finest city center hotels in the world. This includes the following options in the West, “ALHI City Solutions Collection” options in the Midwest, the South and in the East.

The “ ALHI City Solutions Collection ” is one of ALHI's 10 specialty segments. Included among these 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 26 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 37 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; and the “ALHI Golf Collection,” consisting of ALHI's 43 Four- and Five-Diamond golf resorts that cater to the meetings and incentive marketplaces.

ALHI also has: 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; the “ALHI Entertainment & Gaming Solutions” collection, consisting of 30 Four- and Five-Diamond resorts and hotels in the U.S. and abroad that provide hallmark entertainment and/or gaming, and which specialize in serving meeting and incentive programs; and the “ALHI Global Collection,” featuring ALHI's 22 member resorts and hotels outside of the U.S. which provide unique opportunities and beautiful backdrops for meetings.

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 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.

For more information on any of the members of the “ALHI City Solutions Collection,” contact your nearest ALHI National Sales office. 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. Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Contacts” sales professionals in your state/area.

For more information on ALHI or on any of ALHI's member hotels or resorts, or to request a free copy of ALHI's 162-page “2010-2011 National Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities,” contact your nearest ALHI National Sales office, call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), and visit www.alhi.com