Associated Luxury Hotels International Adds Amy Butterfield As DoS in West Region

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. July 07, 2011

July 6, 2011 - Amy Butterfield, CMP , has joined Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) as Director of Sales in their West Region. In her new position she is responsible for providing meeting professionals, association executives, convention specialists, and business executives with dedicated ALHI National Sales Organization (NSO) services for its distinctive portfolio of more than 130 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide, which offer over 100,000 rooms and suites and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space. Butterfield will primarily focus on business development for ALHI's members, in Southern California, including Los Angeles and San Diego, along with other strategic accounts. The announcement of Butterfield's appointment was made jointly by ALHI President and CEO David Gabri and ALHI Regional Vice President Chris Riccardi. Butterfield is based in ALHI's National Sales office in Southern California.

ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious dues-based membership National Sales organization that exclusively provides National Sales services for its member hotels and resorts to the meetings and incentive marketplace. 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.

“Amy is an outstanding national sales professional with deep roots and excellent skills, and we're very pleased that she is now part of ALHI's National Sales team,” said Gabri. “She will become a great resource and advocate for meeting professionals and executives in the West Region with her new responsibilities.”

Prior to joining ALHI, Butterfield served for five years as National Sales Manager for The Grand Del Mar, a member within ALHI's prestigious portfolio. During her tenure at the magnificent San Diego resort she was awarded Top Producer for four consecutive years. Prior to Grand Del Mar she served for seven years as the Director of Catering & Convention Services for Hyatt Regency La Jolla in La Jolla, California, where she was nominated as Hyatt Corporation's Director of Catering & Convention Services of the Year in 2005. She is a member of the Southern California chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), and the Southern California chapter of the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE). Butterfield becomes the sixth professional serving in the ALHI National Sales Office (NSO) West Region team. She may be reached at [email protected] or (760) 231-6734.

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.

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 and resorts 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. 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, Orange County (CA), Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, Savannah, San Diego, Toronto and Washington, DC. Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Contacts” sales professionals in your state/area.

For more information about ALHI, to inquire about a future meeting at any of the ALHI member properties, and/or to acquire a free copy of ALHI's “2010-2011 ALHI 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 .