ALHI Launches “5-50 Collection” Specialty Segment Solutions For BIG Meetings (United States)
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ALHI Launches “5-50 Collection” Specialty Segment Solutions For BIG Meetings (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 2010-04-27
To make it easier for meeting professionals, association executives and incentive specialists who need a large resort or hotel to accommodate their group, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has launched the “ALHI 5-50 Collection” within its distinctive portfolio of over 125 Four-and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts. This specific “collection” segment makes it easier for executives and planners to identify a hotel or resort with larger capabilities for their program, and consists of 25 ALHI member resorts or hotels which feature at least 500 guest rooms and suites, with a minimum of 50,000 square feet of meeting space, thus “5-50.” Additionally, each of the hotels and resorts in this specialty segment feature at least one ballroom of 20,000 square feet or more.
The “ALHI 5-50 Collection” features a total of more than 6.7 million square feet of meeting space, making it one of the largest “big solution” collections available to association executives, meeting professionals and incentive specialists in North America. As part of the launch of this collection, ALHI has added an “ALHI 5-50 Collections” quick reference button to its home page at www.alhi.com to provide fast, one-stop access for planners seeking to research to conduct a program at one of the world’s finest meeting resorts or hotels that can accommodate large groups.
“We established the ‘ALHI 5-50 Collection’ to accentuate the solutions ALHI provides for larger programs. It is a means for planners of large groups to easily access our variety of options available to accommodate their needs,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “With 42,000 rooms in this specific segment of our worldwide portfolio, our Big Meeting solutions alone are larger than many full brands.”
Five outstanding Las Vegas MGM Mirage options are a cornerstone of the collection. This includes ALHI’s largest resort in terms of rooms, the renowned MGM Grand, featuring 5,034 guest rooms and suites, and 600,000 square feet of meeting space, which includes the all-new 92,000-square-foot Marquee Ballroom. Also included in the collection is the world-renowned, 3,933-room Bellagio with 200,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 45,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom. Additional options include the grand new ARIA Resort & Casino, offering 4,004 contemporary guest rooms and suites, and 300,000 square feet of technologically advanced meeting space. The newly remodeled 3,220-room Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (or 4,337 rooms and suites with the attached THEhotel), features a massive 1.7 million square feet of meeting space that includes a 100,000-square-foot pillarless ballroom. The famed Mirage provides 3,044 beautifully redesigned guest rooms, a 90,000-square-foot pillarless events center, and a 40,000-square-foot ballroom.
In nearby Lake Las Vegas, the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort offers 100,000 square feet of function space, rounding out the Nevada options within ALHI’s 5-50 Collection.
Additional options in the west include: California’s 611-room La Costa Resort & Spa with 100,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor meeting and banquet space; Arizona Grand Resort, which recently invested $52 million in property enhancements, and which offers 740 suites and villas and 117,000 square feet of function space; the 503-room Pan Pacific Vancouver, located on Vancouver’s spectacular waterfront, and situated atop the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Center; the 775-room Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City with 75,000 square feet of meeting space that includes three ornate ballrooms; the AAA Five-Diamond Broadmoor, featuring 744 guest rooms and 185,000 square feet of function space; and Colorado’s 1,200-room Keystone Resort & Conference Center, with more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space.
There are two outstanding options in Texas: the majestic 1,511-room Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center with 400,000 square feet of meeting space; and the InterContinental Dallas, featuring 528 large guest rooms, and 115,000 square feet of meeting space, which includes the recently renovated 25,400-square-foot Crystal Ballroom.
ALHI’s 5-50 members in the Northeast include: Connecticut’s legendary and distinctive Mohegan Sun with 1,176 guest rooms and 100,000 square feet of meeting space; plus Boston’s newly renovated Seaport with 180,000 square feet of total meeting space, and a 400-seat amphitheater. The luxurious and new Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center near Washington, D.C., with 2,000 rooms and a 470,000-square-foot convention center, provides a big opportunity in and around our nation’s capital.
The spectacular Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville boasts 2,881 guest rooms, and 600,000 square feet of meeting space. In Arkansas, The Peabody Little Rock features 40,000 square feet of meeting space, with an additional 200,000 square feet in the connected Statehouse Convention Center.
Five Florida options within the 5-50 collection include the extraordinary 1,504-room Fontainebleau Miami Beach with 58 meeting rooms and a total of 150,000 square feet of meeting space; the totally newly renovated Loews Miami Beach Hotel, offering 790 rooms and 65,000 square feet of meeting space in renowned South Beach; the 1,000-room Loews Royal Pacific at Universal Orlando, with 85,000 square feet of meeting space that includes a 41,503-square-foot ballroom; the new Peabody Orlando Hotel, which will have 1,641 guest rooms and 250,000 square feet of meeting space when its expansion is complete in Fall 2010; and the 1,406-room Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center with a 178,500-square-foot exhibition hall, and a total of 400,000 square feet of meeting space.
The incredible Atlantis, Paradise Island in the nearby Bahamas is another outstanding East Coast 5-50 option with 3,400 guest rooms and suites, 200,000 square feet of indoor function space, and 300,000 square feet of outside event space.
Information about each of the “ALHI 5-50 Collection” members is available at www.alhi.com. On the site, planners can quickly see details of the “ALHI 5-50” 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 accessible on the site.
ALHI serves as a dues-based National Sales organization for its exclusive membership of more than 125 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide, which all specialize in meetings and incentive programs.
ALHI has 16 professionally staffed National Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, North Carolina, Orange County (CA), Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Diego, and Toronto. Go to www.alhi.com to identify the ALHI sales professionals in your area.
For more information on the “ALHI 5-50 Collection,” or for a copy of ALHI’s 155-page “ALHI National Sales Guide To Meeting Facilities 2009-2010,” contact your nearest ALHI National Sales Office, call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), and visit www.alhi.com .
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