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Δευτέρα 27 Μαΐου 2013

ALHI expands Caribbean options with the addition of first member in Curacao

WASHINGTON, DC - Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded the Caribbean options in its worldwide portfolio with the addition of its first member hotel in Curacao. The Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curacao, which opened in 2010 as the Hyatt, is situated on 27 pristine acres on Curacao’s Santa Barbara Plantation, between the Caribbean Sea and Spanish Water Bay. The resort now receives ALHI’s authorized and dedicated Global Sales Organization (GSO) services and sales support to North American corporations, associations, independent planners, business executives, and incentive specialists desiring to conduct meetings and/or incentive programs at the resort.
Located on the beautiful Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, which is just 35 miles from both Aruba and Venezuela, Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curacao offers 350 luxuriously appointed guest rooms and suites, each with full balconies or patios providing superlative views. Known for its exceptional service and facilities, the resort features more than 9,000 square feet of indoor function space, including ballrooms, a boardroom, and breakout rooms. In addition, the resort boasts more than 25,000 square feet outdoor event space which provides picturesque views of the Caribbean Sea. The resort features an 18-hole Pete Dye championship golf course overlooking the Caribbean Sea and Spanish Water Bay, a private beach, 4,500-square-foot Atabei Spa, 24-hour fitness center, three outdoor pools, four lighted tennis courts, four restaurants, five shops, a business center, concierge services, Wi-Fi, and a multilingual staff. Area recreational options are abundant including scuba diving, snorkeling, other water sports, casinos, an Ostrich Farm, Curacao Sea Aquarium Marine Animal Park, Christoffel Park, and Hato Caves. Curacao International Airport is just 35 minutes away.
“Our meeting planner and incentive specialist clients have been asking us for additional Four- and Five-Diamond quality options in the Caribbean, and we are so proud to add Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curacao to our portfolio, to address this growing need,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “Its setting is incredible, and its facilities and service are first-class. Planners interested in the Caribbean for their program, should definitely consider this truly beautiful resort.”
Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curacao becomes ALHI’s 10th member in the Caribbean, joining Atlantis on Paradise Island in The Bahamas; Cove Atlantis on Paradise Island in The Bahamas; Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico; Gran Melia Golf Resort Puerto Rico in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico; Half Moon on Jamaica’s Montego Bay; Live Aqua Cancun in Cancun, Mexico; Paradisus Palma Real Resort in Playa de Bavaro, Dominican Republic; Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Esmeralda in Playa del Carmen, Mexico; Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla in Playa del Carmen, Mexico; and Paradisus Punta Cana Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
In addition to becoming the newest member of ALHI’s worldwide portfolio of 140+ Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts, Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curacao becomes a new offering in the “ALHI Golf Collection,” “ALHI Beach & Island Collection,” and “ALHI Passport Collection” specialty segments.
Meeting professionals have chosen ALHI (www.alhi.com) for nearly 30 years, for reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels and resorts for meetings and incentive/recognition programs. There is no cost to planners’ organizations to utilize the ALHI GSO services, expertise, and account advocacy, as its members’ dues fund the Global Sales Organization to best serve planners with local professionals.
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 with world-class gaming and entertainment.
With a worldwide portfolio of over 100,000 rooms and suites and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space, ALHI provides planners and their organizations experienced Global Sales services with diverse options among its outstanding worldwide member hotels and resorts which specialize in meetings and incentive programs. ALHI provides reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels, resorts, and venues for programs ranging from 10 to more than 6,500.
For a list of ALHI’s entire portfolio, visit ALHI’s website www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s membership, including easily useful information on the 10 defined specialty segments within the ALHI portfolio to serve distinctive meeting, convention and incentive travel needs. 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 17 professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Northern California, Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state).