Planners Can Win Maui Jim Sunglasses By Visiting ALHI’s Facebook Page

Attention meeting professionals, incentive specialists, and business executives: looking for a nice way to brighten your day? Then you should visit the Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) Facebook page in January, where you can register for the chance to win a pair of stylish Maui Jim sunglasses. From January 6-31, 2014, ALHI is giving away one pair of the prized sunglasses per day, Monday-Friday – valued at as much as $350 – to one of its Facebook fans. To be eligible you simply need to “Like” ALHI on Facebook and then register for the chance to win. Visit www.alhi.com/mauijim for details. Daily winners will be announced Monday-Friday on the ALHI Facebook page beginning January 6th.

“We are giving away the Maui Jim sunglasses in January as a fun way to spotlight ALHI’s many outstanding Four- and Five Diamond quality Member hotels and resorts that are located in very desirable warm weather destinations,” said David Gabri, CEO of ALHI. “This includes the 22 exceptional resorts in ALHI’s ‘Caribbean Collection’ specialty segment, the nine ultra-luxurious cruise ships in the ‘ALHI Ocean Line’ specialty segment, and four superb hotels in Hawaii. It just takes a few moments to register for the chance to win these popular, high-quality sunglasses.”

The recently launched “ALHI Caribbean Collection” features 22 Caribbean meeting and incentive options in 11 countries and territories, making it the Caribbean’s largest luxury-level portfolio that serves the meetings and incentive marketplace. The specialty segment features a collective total of more than 12,000 guest rooms and over 550,000 square feet of meeting space in the Caribbean area, with options in Antigua, The Bahamas, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, and Turks & Caicos. ALHI’s Caribbean Collection is five times larger than that offered by Ritz-Carlton, seven times larger than Four Seasons, twice the size of Westin, and three times the size of Hilton. Among the options in the “ALHI Caribbean Collection” are 9 Sandals Resorts International’s “Luxury Meetings & Incentives Collection” resorts.

Additionally, ALHI recently added nine ultra-luxurious cruise ships (i.e. “Floating Resorts”) to its portfolio, consisting of four exceptional luxury-level Regent Seven Seas ships and five upper-premium Oceania Cruise Lines ships, which are each available for programs from USA Gateways and Global Ports worldwide for complete and private Charter “Custom Voyages,” and for integrated meeting and incentive programs of all types on established itineraries, including the Caribbean.

ALHI also features four appealing choices in Hawaii: the oceanfront Halekulani on famed Waikiki Beach in Honolulu; the cosmopolitan The MODERN Honolulu with sweeping vistas of the Pacific Ocean and legendary Waikiki shore; the newly renovated Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s fabled North Shore; and The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows, nestled on 30 oceanfront acres on the Kohala Coast, on the Island of Hawaii.

ALHI’s exclusive portfolio also boasts 19 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts in Florida; 7 great options in Arizona; 23 exceptional hotels and resorts in California; 6 appealing choices in Arizona; and one luxurious property in New Mexico.

Meeting professionals have chosen ALHI 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.

ALHI’s 160+ Member hotels and resorts include extraordinary Four- and Five-Diamond quality meeting, convention, and incentive resorts on land and sea, 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 115,000 rooms and suites and nearly 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 portfolio, visit www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s Membership, including useful information on the 12 defined specialty segments within the portfolio, which are designed to make it easy for planners to identify properties, destinations, venues, and/or ships that will best suit their programs’ objectives, unique desires and specific needs.

On the ALHI 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 20 professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California (3), Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state). Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Team” sales professionals in your state/area.