To meet the growing demands of North American meeting planners in this increasingly global market, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded its international membership with the addition of its first hotel in Scotland and its first hotel in France.

The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa in St. Andrews, Scotland, is ALHI’s first member in that region, while the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel in Paris, France, is Associated Luxury Hotels’ first member in that country. These two new members join ALHI’s other European member, the InterContinental London Park Lane in London, England, which just reopened in November 2006 after a two-year complete makeover.

These three European member hotels and resorts join other ALHI international members as Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach, and Fiesta Americana Grand Los Cabos in Mexico; Pan Pacific Vancouver and Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside in British Columbia, Canada; and La Samanna on St. Martin in the French West Indies in the Caribbean. Associated Luxury Hotels also has four other Caribbean members on the island of Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. Commonwealth, including: El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa, Condado Plaza Hotel & Casino, El San Juan Hotel & Casino, and Westin Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa to serve meetings and incentive programs.

“The famed Old Course Hotel in Scotland and the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel, while completely different, are both outstanding historical additions to our impressive portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels. “We now have nine fabulous international options to complement our comprehensive collection of great hotels and resorts in the U.S. This allows us to assist meeting professionals to find the perfect fit for whatever meeting, incentive, convention or exhibition program they’re planning.”

Gabri continued, “The globalization of the meetings, incentive, and convention business is increasingly apparent, so we’re strategically responding to the demands of our loyal meeting professional clients to provide them an array of upper-tier member options prepared for their groups in America or elsewhere, with easy and reliable one-call access to ALHI’s National Sales Network.”