ALHI Four- and Five-Diamond resorts and hotels offering an all-inclusive group package option are impressively diverse, with options available in the Caribbean region, and across the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Meeting professionals, business executives, incentive specialists and association executives considering an all-inclusive group plan for their program should contact Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), which now offers more than 50 Four- and Five-Diamond quality all-inclusive group options within its worldwide portfolio. This now includes Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas, which just launched an all-inclusive group package for groups for programs held September 24-December 16, 2015, or in the fall of 2016 or 2017, according to ALHI President Jim Schultenover.
Set amidst the lush tropical splendor of Paradise Island, Bahamas, Atlantis is an awe-inspiring destination that features 3,400 rooms and suites, and a state-of-the-art Conference Center with 200,000 square feet of meeting space. The very appealing Atlantis all-inclusive group package includes: luxurious accommodations with spectacular views; one meal per day per meal period for each attendee (with more than 10 dining options, ranging from fine to casual); deluxe brand alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages at more than 10 on-property bars and lounges; basic Wi-Fi for up to four devices per room; gratuities; shuttle transportation on-property; surcharges and all resort taxes. The package also includes access to Atlantis’ Marine Exhibits, the 141-acre Aquaventure water park, fitness center, tennis courts, lap pool, daily fish feeding and marine life education, first-run movies in the Atlantis theater, entertainment in select areas (such as the lobby bar, and Dragon’s Nightclub), and pool and beach chair use. In addition, the group receives 20% off dolphin encounters, 20% off of spa menu prices at the serene 30,000-square-foot Mandara Spa; and 50% off of published greens fees and complimentary club rental.
Dining options for attendees taking advantage of Atlantis’ all-inclusive group package includes Bahamian Club, Casa D’Angelo, Chop Stix, Marina Pizzeria, Marketplace, Murray’s Deli, Olives, Sea Grapes, Virgil’s, and all of the outdoor cafes (except for Cain and Cascades). Beverages may be enjoyed by attendees at such Atlantis options as Bahamian Club, Beach Tower Lobby Bar, Casa D’Angelo Bar, Chop Stix, Coral Pool Deck, Coral Tower Lobby Bar, Dragon’s Bar, Olives Bar, Plato’s Bar, Virgil’s Bars, and all outdoor bars except Cain. Groups also have the option to replace a meal period with a banquet for their attendees from select menus at no additional charge, and can have use of basic staging, and 10% off A/V purchased through Zamar (not including rigging, permits or electric).
In addition to Atlantis, ALHI has an impressive array of other attractive all-inclusive program choices in the Caribbean, and – surprisingly to some – many enticing AAA Four- and Five-Diamond opportunities across the U.S. as well.
“All-inclusive options have become increasingly popular for incentive/recognition programs, and for meetings too,” said Jim Schultenover, President of ALHI, which is a prestigious Global Sales Organization (GSO) that serves the North American meetings, conventions and incentive marketplace with its Global Sales Organization responsibilities for its membership of more than 170 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide.
“While ‘all-inclusive’ was thought of exclusively for leisure travelers in the past, all-inclusive now has grown to become an appealing and widely accepted, quality-driven option for group programs,” said Schultenover. “There can be many advantages to conducting meetings and incentive programs at properties that offer this all-inclusive option to groups, just as there are many benefits to selecting a traditional plan at a hotel and/or resort that does not offer this. With all-inclusive resorts – such as with many of the Members of the ‘ALHI Caribbean Collection’ specialty segment – one rate typically covers the guest rooms, food, drinks and scheduled entertainment. The rate also may even include appealing recreational options like snorkeling and scuba diving. So it makes budgeting the entire program much easier, as the planner knows virtually all of the costs up front. This can be very appealing, particularly for planners who have tight budgets.”
Another advantage clients have shared, according to Schultenover, is that attendees like that they do not need to worry about paying for any food & beverage, recreational activities, or basic incremental charges when at the resort or hotel, and can essentially “leave their wallet at home.”
ALHI Four- and Five-Diamond resorts and hotels offering an all-inclusive group package option are impressively diverse, with options available in the Caribbean region, and across the U.S. Planners can select from 50+ ALHI hotels, resorts and ships that offer this option. For more information on these options, contact your nearest ALHI Global Sales Office for guidance and insights. Visiting the “ALHI Team” section on alhi.com will provide your closest local GSO sales contact.
ALHI hotels and resorts that are offering an All-Inclusive option in the Western U.S. region include:
- Hotel Nikko San Francisco (San Francisco, California) (532 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive group program option where the group is allowed to have access to all outlets. This can be done with “passports,” a wristband, or a classy “black credit card” to denote the user as part of the group;
- Loews Coronado Bay Resort (Coronado/San Diego, California) (439 rooms and 65,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive customized group program as an option;
- Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel (Santa Monica, California) (342 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers this as an option, as the hotel can customize for planners’ needs;
- Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia (Scottsdale, Arizona) (293 rooms and 27,000 square feet of meeting space) – can customize a package for the group’s needs;
- Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle (Seattle, Washington) (153 rooms and 5,554 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive group program option, and can customize package options for groups;
- Sunriver Resort (Sunriver, Oregon) (569 rooms and 63,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers all-inclusive ski and golf packages to groups;
- The Wigwam (Litchfield Park/Phoenix, Arizona) (331 rooms and 43,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option that can include room rate, and MAP (Modified American Plan) or FAP (Full American Plan) meals. Add-ons can include breaks, audio visual, and recreation.
All-inclusive group program options also are available at such ALHI Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts in the Midwest U.S. region as:
- AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center (Austin, Texas) (297 rooms and 40,000 square feet of meeting space) – can provide a Complete Meeting Package (CMP), Day Meeting Package (DMP), or a la carte options;
- The Adolphus (Dallas, Texas) (422 rooms and 24,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers all-day meeting packages as an option, tailored to each group, based on specific needs;
- The Peninsula Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) (339 rooms and 11,250 square feet of meeting space) – offers this as an option, as can work with groups on any type of program that works best for them.
ALHI hotels and resorts that are offering this option in the South U.S. region include:
- The Biltmore (Miami/Coral Gables, Florida) (273 rooms and 75,000 square feet of meeting space) – packages can be customized to fit the customer’s needs and budgetary parameters. Room rates can be inclusive of scheduled food and beverage functions. Delegate rates can include all-day meal packages. Conference fees can include room rates, food and beverage, and audiovisual;
- InterContinental Miami (Miami, Florida) (641 rooms and 101,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option that includes the guest room rate, breakfast, lunch, all-day breaks, meeting space, and internet;
- Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee) (340 rooms and 24,000 square feet of meeting space) – can customize an all-inclusive program based on client needs;
- Ocean Reef Club (Key Largo, Florida) (275 rooms and 30,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option for groups;
- One Ocean Resort & Spa (Atlantic Beach, Florida) (193 rooms and 10,500 square feet of meeting space) – offers as an option a half-day meeting package, a full-day meeting package, and a complete meeting package;
- Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate (Orlando, Florida) (769 rooms and 128,000 square feet of meeting space) – can customize an all-inclusive option if requested;
- PGA National Resort & Spa (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) (379 rooms and 40,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers all-inclusive as an option for groups;
- Saddlebrook Resort (Tampa, Florida) (800 rooms and 95,000 square feet of meeting space) – can create an all-encompassing price and charge per room if requested;
- The Villas of Grand Cypress (Orlando, Florida) (146 rooms and 7,200 square feet of meeting space) – offers as an option a Complete Meeting Package that can includes meals, A/V, special events, and golf tournaments.
ALHI hotels and resorts that are offering this option in the East U.S. region include:
- Lansdowne Resort (Lansdowne, Virginia) (296 rooms and 50,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers as an option the “Complete Meeting Experience” which includes three meals, all day breaks, meeting room set-ups, standard A/V, high-speed internet throughout the resort, service charge, and dedicated conference concierge;
- Loews Philadelphia Hotel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (581 rooms and 42,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option;
- Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, Connecticut) (1,175 rooms and 100,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option on a limited basis, which would include guest rooms, food & beverage, and AV.
Plus, there are a multitude of exceptional choices in ALHI’s portfolio in the Caribbean region, in addition to Atlantis, Paradise Island, including:
- Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa (Providenciales, Turks & Caicos) (758 rooms and 5,678 square feet of meeting space) – offers all-inclusive group programs, with 18 specialty restaurants, 14 bars, and unlimited land and water sports;
- Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa (Cancun, Mexico) (602 rooms and 85,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers two all-inclusive group options, which cater to whether most meals will be conducted in the meeting spaces or if attendees will be dining at the restaurants. The resort also offers a unique rebate option in case the group program goes off-property for a lunch or dinner, in which a specific credit is available per person for other on-property expenses, such as spa or suite amenities;
- Fiesta Americana Grand Los Cabos Golf & Spa Resort (Los Cabos, Mexico) (249 rooms and 14,500 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort, which offers a great variety of appealing restaurants and bars, including four new restaurants and four new bars;
- Gran Melia Golf Resort (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) (544 rooms and 36,918 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive meal plan;
- Half Moon (Montego Bay, Jamaica) (388 rooms and 27,810 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive option for groups;
- InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort & Spa (Arraijan District, Panama) – (303 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers meal plan options;
- LIVE Aqua Cancun (Cancun, Mexico) (371 rooms and 20,588 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive, adults-only resort that features seven restaurants;
- Paradisus Palma Real Golf & Spa Resort (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic) (554 suites and 43,725 square feet of meeting space) – is a luxurious all-inclusive resort which includes unlimited greens fees at the Cocotal Golf & Country Club;
- Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Esmeralda (Playa del Carmen, Mexico) (510 suites and 18,330 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort with 14 restaurants, 10 bars and lounges, and a wide range of leisure, entertainment, and cultural programs;
- Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla (Playa del Carmen, Mexico) (394 suites and 18,330 square feet of meeting space) – is an adults-only, all-inclusive resort with 14 restaurants, 10 bars and lounges, fun workshops, and diverse sports activities;
- Paradisus Punta Cana Resort (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic) (685 suites and 24,620 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive, all-suite resort that offers superb cuisine, a full activities program, and unlimited greens fees at Cocotal Golf & Country Club;
- Sandals Emerald Bay (Great Exuma, Bahamas) (245 suites and 30,140 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort with unlimited land and water sports (including six Har-Tru tennis courts), unlimited scuba diving for certified divers, unlimited fine dining at 7 restaurants, and 6 bars;
- Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa (St. John’s Antigua) (373 rooms and 6,269 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort with unlimited dining at 11 specialty restaurants, a multitude of land and water sports, unlimited scuba diving for certified divers, and 7 bars;
- Sandals Grande Riviera Beach & Villa Golf Resort (Ocho Rios, Jamaica) (529 rooms and 12,908 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort with unlimited fine dining at 15 restaurants, golf at Sandals Golf & Country Club included (but with caddies mandatory and additional), unlimited land and water sports, and unlimited scuba diving for certified divers;
- Sandals Grande St. Lucian Spa & Beach Resort (Gros-Islet, St. Lucia) (301 rooms and 11,668 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort offering unlimited land and water sports including tennis and scuba diving for certified divers, dining at 8 restaurants, and 6 bars;
- Sandals LaSource Grenada Resort & Spa (St. George’s, Grenada) (225 rooms and 965 square feet of meeting space) – is a new, all-inclusive resort that features 10 restaurants, and unlimited land and water sports including tennis, snorkeling, and scuba diving for certified divers;
- Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island (Nassau, Bahamas) (404 rooms and 9,118 square feet of meeting space) – is a Five-Star/Five-Diamond all-inclusive resort offering unlimited fine dining at 10 restaurants, an array of unlimited land and water sports, unlimited scuba diving, and its own offshore island;
- Sandals Royal Plantation (Ocho Rios, Jamaica) (74 suites and 3,752 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive, all-suite hotel with personal butler service 24 hours a day, unlimited rounds of golf at Sandals Golf & Country Club (with caddies mandatory and additional), unlimited fine dining at 5 restaurants, unlimited land and water sports, and unlimited scuba diving;
- Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa (South Coast, Jamaica) (360 rooms and 8,054 square feet of meeting space) – is an all-inclusive resort nestled within a 500-acre nature preserve, and offering unlimited fine dining at 7 restaurants, 6 bars, and unlimited land and water sports (including scuba diving);
- Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort (Nieuwpoort, Curacao) (350 rooms and 38,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers an all-inclusive meal plan, and an all-inclusive package;
- The Cove Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) (600 suites and 200,000 square feet of meeting space) – offers meal plan options (does not include alcohol).
Additional options in ALHI’s worldwide portfolio include:
- Oceania Cruises (335-625 rooms and suites, with 4-7 meeting rooms) – consists of five upper-premium cruise ships sailing to ports around the globe, which offer all-inclusive group programs that include fine dining and complimentary meeting space and audiovisual equipment;
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises (248-369 rooms and suites, with 4-6 meeting rooms) – consists of three luxury-level cruise ships, where everything is included, ranging from gourmet meals to unlimited fine wines to unlimited shore excursions in every port of call.
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