Press Release

For Immediate Release

Contact: Bob Brown
Phone: (909) 937-3001
Email: bbrown@ontariocvb.com

New Holiday Inn Ontario Airport Unveiled to the Public

ONTARIO, Calif., May 9, 2008 – The new Holiday Inn Ontario Airport  -- an upscale, four-story property managed by San Diego-based Trigild and owned by Prime Hospitality, LLC -- will host an official grand opening and ribbon cutting event from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 15.  The hotel is located at 2155 E. Convention Center Way in Ontario.

The event is open to the community, but guests must RSVP as soon as possible to sales@hiontario.com or (909) 212-8012. 

Showcasing the 180 room state-of-the-art property, the event will feature a ribbon cutting, local dignitaries, libations and an array of appetizers.  Guests are invited to tour the stylish new hotel and its grounds with highlights including a full-service restaurant and bar, an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, state-of-the-art fitness facilities and more than 5,000 square feet of meeting space.   

According to Jim Haupert, the hotel's general manager, the new property significantly raises the bar for luxury amongst busy airport hotels in the region.  "We are looking forward to unveiling this exciting property to the Ontario community, and are confident it will be an asset to the area and a boon to the local economy."

In fact, Haupert says the hotel has already hired 80 employees and is looking to fill several more positions.

The hotel, situated on two acres, is equipped with the finest amenities and high tech touches, among them flat screen TVs and high-speed Internet access inside spacious, beautifully appointed guest rooms including seven executive and two junior suites. Additionally, the property is located less than a mile from the LA/Ontario International Airport and one block from the Ontario Convention Center.

The property also houses Landings Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner under the direction of Chef Michael Martinez. The restaurant's full bar is open from 1 pm – 11 pm daily.

For more information about the Holiday Inn Ontario Airport, please call (888) 722-7022 or visit
www.hiontario.com.

About Trigild

Headquartered in San Diego with regional offices throughout the country, Trigild has more than 30 years of expertise in managing a wide array of commercial real estate assets and operating businesses.  The company is located at 12707 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92130. For further information, please contact either Sydnie Moore (619) 823-8448 or Judy Hoffman (858) 720-6720.

About the Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau provides the meeting planner with "one-stop shopping" when booking business within the city. The Ontario CVB's sales team is housed inside the Ontario Convention Center, thereby providing the meeting planner with immediate answers for date availability and detailed information about the Convention Center. For more information, please visit www.ontariocc.com or call Amita Patel at (909) 937-3002.

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About the Ontario Convention Center

The Ontario Convention Center is contemporary in design and equipped with the latest in technology. The Convention Center boasts over 225,000 total square feet of exhibit, meeting and function space. An ideal venue for conventions, tradeshows, exhibits and meetings, the Convention Center provides a full range of technology services, including Wi-Fi, Internet, DS3 and video-conferencing capabilities. For more information about the Ontario Convention Center, go to www.ontariocc.com or call (909) 937-3000.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to more than 200 venues in 41 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and Europe, controls over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide and manages more than ten million feet of exhibition space.

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MEDIA CONTACT

Bob Brown

(909) 937-3001
pr@ontariocc.com

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