NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release - Jan 17, 2006

Aaaahh Adara...

Adara Hotel, is featured in the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Presenter Gift Collections

(Whistler, Canada January 17, 2005) Adara Hotel has been selected by Backstage Creations, specialists in award show gifts and custom backstage talent retreats, to be included in the Presenter Gift Collection for the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT..

The Adara Hotel package includes three (3) nights accommodation in a Deluxe Suite, room service breakfast for two each morning, Oxia Oxygen canister for two and a bath and body gift from fresh.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Pierce Brosnan and Eva Longoria are just a few of the actors expected to receive a collection of custom designed gifts that are given as a thank you to the presenters at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. Gift collections like the one received by the presenters as well as other SAG Awards™ one-of-a-kind items will be auctioned online Thursday, Jan. 5 to Thursday, Feb. 2 at www.sagawards.org/auction to raise money for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation provides a meaningful way for SAG members to contribute to the literacy of children in their communities through BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and its online component, Storyline. SAG Foundation programs provide emergency relief to members in economic distress, video and audio preservation of the creative legacy of SAG members, scholarships for performers and their children and emergency funds for members with catastrophic illnesses. (For details, visit sagfoundation.org and bookpals.net.)

A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Adara is located in the heart of Whistler Village at 4122 Village Green, British Columbia, Canada. Only steps away from the Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain gondolas and the Whistler Conference Center, Adara is also close to the Village's best shopping, restaurants and nightlife activities. For reservations and information in Canada and the United States, please call (866) 50 ADARA, book online at www.adarahotel.com or email reservations@adarahotel.com. The Screen Actors Guild Awards®, the only industry accolades for acting selected exclusively by actors peers, honor outstanding performances in five film categories and eight television categories, including the distinctive ensemble awards.

BACKSTAGE CREATIONS was created in 2000 by Karen Wood, formerly a talent coordinator on over 50 award shows, to give major corporations as well as up-and-coming designers the exclusive opportunity to personally introduce their products and services to celebrities. BACKSTAGE CREATIONS has created celebrity retreats at various industry honors including the Sundance Film Festival, Screen Actors Guild Awards®, People's Choice Awards, Essence Awards and Billboard Music Awards. Karen Wood's Backstage Creations Retreats and Gift Baskets are regularly featured on Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra, E!, TV Guide and in People, Entertainment Weekly, Women's Wear Daily, US Weekly, Variety and many other publications.

Photo available upon request.

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Los Angeles

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New York

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Canada

Pamela Groberman
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