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Press Releases
The Avalon Hotel receives national award
   The Avalon Hotel on Catalina Island has been named one of the Top Ten Places for Romance in the United States by TripAdvisor, the web's leading traveler review site.
   - 2008

The Avalon Hotel named one of US's Best Hidden Gems
   Catalina Island has been receiving national attention, thanks to an award received by one of its hotels.
   - 2007

Avalon Hotel offers passion packages
   The Avalon, Catalina Island's award-winning boutique hotel, is offering a getaway of romantic indulgence for Valentines everywhere.
   - Valentine's Day 2007

Heavy rains create wildflower paradise
   Southern California's heavy rains have transformed Catalina Island, turning the island retreat's normally dry hillsides into a verdant paradise replete with thousands of wildflowers and dozens of waterfalls.
   - Spring 2005

Avalon Hotel honored by Avalon Beautiful
   The Avalon, Catalina's newest boutique hotel, has been receiving accolades and admiration from locals and visitors since its opening last summer. This spring, those accolades came in the form of an award of special recognition from Avalon Beautiful.
   - Spring 2005

Avalon Hotel becomes Santa Claus for mainland shoppers
   Thousands of Southern California residents have discovered a way to avoid the Christmas shopping madness. Just 26 miles across the sea, Avalon's quaint shops, stunning scenery and small town holiday spirit provide an antidote to the mayhem of over-packed malls, nonexistent parking places and crowded freeways that are the mainland during the Christmas season.
   - Christmas 2004