First Okanagan Hotel to Achieve Luxury Brand Status

Peachland, B.C., September 2, 2009 —Trepanier Manor, which will be the Okanagan’s only privately owned five-star hotel, has joined Small Luxury Hotels of the World, a collection of over 480 hotels spanning more than 70 countries. For the past three years Small Luxury Hotels of the World was voted number one luxury hotel brand by wealthy consumers in the New York-based Luxury Institute's annual Luxury Brand Status Index survey, outscoring 21 other luxury hotel brands, including Ritz Carlton and Peninsula.

“We’re pleased to welcome Trepanier Manor Hotel to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World brand,” says Paul Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. “Trepanier Manor’s ability to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences through its culinary tourism programme, coupled with its distinct Victorian charm and luxurious amenities make it a perfect choice for today’s sophisticated traveller.”

The Trepanier Manor Hotel and 20 detached private homes will be built on 25 acres in Peachland overlooking Lake Okanagan. The 44-suite hotel has been patterned after a gracious, comfortable Victorian European manor house and will be the only private residence club in Western Canada where members enjoy exclusive use of their own home that is not inside a hotel.

Trepanier Manor was conceived by Scott Wilshaw, President of Manor Developments, with the assistance of Egon Von Foidl, President of the Hospitality Resources Group (HRG). Scott Wilshaw has 20 years’ hospitality experience, including hotel development, sales and marketing consulting, and managing the Big White Ski Resort hotels and numerous luxury hotels in Canada and the U.K. Egon von Foidl has significant international experience in the development and management of deluxe hotels, resorts, golf and spa operations including Ritz Carlton hotels in Washington, DC, and New York City, and Sutton Place hotels in Toronto and Vancouver.

Designed by Vancouver architect John Sproule, Trepanier Manor will feature a gate house with a wine interpretive centre and antique shop, tennis court, lawn for bocce, croquet and other garden games, spa, swimming pools, restaurants, cooking classes, wine tastings, games room and library.

Plans for the English cottage-style homes can be customized, and optional features include a detached guest cottage, luxury garage, secret grotto garden, furniture package, outdoor kitchen/lounge, deluxe sound package, and outdoor shower. Just eight homes remain to be sold, with prices from $875,000 to $1.2 million. Construction begins this month.

For more information, visit http://www.livinginthemanor.com/.

Trepanier Manor is Pleased to Announce a Strategic Marketing Alliance with Christie's Great Estates

Christie's is a name that connotes excellence. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's has become the world's leading art business and for nearly 250 years has been the auction house of choice for highly qualified connoisseurs and collectors.

Christie's Great Estates, founded in 1987, was acquired by the auction house in 1995. Today, Christie's Great Estates is the worlds largest international network of real estate brokers specializing in the marketing and sale of luxury and unique properties. Christie's Great Estates global network of affiliated brokers includes nearly 36,000 sales associates operating from 900 offices in more than 40 countries with combined annual sales that top $128 billion.

The global networks of Christie's and Christie's Great Estates, both market leaders in the sale of luxury goods, create a world-class showcase for distinguished real estate. No other network offers this level of international visibility to proven buyers of high-value property.

Okanagan Fires

With the latest forest fires across the Okanagan, Trepanier Manor would like to take the time to thank all the local, provincial, and national fire fighters, RCMP, volunteers and everyone involved in protecting West Kelowna throughout the last few weeks. The crews have done and continue to do an amazing job in containing all four fires in the Kelowna region.

Trepanier Manor’s traditional British architecture would dictate less use of wood than North American styles anyway, but project builder Don Dudgeon, owner of Cardan Enterprises, says they consciously try to follow better building practices, which in the Okanagan means using fire-resistant materials. Dudgeon says the development actually creates a fire break and reduces fire risk compared to leaving dry brush. Apparently sparks can float a kilometre so anything one lands on should be fire-resistant, from roofs to decks to landscaping.

For more information on Trepanier Manor and the use of fire-resistant building materials email info@livinginthemanor.com

TREPANIER MANOR ANNOUNCES NEW EVENT & ENTERTAINMENT PIER FOR PEACHLAND

Peachland, B.C., July 14th, 2009 — Scott Wilshaw, managing director for Peachland’s Trepanier Manor Hotel and Luxury Homes development, unveiled a proposal today for a Peachland Event and Entertainment Pier located on the Peachland lakefront. Trepanier Manor proposes to partner with the District of Peachland Council to construct this year-round waterfront event & performance centre, enabling Peachland to host local and international performances. Bringing new meaning to “Peachland on the Water,” the centerpiece stage will have boat moorage and the potential for a new Peachland Club and Wine Bar. The $2.9M proposal could have an annual economic impact of $2.5M and is planned to be completed in 2011.

“A key factor for the project is that it reflects variety, vitality and vibrancy that both local residents and visitors to Peachland can all enjoy and be part of. The vision that the team and I are working from is that the project must offer a sound development strategy, have a quality design that will optimize this stunning waterfront location while retaining Peachland’s quaint intimacy and very important for us all is it develops a local signature landmark” said Wilshaw.


Proposed features of the entertainment pier include:

• An on the water performance centre built to accommodate a symphony orchestra or a theatre production with its “Symphony and Song” Program

• A collaboration is already being discussed with the Okanagan Symphony to ensure the best technical venue and the finest presentation series.

• Moorage for 96 boats with day, overnight, short-term and long-term slips, accompanied by needed facilities for an island charters, a pump-out station and positioning for emergency craft.

• Tiered amphitheatre seating along the shore adjacent to downtown Peachland’s boardwalk, where guests can watch planned plays, productions and musical events

• “Green, clean and Leeds” development and operation, including a commitment to promoting eco technology and electric boating.

• A year-round club house with dining facilities and a wine bar featuring Okanagan products, cooking school and interpretative promenade and/or walk of fame.

• A new annual marquee event for the pier and downtown to reflect Peachland’s identity, vibrancy and vitality.

• B.C.’s first Welcome Centre on the water with an accompanying hospitality deck.

“This is the very first strategic response to the findings of the Recreational Marine Facilities Study conducted in 2008 by the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The need for community and destination venues on the Lake will be a model that others will emulate. It sets a new high standard with valued benefits.” Bob Sugden – Researcher and writer of “Ripple Effect”.

When asked to comment about the Symphony and Song Program planned Caroline Miller, General Manager of the Okanagan Symphony commented “Great music, long, warm summer afternoons and evenings, and professional-level classical and pops concerts: what could be better for residents and visitors?”

We will be thrilled,” says Music Director and Conductor Rosemary Thomson, “to be part of this exciting initiative to bring live performances, and opportunities for boating enthusiasts and the community at the Peachland waterfront. We’d love to assist the municipal and planning groups in developing the best sound and stage layout possible. We love being part of the larger Okanagan family.”

Managing Director Wilshaw added “This is another local project for the local community and for the past year has been planned by a team of wonderful locals who believe in the long term growth of this superb community that we are all part of. We all firmly believe that the economic impact will be high and the project will be an asset to the downtown of Peachland.”

The project captures the recommendations of the Community Official Plan and the visioning proposals from concepts initiated in the last 10 years. Trepanier Manor will build the pier as it evolves from community interaction in concert with approvals from the district and provincial-federal land/ water management regulations. Citizens, boaters and business will also have an opportunity to work with an advisory team to fine tune the proposal to best serve historic Peachland.

For further information please contact:
Scott J Wilshaw
Managing Director
Tel: 250 859 1516
info@livinginthemanor.com
http://www.pierinpeachland.com/
http://www.livinginthemanor.com/
http://www.trepaniermanorhotel.com/

We Want You to Come and be our Guests this Summer in the Okanagan!

Trepanier Manor Hotel and Luxury Homes for Sale and our sister project The Edge want to invite you to join us in the Okanagan this summer to experience one of our Five Okanagan Get-A-Ways.

Two Distinctive Invitations for you:

Why not Join the Trepanier Manor Distinction Club Today?

Register as a Distinction Club Member with Trepanier Manor on or before July 9th, 2009 with a fully refundable $400.00 deposit and receive with your home purchase the following:

• Complimentary Strata Fees for Three Years.

• Reduced Rate on a Marina Slip

• Free Golf Cart

• Corporate Golf Membership

• Three Years Membership to the Distinction Club and everything that it has to offer.

Email info@livinginthemanor.com or call toll free at 1-866-503-0133 for more information and to register today!

And Also JOIN US FOR:

An Okanagan Get-A-Way

Please join us this summer as our guest. Tell us when you are planning to come to town and we will plan a one or two day itinerary of events that you can enjoy as our guest. We are proud to offer you:

1. Food For Thought - Enjoy a six-course gourmet dinner with wine pairing and cookery class at our beautiful show home. You will be able to enjoy wine games, excellent wines and a fun filled cookery class.

2. Okanagan Wine Flight - Join us for a tour of six wineries located in West Kelowna and take a boat trip over to Naramata for lunch and more wine tastings at some of the Okanagan’s best wineries.

3. Boat, Wine & Dine - Enjoy a day of boating on Okanagan Lake. You will be able to fish, water ski or board, and tube. There will be a picnic lunch and BBQ, followed by a private wine tasting and afternoon tea.

4. Classic Car Tour - Take out a classic car and follow the clues that will take you around the Okanagan to some of its best-kept secrets. We will pack you a picnic lunch and the day, the car and lunch are yours (only for the day mind you!)

5. Experience Big White - Visit our sister project The Edge located at Big White Ski Resort for the day. Enjoy lunch on ‘the hill’ and partake in a private wine tasting in our stunning show home. On the drive back down the hill, why not stop in for a Cream Tea at Summerhill Winery.

So, why not join the Distinction Club as it offers you excellent incentives?

And join us for one or more of our Okanagan Get-A-Ways
(you don’t need to be in the Distinction Club to join our Okanagan Get-A-Ways!)

Email us today at info@livinginthemanor.com or call Trepanier Manor at 1-866-503-0133 to receive your complimentary Get-A-Way and/or to receive your V.I.P. Distinction Club Membership Package.
*Some restrictions may apply.