North Shore Set to Launch on Fox Television on June 14.

Entertainment Editors

HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2004

Turtle Bay Resort is the visually sumptuous site for a new television series set to launch on June 14 at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. Central) on the Fox Television Network. The resort, chosen for its spectacular location on a promontory surrounded by two bays, is the only full-service resort hotel on the North Shore of Hawaii's island of Oahu.

World-renowned for the prodigious, awe-inspiring waves that attract surfers from throughout the world, the North Shore will now become a household word as Fox introduces viewers to the lives, loves and entanglements of the guests and staff of a resort hotel to be known as the "Grand Waimea."

Walea Constantinau, film commissioner of the Honolulu Film Office, stated, "It is through strategic partnering with businesses like Turtle Bay Resort that we are able to generate visibility, marketing and new jobs for Oahu and, in this instance, for the North Shore in particular. With the average expenditure of any television series being about $20 million per year, it stands that Hawaii will enjoy great economic benefit as a result of this series."

Abid Butt, managing director of Turtle Bay Resort, stated, "It naturally offers a special challenge when a bustling production crew is filming on our property; but we have a great relationship with the North Shore producers and crew. By using Turtle Bay as a base, they were able to avail themselves of our spectacular location to capture North Shore ambiance in their pilot. Now that the show has been accepted by Fox, a hotel set in-studio has been designed for future shootings of interiors. But we will still be welcoming North Shore as they capture the outdoor visuals that can only be seen from our resort location."

Turtle Bay Resort sits on a promontory on Oahu's North Shore, surrounded by two large bays, one of which offers a steady delivery of waves that are regularly surfed by the "locals," providing endless entertainment for guests at the pool and outdoor restaurant. It was in part due to $60 million worth of recent upgrades to the 880-acre resort that it was selected as a viable site for the filming of the North Shore pilot.

Turtle Bay Resort has a history of supporting the film industry. The property was involved with films and television programs such as The Big Bounce, Blue Crush, The Break, Baywatch Hawaiian Wedding and Godzilla (directed by Roland Emmerich who has just released The Day After Tomorrow).

Located on the North Shore of Oahu, the 880-acre Turtle Bay Resort recently completed $60 million in renovations. Managed by Benchmark Hospitality, the resort's accommodations include a 401-room hotel and The Beach Cottages at Turtle Bay Resort, 42 luxurious, beachfront cottages.

The resort has almost five miles of beachfront that includes Kawela Bay, Kuilima Cove and, of course, Turtle Bay. It is the only resort on Oahu with 36 holes of championship golf: the Fazio and Palmer courses. In addition to world class golf, Turtle Bay Resort is rich in other recreation and resort amenities, an exquisite new spa, two lushly landscaped oceanside pools, riding stables with ocean and trail riding, a full-service tennis center by Peter Burwash International, a surf school by Hans Hedemann and 12 miles of ocean-front hiking trails.

For reservations or more information, visit www.TurtleBayResort.com, e-mail [e-mail] or call 808-293-6000.

This release is available digitally. The Turtle Bay Resort press kit may be found on line at www.TheLimtiacoCompany.com.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Benchmark Hospitality, an independent hospitality management company based in The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, operates resorts, conference centers and hotels both domestically and internationally. For locations of Benchmark Hospitality properties and for additional information, visit Benchmark's Website at www.BenchmarkHospitality.com.