French Lick Held Auto Showcase & Driving Festival

For Immediate Release
June 25, 2008

French Lick Announces World Class Driving Festival

In Partnership with Automobile and MotorTrend Magazines, Legendary Indiana Hotel Resort Teams with World Class Driving to Deliver Remarkable Auto Showcase, September 3rd - 7th

FRENCH LICK, IN (June 25, 2008) – In the continuing effort to offer the very best in entertainment, West Baden Springs Hotel & French Lick Resort are partnering with automotive entertainment company World Class Driving to create a completely immersive experience for car enthusiasts of all kinds. Beginning Wednesday, September 3rd – Sunday, September 7th, the inaugural World Class Driving Festival at the West Baden Springs Hotel will offer visitors an exclusive chance to view some of the rarest exotic supercars in the world, including the $1.3 million dollar Bugatti Veyron. Even more spectacularly, the World Class Driving Festival will offer guests much more than just a peek at these phenomenal supercars. Festival attendees will also have the amazing opportunity to drive the very newest in red hot exotics from renowned automotive icons such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley Motors, Aston-Martin, and much more. “West Baden Springs Hotel & French Lick Resort are proud to partner together with World Class Driving to produce the first-ever World Class Driving Festival,” comments Mark Bommarito, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for French Lick Resort Casino. “With our rich history, magnificent atrium, and beautiful gardens, and landscapes, we feel West Baden offers the perfect showcase for these exceptional cars. Even better, the World Class Driving Festival allows guests more than just a look. Participants will have the chance to actually drive these cars. Never before has an event allowed guests such a rare chance to so fully experience these incredible supercars.” West Baden Springs Hotel, the crown jewel in a $500 million dollar historic renovation and casino development project, has a storied history of hosting truly memorable events as well as some of the most prominent figures in U.S. history as guests, including American Presidents. With hotel history dating back as early as 1832 and now brilliantly restored in the grand tradition of the turn-of-the-century splendor its sister properties were conceived, the amazing hotel presents an extraordinary setting for the inaugural World Class Driving Festival. With 246 luxurious guest rooms and suites as well as remarkable spa, dining, and entertainment options, the West Baden Springs Hotel delivers a truly striking setting, including a sweeping, domed atrium patterned from a classic 1902 original design often touted as the eighth wonder of the world. Produced in partnership with worldwide automotive authorities MotorTrend and Automobile magazines, the World Class Driving Festival will be sure to exhilarate guests offering the chance to take to road in the rarest new supercars available in the world today. In between slipping behind the wheel $12 million dollars worth of kingly exotics such as the Ferrari 599 GTB, Ford GT, Lamborghini Superleggera, Aston Martin Vantage Roadster, Callaway C16 Corvette, Ferrari F430, Mercedes McLaren SLR, Maserati GranTurismo, and Audi R8 to name a few, the World Class Driving Festival will also offer lavish events to entertain guests day and night. The event, created keeping all levels of car enthusiasts in mind, will cater to aficionados of all levels and be sure to entertain them with a wide array of lavish vehicle displays as well as the ability to casually mingle with some of the most experienced automotive experts in the world. In addition to offering guests some of the finest dining, room accommodations, golfing, spa services, and other amenities visitors of West Baden Springs Hotel can always expect, the World Class Driving Festival will also have a myriad of fun-filled activities revolving around the five- day event. Wednesday and Thursday evenings (Sept. 3rd & 4th) will include special cocktail parties each evening where guests can recount their days driving some of the fastest supercars on the planet through the stunning scenery offered by the Hoosier National Forest. Friday (Sept. 5th) ends with an elegant gala dinner, with guests able to dine while viewing a spectacular million dollar exotic car display and luxury showcase inside the West Baden Springs Hotel’s wondrous 43,000 sq. ft. atrium. Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 6th & 7th) evenings will host festival guests in the hotel’s beautifully manicured gardens and allow them to relax taking in the marvelous surrounding hotel grounds while enjoying the very best in food, drink, and service. With exotic supercars represented from every corner of the globe, including Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and United States, the World Class Driving Festival is an extremely special event aimed at keeping the dreams of car enthusiasts alive. Never before has there been such a unique opportunity for impassioned enthusiasts to affordably experience their own automotive fantasy as the World Class Driving Festival. For a small fraction of the price of these stunning yet extremely expensive vehicles, guests can easily obtain a rare chance to drive note just one, but several truly exhilarating exotics over the course of several fun-filled days. “Our goal introducing the World Class Driving Festival at West Baden Springs Hotel & French Lick Resort is to keep the automobile dream alive by offering participants a truly one-of-a-kind automotive experience,” says World Class Driving Partner Jean Paul Libert. “World Class Driving will be providing the rarest exotic cars ever seen by guests and couldn’t be more pleased to partner alongside the property and our sponsors to offer an event unlike anything anyone has ever seen before.” With four different packages available for participants, guests interested in booking their special World Class Driving Festival experience will be sure to have access to several different options for their stay. Top of the line packages even include deluxe stays at the West Baden Springs Hotel and chauffeur service in a breathtaking Rolls-Royce Phantom. For more information, please contact a World Class Driving sales representative at 877-597-6403 or go online and visit www.wcdriving.com. About West Baden Springs Hotel and French Lick Resort French Lick Resort Casino is a $500 million historic restoration and casino development project that includes the French Lick Springs Hotel, the new French Lick Casino and the West Baden Springs Hotel. This premier resort and casino destination features 689 guest rooms and suites; a 42,000-square-foot, single-level casino; 45 holes of golf, including the fully restored 1917- designed Donald Ross Course at French Lick and the new, 18-hole Pete Dye Course at French Lick (opening 2009); two full-service spas with a combined 36 treatment rooms totaling 41,000 square feet; and an array of dining and entertainment options. For more information, please visit www.frenchlick.com or call 1-888-936-9360. About World Class Driving, LLC World Class Driving offers professionally managed driving experiences in the United States through their U.S. Tour Program. In addition and new for 2008, the company will also introduce the 200 MPH Club in the United States and the bespoke Ferrari- driving experience in Italy called the Ferrari Legion. World Class Driving offers a one-of-a-kind, luxurious experience managed by professional, experienced instructors and staff.

Contact:

Dyan Welsh
Public Relations Manager - French Lick Resort
812.936.5926
dwelsh@frenchlick.com

Tessa Higgs
Public Relations Coordinator - French Lick Resort
812.936.5861
thiggs@frenchlick.com