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For additional press information on Hotel Oceana Santa Barbara, please contact Sharna Ettenberg, 310-854-4800, settenberg@bncpr.com.

From Chicago Tribune: Sleeping Around
A Hotel with a Bed-and-Breakfast Feel in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA - January 14, 2007 - Sprawled out on the Santa Barbara beach front, this Spanish colonial complex offers casual California comfort within walking distance of many local attractions. And despite its 122-room capacity, Hotel Oceana's friendly service, charming layout and cozy nooks can make it feel as intimate as a bed-and-breakfast.
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Hotel Oceana Santa Barbara offers value package for stylish beach bums with a sense of adventure and great taste in wines
Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara's newest beachfront boutique hotel offers “Ocean to Vineyards” a back-country wine tour package designed for couples who’d like to explore Santa Barbara from its beaches to its famed wine region.
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Raves & Reviews

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"Back Country Jeep Wine-Tasting Package." Nov/Dec 2004
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"Hotel Oceana is all bright colors and smart style." September 2004
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"Interior decorator Kathryn Ireland has imbued Santa Barbara's Mission-style Hotel Oceana with a Provençal palette. It is one of the latest in seaside luxury." April 2002
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"If you're looking for a casual place on the beach, this newly opened hotel is Santa Barbara's best bet. The owners gave a makeover to four 1920s, Mission-style inns and combined them into a 2-acre complex in the heart of downtown. The décor and atmosphere set a unique tone, colorful, casual yet refined. Great for families." September 15, 2002
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"Santa Barbara has as many charming boutique hotels as it has retired Republicans. One inn that stands out is the recently opened Hotel Oceana, baby sister of the popular Santa Monica establishment. A stone's throw from the ocean's edge, the spacious property features red-tile rooftops and flower-packed gardens with stunning mountain and ocean views." May 2002
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"The Kathyrn Ireland-designed rooms at the Hotel Oceana in Santa Barbara are filled with the designer's trademark Engish-cum-California coziness, down to the fabrics. Oceana's beachfront location, Mission-style architecture, and courtyard gardens make it just as attrative on the outside." April 2002
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"A Sleeping Beauty on the American Riviera. Combine the intimacy of a European inn with rooms decorted in Kathryn Ireland's sunny California palette, and you have Santa Barbara's new 122-room Hotel Oceana." May 2002
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"Hotel Oceana, a new Santa Barbara resort, offers guests comfortable rooms that feel like a relaxed, beachside home - just steps from the sand." June 2002
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"Across from the Pacific Ocean and strewn along the ever-popular beachfront Cabrilllo Boulevard is Hotel Oceana, the new Santa Barbara outpost of the trendy Santa Monica hotel of the same name." Spring 2002
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"Whether it's the ambiance of a small European inn or Cote D'Azur in the 40's, Hotel Oceana Santa Barbara creates the American Riviera." December 2002
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"Santa Barbara's new Hotel Oceana has an unmistakable feeling of summer. When your hotel is located on Cabrillo Boulevard, right across from the city's waterfront, you take your design cues from the sea." June 2002
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