Destination Hotels & Resorts
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Destination Hotels & Resorts is a privately held lodging management company headquartered in suburban Denver, Colorado. With 30 independent, luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and golf clubs, Destination is the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. The company’s portfolio features more than 7,000 guest rooms, 13 golf courses and 10 full-service spas. Destination Hotels & Resorts portfolio is valued at more than $1 billion with properties located in key metropolitan and resort markets including New York, Washington, D.C., Houston, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Aspen, Austin, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Jackson Hole, Maui and Lake Tahoe.
Destination Hotels & Resorts is a subsidiary of Lowe Hospitality Group (LHG), which is owned by Lowe Enterprises, Inc., a privately held national real estate investment, management and development firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company partners with affiliate Lowe Destination Development, also an LHG subsidiary, to development hospitality projects including both hotels and resort residential communities. LDD hotel and resort projects are managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts upon completion.
[edit] History
Destination Hotels & Resorts began in 1972 with the opening of The Gant in Aspen, one of the first condominium resort properties in the United States to offer contemporary hotel services such as concierge and front desk.
In 2002, Colorado Biz magazine noted Destination Hotels & Resorts as the “Top Tourism & Hospitality” in its annual “Top Company” awards. The mission of “Top Company” is to recognize Colorado’s most outstanding businesses.
Golf Inc. Magazine recognized Destination Hotels & Resorts as one of the “Top 10 Fastest Growing (Golf) Management Companies in U.S” for 2005.
[edit] Property Portfolio
Destination Hotels & Resorts portfolio includes luxury resorts, championship golf courses, and full service spas located in key metropolitan and resort markets including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Aspen, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Jackson Hole, Maui, and Lake Tahoe. Many of the Destination Hotels & Resorts properties are located in or near popular, famous, and historical sites.
Destination Hotels & Resorts uses collections to categorize their properties. Each property is categorized and can be found in multiple collections.
Destination Hotels & Resorts Collections include:
- Destination Hotels & Resorts Golf Collection
- Destination Hotels & Resorts Luxury Vacation Rentals Collection
- Destination Hotels & Resorts Meetings Collection
- Destination Hotels & Resorts Spa Collection
- Destination Hotels & Resorts Ski/Mountain Collection
Properties
- Destination Resorts Hawaii - A beach resort in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii.
- Destination Resorts Snowmass - A ski resort in Snowmass Village, Colorado.
- Destination Resorts Vail – A ski resort in Vail, Colorado.
- Doubletree Hotel Chicago O'Hare Airport, Rosemont – This hotel is located close to Rosemont Convention Center and O’Hare Airport in Rosemont, Illinois.
- The Driskill Hotel – Housed in a Romanesque style building completed in 1886, it is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, Texas.
- Embassy Suites Hotel at the Chevy Chase Pavilion – This hotel is located at the center of the Chevy Chase Pavilion, a shopping center located in Chevy Chase, Maryland, near Washington D.C.
- Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa – A La Jolla, California hotel located adjacent to the University of California-San Diego.
- The Gant – This ski resort in Aspen, Colorado was the first property in Destination Hotels & Resorts portfolio.
- Garden of the God’s Club – A private golf resort for club members and group guests in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center – Recognized as one of the ten best conference centers in the United States, located in Florham Park, New Jersey.
- Hotel Icon - A luxury downtown Houston, Texas hotel located at the heart of the city’s legal and business districts. Hotel Icon is a $35 million historic reinvention of the landmark Union National Bank building.
- The Inn at Suncadia – A four-season resort community in Roslyn, Washington. The Suncadia Resort Opens in 2008.
- The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center – A Denver, Colorado resort located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
- L'Auberge Del Mar Resort and Spa – A San Diego, California resort located in the coastal village of Del Mar, four miles north of La Jolla.
- Miramonte Resort & Spa – An Indian Wells resort located near the desert resort city of Palm Springs, California.
- Mountain Lodge at Telluride – A ski resort located in the historic mining town of Telluride, Colorado.
- Resort at Squaw Creek – An all-season mountain resort in California located just minutes from Lake Tahoe in Squaw Valley, site of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
- The Richardson Hotel – A Richardson, Texas hotel located in the heart of the north Dallas "Telecom Corridor," near some of the world's largest telecommunications and technology companies.
- Royal Palms Resort and Spa – One of two Phoenix hotels that is a member of the Historic Hotels of America National Trust for Historic Preservation.
- Skamania Lodge – A mountain resort located within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Washington State near Portland, Oregon.
- The Stonebridge Inn – A ski resort in Snowmass Village, Colorado.
- Stowe Mountain Lodge – Opening in 2007 in Stowe, Vermont, it is billed as the newest premiere four-season mountain resort east of the Rockies in Stowe, Vermont.
- Sunriver Resort – A Sunriver, Oregon resort located on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range.
- Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center – Enjoying the distinction of being the nation's first conference center, it was established in the Hudson Valley in 1840. Tarrytown House is a Westchester hotel and a national landmark located in Tarrytown, NY.
- Terranea Resort – A coastal resort located in the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. The resort is 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles and 15 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. Terranea Resort opens in spring of 2009.
- Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Conference Center – This hotel and conference center is located in downtown Tempe near Arizona State University.
- Teton Mountain Lodge – A Jackson Hole, Wyoming mountain resort hotel located just one mile from the entrance of Grand Teton National Park.
- Top of the Village – Located high on the ski slopes, Top of the Village is part of Destination Resorts Snowmass - a unique collection of condominium properties in beautiful Snowmass Village, Colorado.
- Vail Cascade Resort & Spa – A mountain resort in Vail, Colorado.
- Vail Cascade Condominiums – Located in Vail, Colorado.
- Wailea Beach Villas - A collection of private Hawaiian vacation residences in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii.
- Wild Dunes Resort – A beach resort on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, it takes up about one-third of the island.
