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, Charleston, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Aspen, Daytona Beach, 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. Many of the Destination Hotels & Resorts properties are located in or near popular, famous, and historical sites.
Destination Hotels & Resorts categorizes their properties into Collections. 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
Some notable properties in the company's portfolio include:
- The Driskill Hotel – Housed in a Romanesque style building completed in 1886, it is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, Texas.
- Inn at Suncadia – A four-season resort community in Roslyn, Washington. Suncadia opens in 2008.
- Sunriver Resort – A Sunriver, Oregon resort located on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range.
- Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center – A national landmark[citation needed] located in Westchester County, New York in the village of Tarrytown. The hotel is the nation's first conference center established in the Hudson Valley in 1840.
- Wild Dunes Resort – A beach resort on the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, it takes up about one-third of the island.
