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 Richard S. Verruni Named Managing Director of the 
Reopened Rockresort La Posada de Santa Fe 
Resort & Spa
04/28/00  Rockresorts- SANTA FE , NM�Olympus Hospitality Group, the Scottsdale-based operations management arm for the hotel division of Olympus Real Estate Corporation, has tapped one of its most senior executives to take charge of the historic La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa.  Richard S. Verruni, a lodging industry executive with extensive management and marketing experience, most recently with Olympus Hospitality�s Unique Hotels group, was named managing director of the newly reopened luxury resort, spa and conference center. 

The announcement was made by Carlos Lopes, Olympus Hospitality�s executive vice president. La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa is a member of the company�s prestigious Rockresorts brand.  �Richard Verruni has proven himself to be a dynamic management professional in a wide range of hospitality industry environments, including operations, marketing and sales. He has a long and impressive history with our company and understands our goals of providing leisure and business travelers with the very finest of facilities and services at highly distinctive hotels and resorts. We look forward to his creative leadership at La Posada and are confident that under his management this exceptional property, which has just reopened after a multi-million renovation and expansion, will become one of the country�s leading luxury resorts and meeting venues and reflective of the standards of quality and individual character of the Rockresorts name,� said Lopes. 
 

Prior to joining La Posada de Santa Fe, Verruni was vice president of operations at Unique Hotels and Resorts in New York City. While there he executed the assimilation and rebranding of five independent boutique hotels. Verruni also held management positions with Hilton International and AT&T Global Real Estate Hospitality Division in New Jersey where he led the development and management team responsible for the opening of the company�s $60-million hotel and conference center and supervised a team of 20 conference, event and executive support managers. 

Verruni holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel management from Pennsylvania State University. He also completed an MBA Finance Certificate program at the Wharton/AT&T Executive Education Center and received his C.H.A. certificate from American Hotel & Motel Association Educational Institute in 1998.  

Centrally located in Santa Fe, La Posada is just steps away from the downtown historic Plaza and Canyon Road. The resort�s 159 adobe style suites and rooms offer a mix of Old World and Spanish Colonial charm and New World luxury. La Posada�s Avanyu Spa features a full range of health, fitness and beauty facilities and regional treatments while the distinctive Fuego Restaurant offers the ambiance of a traditional Spanish hacienda. The resort also features a new conference center for groups up to 200 and executive retreats or board of director meetings. Championship golf, hiking, fly-fishing and horseback riding are among the recreational 

04/28/00  Rockresorts- SANTA FE, NM � Continuing the time-honored traditions and quality standards of Laurance Rockefeller�s world-famous Rockresorts brand of luxury hotels, Olympus Hospitality Group, the Scottsdale-based operations management arm for the hotel division of Olympus Real Estate Corporation, has named La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa the flagship property of its new collection of prestigious Rockresorts.  

Honoring the legacy of Rockefeller�s distinctive Rockresort vacation experience, today�s travelers will be hosts to a broad range of Rockresort Signature Services that allows them to feel like members of a private club, exploring old and new interests and enjoying the simplicity of an exceptional vacation experience. Guests of La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa and other Rockresort properties, receive VIP treatment designed to assure that everyone who visits receives personalized attention, the highest quality facilities and services and a welcoming sense of being integrated into the Rockresorts �club� atmosphere. 

Some of the special La Posada Signature Services include a turquoise sunset welcome beverage upon arrival, a delightful mix of lemonade, honey and lemon juice; a manager�s cocktail reception where guests have the opportunity to meet with the general manager and concierge to learn more about hotel services and exciting �happenings� at or nearby the resort; daily turndown service including bedside chocolates, welcome mat, slippers and a robe, spring water in each guest�s car upon departure, and a fresh car wash for guests who stay a minimum of three nights. � 


 
activities available nearby, while the internationally renowned festivals, opera, art galleries and fine shopping of Santa Fe itself are only minutes away by foot. 

La Posada is a member of Rockresorts, a unique portfolio of world-class properties that also include Cheeca Lodge in the Florida Keys, the new CuisinArt Resort & Spa in Anguilla, and Rosario Resort on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. 

The Rockresorts portfolio is managed by The Olympus Hospitality Group, an affiliate of Olympus Real Estate Corporation, created in late 1999 to oversee four distinct hotel groups; Rockresorts, Unique Hotels, Park Plaza International and Park Inns International. Olympus Hospitality Group�s expanding hotel and resort portfolio includes 104 properties around the world. 

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Contact:
M. Silver Associates, Inc
Alice Diaz / Anna Pennar
[email protected]
www.laposadadesantafe.com

 
Also See: Olympus Hospitality Group Breathing New Life into a Legendary Name in the World of International Resorts; Rockresorts / Mar 2000 
Olympus Real Estate Corporation Acquires Washington State's Rosario Resort / Nov 1998 
Sausalito, California's Historic Casa Madrona Hotel Finds New Majority Partner - Olympus Real Estate Corporation / May 1999 
Olympus Making Bold Moves - Olympus Real Estate of Dallas Spends$1 Million Buying the Rockresort / JMBM / March 2000 

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