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
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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. � |
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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. |