Tom LaTour Announces Rebranded LaTour Hotels
Newly rechristened luxury hospitality Management Company set to serves four and five-star properties worldwide.
SAN DIEGO, CA. April 01, 2010 - Veteran hotelier Tom LaTour has announced the newly rebranded LaTour Hotels & Resorts, previously known as ResortCom Elite, which offers personalized, luxury hospitality management services for four- and five-star properties. A joint venture between LaTour and ResortCom International, LaTour Hotels & Resorts specializes in managing new and existing luxury fractional, private residence club, hotel, mixed-use and condo resort developments, including golf, ski, urban and oceanfront locations worldwide. LaTour will also continue overseeing LaTour Signature Group, providing exclusive services to select five-star properties, as an elite brand of LaTour Hotels & Resorts.
Currently, LaTour Hotels & Resorts operates seven developments, representing nearly 500 units, with nearly 400 more units at multiple properties planned in the near future. For every client, the company's goal is transform the ownership experience through superior service, distinctive amenities, imaginative activities and an obsessive attention-to-detail.
LaTour Hotels & Resorts works in partnership with Tapestry Resorts, the recently consolidated, full-service hospitality division of ResortCom International, to provide its clients with established infrastructure for service delivery. The company then focuses on customizing extraordinary guest experiences with its specialized LaTour Brand Pillars, featuring at least three pillars at LaTour Hotels and Resorts properties and all five at LaTour Signature Group properties: culinary, wine, wellness/health, entertaining and concierge.
LaTour Hotels & Resorts is led by LaTour, chairman and CEO, and John Small, vice chairman. LaTour brings more than 40 years of experience in the hospitality and travel industries, including 23 years at Kimpton Hotels a nd Restaurants, where he pioneered the concept of the boutique hotel. Small is one of the world's most well known hospitality executives. He has worked on six continents and has held key management positions at some of the world's leading properties. Joining the team in 2009, Business Development Director Sarah Rezak brings another 13 years of experience in the fractional interest and private residence club industries.
In addition, the company's executive management team has proven resort industry experience in conceptual planning; expert property and HOA management; financial management support; creation of fully integrated information technology system for reservations and collections; skilled sales and marketing assistance - from developer inventory through resales; exchange and rental opportunities; property branding; staffing and more.
LaTour Hotels & Resorts clients include Tonopalo Private Residence Club in Lake Tahoe, Calif.; El Secreto and El Caracol in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; IndoChine Resort and Villas and Grove Gardens Resort in Phuket, Thailand; and Lodge at Stillwater in Deer Valley, Utah; as well as an in-construction project, Delcanto Resort in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico scheduled to open summer 2010. LaTour Signature Group actively operates Dewa Resort in Phuket, Thailand and has two projects in various stages of construction: The Wyoming Club in Black Hills, Wyo.; and Olamar Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
About LaTour Hotels & Resorts
With headquarters in San Diego and San Francisco, LaTour Hotels & Resorts, previously known as ResortCom Elite, offers customized, luxury hospitality management services for four- and five-star properties. A joint venture between veteran hotelier Tom LaTour and ResortCom International, the company's goal is to make the ownership experience as unique, tailored and memorable as possible through superior service, distinctive amenities, imaginative activities and an obsessive attention-to-detail.
Offering services ranging from conceptual planning through marketing, sales, staffing and operations, LaTour Hotels & Resorts specializes in managing new and existing luxury fractional, private residence club, hotel, mixed-use and condo resort developments. The global company currently operates properties in the United States, Mexico and Thailand with upcoming expansion plans throughout South America, Europe and Asia.
About LaTour Signature Group
LaTour Signature Group, the elite brand of LaTour Hotels & Resorts, delivers an exceptional five-star vacation resort "lifestyle" experience to select developers and owners of new and existing luxury golf, ski , urban and oceanfront properties. By delivering management services that are unprecedented in the industry, LaTour Signature Group is committed to becoming the ultimate brand for extraordinary, highly personalized vacation experiences.
For each client, LaTour Signature Group manages all resort operations - including the training and supervising of staff, reservation coordination and concierge services, as well as the sales and marketing of fractional rentals. Before a property even opens, LaTour Signature Group can effectively lend its expertise and direction to the resort's conceptual design and operational functionality and provide referrals and recommendations for other key partner alliances, such as real estate sales and marketing.
For more information, visit http://www.latourhotelsandresorts.com.
Contact:
Sarah Rezak
619-683-2470 x:1659
[email protected]
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