Bethesda, Md. – April 11, 2017 – Urgo Hotels and Resorts has assumed management of Hotel Indigo® Pittsburgh East Liberty, a beautifully restored boutique hotel in the heart of the city’s historic East Liberty neighborhood. As part of the management change, James B. Rizzo now joins the hotel as general manager.
The Hotel Indigo features 135 spacious guest rooms with spa-inspired baths; a stylish American tavern, Wallace’s TapRoom, featuring a seasonal, locally sourced menu and Prohibition-era design influences; 2,240 square feet of well-designed meeting space for events of up to 100 attendees; and a 24-hour fitness center. Its East Liberty locale is just five miles from downtown and just minutes from major corporations cultural attractions like the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, and a wealth of restaurants, boutiques and theaters. In June 2014, USA Today named East Liberty one of America’s 10 best up and coming neighborhoods.
“Hotel Indigo Pittsburgh East Liberty is an exciting addition to our management portfolio,” said Donald J. Urgo, president and CEO of Urgo Hotels and Resorts. “It introduces the Intercontinental Hotels Group’s rapidly growing Hotel Indigo brand to the Urgo family while strengthening our presence in one of the nation’s most vital, resurgent cities.”
New General Manager James B. Rizzo James Rizzo brings 14 years of hotel management experience to his new role as general manager of the Hotel Indigo. He was previously general manager of another Urgo-managed hotel, the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Washington, D.C. Downtown. He was recognized by Urgo in 2016 with a Top 3 Operations Award. For three years prior, he was director of sales and marketing with the opening team of the Hilton Garden Inn U.S. Capitol.
Rizzo served with Marriott International from 2003 to 2010, most recently as assistant general manager of the Courtyard Washington, D.C./U.S. Capitol. Before that, he was a group strategy manager overseeing group room and catering operations for a portfolio of four full-service Marriott hotels in Northern Virginia. He launched his career with Marriott at the Residence Inn Philadelphia – Center City, where he rose to senior sales manager before taking on the position of director of sales at the Residence Inn Alexandria – Old Town. Rizzo earned a wealth of awards during his Marriott years, including the prestigious Chairman’s Circle Golden Circle Award in 2004 and 2005.
