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Pacific Hospitality Group Acquires Hotel Granduca Austin
Pacific Hospitality Group | December 23, 2020
IRVINE, CALIF. (Dec. 23, 2020) – California-based Pacific Hospitality Group (PHG) today announced its expansion with the purchase of Hotel Granduca Austin in Austin, Texas. This is PHG’s third hotel in the lone star state – with two Marriott-branded hotels in Dallas, Texas. PHG will be taking over operations of the hotel immediately with plans to rebrand the property as part of the Meritage Collection of independent hotels in the summer of 2021. Hotel Granduca Austin will mark the company’s sixth independent hotel in its Meritage Collection portfolio. “As our company expands, it has always been my goal to bring Austin into our grow...
Vista Collina Resort Appoints Executive Chef Vincent Lesage and Food & Beverage Manager Brian Campagna
Vista Collina Resort | July 2, 2018
NAPA VALLEY, Calif. (July 2, 2018) – Set to debut in July, Vista Collina Resort, a Meritage Collection property, is adding vibrancy to Napa Valley with the debut of its new culinary team: Executive Chef Vincent Lesage and Food & Beverage Manager Brian Campagna. With notable years of experience in the culinary industry, Lesage and Campagna will serve up innovative cuisine at Napa's newest culinary hot spot featuring The Village with nine tasting rooms from local wineries and breweries, a locally-sourced Fivetown Grocery, Food & Wine Center and partnership with Hestan Cue Smart Cooking which will deliver guests a personal cu...
Pacific Hospitality Group Acquires Ko’a Kea Hotel & Resort In Kauai from CTF Ko’a Kea Hotel, LLC
Pacific Hospitality Group | January 14, 2016
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 14, 2016 -- Pacific Hospitality Group (PHG), through its affiliate Poipu Investment Properties, LLC, announces the purchase of Ko'a Kea Hotel & Resort from CTF Ko'a Kea Hotel, LLC. Located on the Hawaiian island of Kauai at Poipu Beach, the oceanfront property is the latest addition to PHG's growing luxury and lifestyle hotel portfolio known as the Meritage Collection. The boutique hotel regularly ranks as having one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and was recently awarded the prestigious #1 resort in Hawaii by Conde Nast Traveler's "Top 25 Resorts in Hawaii: Readers' Choice A...
Pacific Hospitality Group Appoints Scott Blakeslee General Manager of Paséa Hotel & Spa
August 12, 2015
IRVINE, Calif. (August 12, 2015) – Pacific Hospitality Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Blakeslee as General Manager of Paséa Hotel & Spa, the newest Meritage Collection property expected to open early 2016 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Blakeslee will be responsible for all the pre-opening stages of development, as well as the daily resort operations once the Hotel is launched. A veteran hospitality executive with over 20 years of experience, Blakeslee joins Paséa from InterContinental Hotels Group, EVANS Hotels, where he served as Brand General Manager and Area/Corporate Chief Wellness Officer. Under Blakesle...
Rachel Haggstrom Promoted to Executive Chef at Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, California
Balboa Bay Resort | June 25, 2015
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. (June 24, 2015) – Balboa Bay Resort is pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Haggstrom to executive chef of the luxurious Newport Beach resort. Haggstrom has been serving as the property's chef de cuisine since October 2013. In her new role, Haggstrom will oversee the resort's dining restaurants, including Waterline Newport Beach, the resort's signature bay front seafood restaurant and A&O Kitchen+Bar, the resort's waterfront gastropub. Haggstrom will also manage the resort's day-to-day culinary operations, including special events, galas and weddings. "Rachel has been instrumental in spearheading the...
Pacific Hospitality Group and R.D. Olson Development to Build 250-key Hotel in Huntington Beach, CA
R.D. Olson Development | March 3, 2014
Irvine, Calif. (March 4, 2014) - Pacific Hospitality Group and R.D. Olson Development recently unveiled their latest hotel project, the 250-room, Pacific Ocean-facing hotel that will be part of the Pacific City development in Huntington Beach, California. The eight-story hotel will be an upscale property that is ideally designed to take advantage of all that defines the outdoor Southern California beach-inspired lifestyle. The hotel will be affiliated with Pacific Hospitality Group's Meritage Collection, and is scheduled to commence construction in June 2014 with R.D. Olson Construction as general contractor. "Every room in the hotel wi...
