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Shaner Hotels Appoints Food & Beverage Leadership at Playa Largo Resort & Spa
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | July 10, 2023
KEY LARGO, FL – JULY 2023 – Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection beachfront luxury property situated on the Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida, is pleased to welcome Brian Fung as Director of Food and Beverage and Brian Archibald as Executive Chef of the property. Brian Fung joins the Playa Largo Resort & Spa team as its new Director of Food and Beverage. Joining the resort from Mauna Lani Resort in Hawaii, Fung will oversee the food and beverage, culinary, banquet and events operations for Playa Largo. Previously, Fung held positions as the Director of Event Operations at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua and the Director...
Shaner Hotels Appoints Heather Turkay as Director of Sales & Marketing for Playa Largo Resort & Spa
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | September 2, 2021
KEY LARGO, FL – September 2, 2021 – Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection beachfront luxury property situated on the Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida, welcomes Heather Turkay as Director of Sales & Marketing for the 14.5-acre property. In her new role, Turkay will be responsible for leading and driving top line revenue strategy for traditional sales related segments to include group and transient markets as well as working closely to drive PR and marketing messaging. With more than 18 years of industry knowledge and experience, Turkay comes to Playa Largo Resort from the Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris whe...
Kristine Cox Appointed General Manager of Playa Largo Resort & Spa
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | November 14, 2019
KEY LARGO, FL –NOVEMBER 2019 – Playa Largo Resort & Spa, situated on the Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida, has recently announced Kristine Cox as the new General Manager of the 14.5-acre property. Cox will oversee all aspects of the 175-room resort including day-to-day operations, staff development, financial planning, sales and revenue, and overall guest satisfaction. Born and raised in the resort town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cox has always been drawn to the hospitality field. Most recently, she spent the last five years as General Manager at the Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina in Rhode Island, during which time she ear...
Playa Largo Resort & Spa Appoints Kerem Kendigelen as General Manager
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | February 13, 2018
KEY LARGO, FL – February 2018 – Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection beachfront luxury property situated on the Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerem Kendigelen as General Manager. In his new role, Kendigelen will be responsible for overseeing all resort operations, fostering staff development, budgeting and financial planning, increasing sales and revenue, and ensuring total guest satisfaction. With over 15 years of hospitality experience working within top hotel brands, Kendigelen brings a track record of effectively leading and managing all aspects of the luxur...
Prime Hospitality Group and Shaner Hotels Open Playa Largo Resort & Spa in Key Largo, Florida
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | September 2, 2016
KEY LARGO, Fla. – September 2, 2016 - Playa Largo Resort & Spa, the first resort to be built in the Upper Keys in more than 21 years and the 100th addition to Autograph Collection Hotels, will welcome its first guests yesterday. Inspired by Key Largo's natural beauty, Playa Largo Resort & Spa sits on more than 14 waterfront acres and draws on its surroundings to inspire the elegant yet breezy aesthetic of the 144-room resort that also offers ten secluded bungalows and a three-bedroom beach house with private plunge pool. Playa Largo Resort & Spa's upscale amenities and services include an expansive waterfront pool, 745...
Prime Hospitality Group Ensuring Mobile Phone Coverage at New Autograph Collection Resort & Spa
RoamBOOST | May 10, 2016
When the Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection Hotel, opens in July on Key Largo, RoamBOOST will be there amplifying cell phone signals to ensure no disruption of mobile phone calls Boston, Mass. — May 10, 2016 — When the Playa Largo Resort & Spa, an Autograph Collection Hotel, opens its doors in July on Key Largo, guests of the luxury resort – the first new resort in the Florida Keys in over 10 years – can rest assured knowing that they can make and receive cellular phone calls without disruption or delay. Through a recent contract between Prime Hospitality Group (PHG) and RoamBOOST, the pro...
Playa Largo Resort & Spa Will Open with Intelity’s In-Room Guest Service Technology
Intelity | March 22, 2016
The first hotel built in Key Largo in over 21 years has chosen Intelity to provide an integrated digital guest engagement and service solution. KEY LARGO, Fla. – Playa Largo Resort & Spa and Intelity have formed a partnership to install guest service and engagement technology at the resort when it opens later this spring. The property, a joint venture between Prime Hospitality Group and Shaner Hotels, will offer complimentary in-room touchscreen tablets running on Intelity's award-winning ICE (Interactive Customer Experience™) platform for a combination of guest-facing and hotel management tools. General Manager Shakir H...
Playa Largo Resort & Spa Appoints Patrick Scully as Director of Food & Beverage
Playa Largo Resort & Spa | February 2, 2016
Patrick Scully and Jason Roma join food and beverage team at first new Key Largo resort in 21 years KEY LARGO, FL – February 3, 2016 – Playa Largo Resort & Spa, the newest addition to Marriott International's Autograph Collection, is proud to announce the appointment of Patrick Scully as Director of Food & Beverage and Jason Roma as Director of Restaurants for the resort, set to open in Spring 2016. In his new role, Patrick Scully will oversee all of Playa Largo's food & beverage and banquet operations. Playa Largo's primary food and beverage venues will include La Marea, Key Largo's first true steakhouse, a sign...
