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| Kevin Runner |
SHELTON, CT, March 1,
2017—Gerry Chase, president and COO
of New Castle Hotels & Resorts, a leading third-party management company
and hotel developer, today announced that longtime Jekyll Island hotelier, Kevin Runner has been named general
manager of the Westin Jekyll Island.
The 200-room, beachfront
hotel opened in 2015, adjacent to the Jekyll Island Convention Center and the
recently-completed Beach Village.
Runner is a career
hospitality executive who opened the Jekyll Island Club in 1986. Originally a 134-room full-service hotel, the
historic Jekyll Island Club Hotel has evolved into a four-diamond resort
largely credited with the island’s renaissance.
“With Kevin at the helm,
the Jekyll Island Club Hotel has played a pivotal role in the island’s
redevelopment as a modern resort community,” said Chase. “Kevin’s knowledge of seasonal resort
operations and the coastal Georgia market is second to none and I am looking
forward to having his expert hand guiding our Westin in this next phase of its
evolution.”
“The first two years of a
new hotel are very challenging and the Westin staff has done a remarkable job
getting the hotel ramped up, and ranking in the top 10 percent for guest
satisfaction among Westins worldwide,” said Runner. “I’m starting with a table that’s been
expertly set and I look forward to leveraging 35 years of local area expertise
to help both the hotel, and the entire island achieve, their full potential as
a resort destination.”
For a
complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:
Lauralee Dobbins
Write Touch Public
Relations
609-451-5102
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