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Press Release: Destination Hotels & Resorts
July 24, 2006
DENVER, CO -- Charles Peck, president and chief operating officer for Destination Hotels & Resorts, announced
the company has hired David C. Bland as managing director of new projects. In this newly-created role, Bland will
work in conjunction with Destination affiliate Lowe Destination Development in the development and integration
of new resort properties into the management company's collection.
Bland initially will direct and coordinate the hospitality management and marketing of new projects such as Suncadia
in Roslyn, Wash., Stowe Mountain Lodge in Vermont, Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. and continued
opportunities at Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, Calif.
Prior to taking the post with Destination, Bland worked in hospitality investments, finance, development and asset
management for a variety of companies. Bland most recently worked for Intrawest at its Winter Park development
as director of sales for the ski resort's new base area village project. Before heading up the Intrawest sales
effort, Bland was director of hotel investments for MONY Realty Capital which owned the Pointe South Mountain Resort
in Phoenix, Arizona; a Destination-managed property.
Bland's background also includes some entrepreneurial businesses that he founded or co-owned including an interval
vacation ownership sales and marketing company and Marketel Communications which sold long distance systems to
hotels. His nearly 30 years in the industry also includes work with Richfield Hospitality Services, Carlson Hospitality
Corporation and Cosmopolitan Hotel Systems.
Bland is a graduate of the University of California-Berkeley. He is a retired Captain in the Colorado Wing of the
United States Air Force Civil Air Patrol. A Colorado resident for more than 20 years, Bland enjoys golf, skiing
and sailing. He is the father of two and currently resides in Parker, Colo.
Destination Hotels & Resorts is a privately held lodging management company headquartered in suburban Denver,
Colo. With more than 30 independent, luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and golf clubs, Destination is the fifth
largest independent hospitality management company in the country. The company's portfolio features more than 7,500
guest rooms, 15 golf courses and 10 full-service spas. Destination Hotels & Resorts properties are located
in key metropolitan and resort markets including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver, Dallas, San Diego,
Aspen, Austin, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Jackson Hole, Maui and Lake Tahoe. For more information on the properties
in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.DestinationHotels.com.
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Media Contact:
Destination Hotels & Resorts
Kristin Mettler
(858) 964-6533