SAVANNAH, GA (October 22, 2007) – The AAA Four-Diamond Mansion on Forsyth Park, a Kessler Collection property, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tina Harlow as the new General Manager of the chic and luxurious Mansion on Forsyth Park in Savannah.

 

Tina comes to the Mansion on Forsyth Park with over 17 years of experience and most recently from her role as Regional Director of Operations with the Grand Heritage Hotel Group. She was the General Manager at the Casa del Mar Beach Golf & Spa Resort in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, which was named as Mexico’s leading Golf Resort at the World Travel Awards during her stint there.

 

Before her assignment in Mexico, Tina served as General Manager at a number of other properties including the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI; the Chanler and Vanderbilt Hall Hotels in Newport, RI; the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO; The Lodge at Koele in Lanai City, HI (now a Four Seasons Resort); and Marcus Hotels & Resorts’ Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, MO.

 

During her distinguished career, Tina also held the position of Assistant General Manager at the Houstonian Hotel Club & Spa in Houston, TX and was the Resident Manager at Rosewood Hotels & Resorts’ Caneel Bay Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands. During her tenure with Rosewood, she also served on the company's International Training Team which supported Rosewood Hotels worldwide with staff training and systems implementation.

 

Stuart Newmark, VP of Operations at The Kessler collection, says, I am ever so confident that through Tina’s fine background, proven superior leadership, reputation for quality and service excellence and passion for the arts, she will be the perfect fit for the Mansion on Forsyth Park and will be well received by the Savannah community.
 
About the Mansion on Forsyth Park
The Mansion on Forsyth Park opened in April 2005 as a new hotel built adjacent to a renovated 1888 mansion. The original 18,000-square-foot Victorian-Romanesque building houses the gourmet 700 Drayton Restaurant with six private dining galleries, the hands-on 700 Kitchen Cooking School, Casimir's Lounge and intimate Carriage Wine Cellar. The hotel features 126 oversized guestrooms, 8,500 square feet of meeting space, Grand Bohemian Gallery, over 400 pieces of original artwork, Bösendorfer Lounge, Viennese Ballroom, three Bösendorfer pianos, and a vintage ladies' hat collection. 

 

About The Kessler Collection
Richard C. Kessler's Luxury Hotel Collection includes the AAA Four-Diamond Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO; the AAA Four-Diamond Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, FL; the AAA Four-Diamond Celebration Hotel in Celebration, FL; the AAA Four-Diamond Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL; the AAA Four-Diamond El Monte Sagrado in Taos, NM; Columbia Place luxury condominiums, Savannah, GA; and Grand Bohemian Hotel & Residences, St. Petersburg, FL – scheduled to open 2009.

 

Kessler’s Grand Theme Hotel collection includes the Doubletree Castle Hotel in Orlando, FL and Sundy House, a Kessler-managed property in Delray Beach, FL.