NEWPORT BEACH, CA—A cohesive brand that offers an authentic and memorable experiences to guests is the key to a top-quality hotel, Crescent Hotels and Resorts' EVP sales and marketing Dawn Gallagher tells GlobeSt.com.
Crescent was selected as manager of the Duke Hotel Newport Beach, an upscale, lifestyle hotel. Formerly the Fairmont Newport Beach, the property will undergo a multi-million-dollar renovation and convert to the Renaissance Newport Beach in early 2018. News sources report that Sunstone Hotel Investors recently sold the Fairmont Newport Beach for $125 million to an undisclosed buyer.
The Duke Hotel Newport Beach began accepting reservations as a Marriott-affiliated “White Label” hotel in March of this year. The Duke and, eventually, the Renaissance Newport Beach, will be positioned and operated under Crescent's Lifestyle division, “Latitudes, Lifestyles by Crescent.”
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
