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Renovated San Antonio Hotel Gets New Leader

SAN ANTONIO-The Emily Morgan Hotel snags a veteran in molding historic hotels into luxury facilities. Westmont Hospitality has assigned H.L. "Scooter" Yates to the job. The former manager of Dallas' Melrose is coming from Walla Walla, WA to lead the project.

By Tim Green | Updated on January 07, 2002

SAN ANTONIO-A specialist in turning historic hotels into luxury hotels has arrived to do it again at the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio’s CDB. H.L. “Scooter” Yates has been named general manager of the hotel, now completing a $4-million renovation.

Yates’ assignment from Westmont Hospitality, which manages the 177-room hotel, is to turn it into an upscale boutique property for sophisticated travelers. “Scooter has a proven track record in turning historic hotels into highly successful luxury properties,” Paul Ramesdale, Westmont’s vice president of operations, said.

Yates comes to San Antonio from Walla Walla, WA, where he was general manager of the Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center. Built in the late 1920s, the Marcus Whitman was renovated, restored and expanded in 1999. Yates isn’t new to Texas, having managed the Melrose Hotel in Dallas for nine years. He managed two renovations of the Melrose, which was built in 1924.

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