Celebrity Resorts Ramps Up; Hires Leventhal as Strategy Chief

ORLANDO-Celebrity Resorts is on a timeshare shopping spree and has hired three industry professionals to guide the privately held, locally based company.

Ronald Leventhal, formerly CEO of locally-based Tempus Resorts and chief financial officer of Central Florida Investments Inc., heads Celebrity Resorts’ newly formed acquisition team as chief strategic officer. Charles Rybos, a former Marriott Vacation Club financial officer, is Celebrity’s chief financial officer and C. Craig Lewis is the chief operating officer.

Formerly known as Resort World, Celebrity Resorts kept a low industry profile over the last five years, selling off much of its holdings to Sunterra Co. which moved its headquarters to Las Vegas early last year. But the company has decided to step up to the buying table again this year, local leisure industry brokers tell GlobeSt.com.