RockResorts
| Industry | Hotel, Hospitality |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1950s |
| Founder(s) | Laurance Rockefeller |
| Number of locations | 17 resorts |
| Area served | Central & North America |
| Parent | Vail Resorts |
| Website | www.rockresorts.com |
RockResorts is a hotel brand with roots in the 1950s. Laurance Rockefeller, founder, began building a series of resorts in 1956 with the establishment of Caneel Bay on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. Early properties included the Grand Teton Lodge Company (which, with the Jackson Lake Lodge and Jenny Lake Lodge, actually preceded Caneel Bay), Dorado Beach Hotel and Golf Club, Little Dix Bay and Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. At some point in the early to mid 1960s, Rockefeller and others began referring to his collection of resort properties as RockResorts. Additional RockResorts during this time included the Woodstock Inn in Vermont and The Boulders in Carefree, Arizona.
The company was sold to railroad company CSX, which combined it with its hotel resort The Greenbrier. In 1986, CSX sold the brand, and the original hotel companies were dispersed, though The Greenbrier remained.
In 1999, the RockResorts brand was revived by Olympus Hospitality, and later acquired by Vail Resorts in 2001. Today, the brand is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado[1].
RockResort properties include 7 destinations in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming: Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado; The Pines Lodge and The Osprey at Beaver Creek in Beaver Creek, Colorado; The Lodge At Vail and The Arrabelle At Vail Square in Vail, Colorado, One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, Colorado, La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Snake River Lodge & Spa in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and two destinations in the Southeastern United States and Caribbean region, Tempo Miami in downtown Miami, Florida, and The Landings St. Lucia on the island of St. Lucia.
As of February 2011, RockResorts has announced the acquisition of four additional resort properties: Half Moon in Jamaica, Bimini Bay Resort & Marina in The Bahamas, Xandari by the Pacific Resort and Spa (to be rebranded Alma del Pacifico Hotel) in Costa Rica, and Balcones Del Atlantico in the Dominican Republic. These properties will be managed by the company's property management group and rebranded under the RockResorts brand.
RockResorts also expects to complete the construction of three additional resort properties over the next several years: Rum Cay Resort & Spa in The Bahamas, The Mansfield Inn at Stowe in Stowe, Vermont, and Third Turtle Club & Spa in The Turks and Caicos Islands.
[edit] External links
- RockResorts official website
- RockResorts Corporate History, Properties
- RockResorts newsroom
- Vail Resorts corporate website
