HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII — Dave Lawrence, Senior Vice President Operations, Outrigger Enterprises Group, is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Winter to Vice President Operations for Outrigger Condominium Collection. Winter previously served as Regional Director of Operations- Oahu and General Manager for Outrigger Luana Waikiki.
In his new position, Winter oversees all operations and management of Outrigger’s Condominium Collection resorts and vacation ownerships properties throughout Hawaii. Winter will provide leadership, vision, and management to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency of the condominium/timeshare division.
Winter joined Outrigger in 2001 as General Manager and Director of Condominium Operations for Maui. He has an extensive background in hotel and resort management that spans well over 30 years. His previous management experience includes corporate positions held with Colony Resort and Hotels, Bentley Incentive Travel Inc. and the Waikiki Joy Hotel. In 1993, he founded Boutique Hotels of Hawaii, a marketing company to market “boutique-style” hotels, resorts and inns. Prior to joining Outrigger, Winter was Corporate Director of Hotel Operations for HTH Corporation. Winter studied business management at Everett Junior College in Seattle
before receiving his degree in hotel and restaurant management from Seattle College.
Outrigger's Condominium Collection is a special product line within the Outrigger Enterprises Group that comprises deluxe resort condominiums consisting primarily of premium low-rise beachfront properties offering studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units. These fully furnished accommodations are located -in some of the most desirable locations in Hawaii, with properties available at both well-known resorts as well as at some truly unique "out of the way" places offering a true "sense of
discovery" when exploring Hawaii. Through a strategic alliance, Outrigger also operates four vacation ownership properties in Hawaii, including the newly opened Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk™.
For reservations or information, call your preferred travel professional or Outrigger Hotels & Resorts toll-free at 800-OUTRIGGER (1-800-688-7444) within the U.S., Guam and Canada, or log on to www.outrigger.com.
About Outrigger Enterprises Group
Outrigger Enterprises Group is one of the largest and fastest-growing hospitality services companies in the Pacific. Outrigger is a family-owned company with nearly 60 years of hospitality experience and runs a highly-successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation ownership resorts, including Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, OHANA Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Condominium Collection, Outrigger Resort Club by Fairfield and Embassy Suites®-Waikiki Beach Walk®*.
Outrigger currently operates over 50 properties representing more than 12,000 guest rooms in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and Guam.
Outrigger Enterprises also operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, the mainland USA and Asia. The company's most recent initiative - Waikiki Beach Walk, a $535 million, 8-acre hotel-retail-entertainment complex - is the largest development in the history of Waikiki, and is set to open in December 2006.
*Embassy Suites is a registered trade mark of Hilton Hotels Corporation.
