THE INTERVIEW : MIKE DEITEMEYER
The
MIKE
DEITEMEYER file
Age :
49
History with Omni : Deitemeyer has been with the parent company , TRT Holdings , since 1992 and did the underwriting on the original Omni transaction in 1996 . He shifted to operations in 1999 and has been president of the company for nine years .
Deitemeyer ’ s plan : Continue to focus on public-private partnerships in city centers ; create non-traditional convention center hotels ; differentiate with locally flavored F & B concepts ; continue to grow and leverage the Global Hotel Alliance , of which Omni is a founding partner ; grow the Resort Collection , which now has momentum after the KSL deal ; maintain human interaction while maximizing technology through hotel design ; perhaps start to create a global footprint with a deal that could be announced before the end of 2013 .
The Omni portfolio : 55 hotels with another three under development , 163 F & B outlets , 20 golf courses and 113 retail outlets . The privately held company most recently opened the 800-room Omni Nashville Hotel and gained management of the famed 301-room King Edward Hotel in Toronto , which will be reflagged as an Omni hotel after an extensive renovation . Its biggest deal of late was the June acquisition of five major resorts from KSL Capital Partners for an estimated US $ 900 million .
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