THE MINISTRATIONS
OF MAINTENANCE
Resort is Uribe’s favorite
memory from his time as a
resort employee. “Just to get
Ricardo “Ricky” Uribe Jr.
that feeling again … starting
has come a long way since
something new and fresh, and
starting out as a server at Club
creating a new hotel, it’s just a
19, when the property was
really memorable experience,”
still The St. Regis Monarch
he explains.
Beach. While working on
Out of all the changes that
property for three and a half
were implemented, Uribe
years, Uribe also served as an
was most excited about the
overnight front desk concierge
addition of Sombra because
and accountant; then guest ser-
of its tasty Mexican cuisine
vices supervisor, which called
and alfresco seating. But it
for him to oversee valet and
was what stayed the same that
its cashiers, the bellmen and
mattered the most to him.
bell captains, doormen as well
“The majority of the associates
as the resort tram; and now,
that were from The St. Regis
following a recent promotion,
[Monarch Beach] decided to
housekeeping manager.
stay with the Monarch Beach
“This position means so
Resort,” Uribe says. “We
much to me because house-
already had the service down,
keeping is a department I have
so we didn’t have to hire new
always wanted to work for.
people and train them to
… It is the heart and soul of
become what we used to have.
hotels,” Uribe says. “My goal
We wanted to make sure we
was to become a manager at
still maintained the … [AAA]
25, and I have hit my goal.”
Ricardo “Ricky” Uribe Jr. was promoted to
Five Diamond experience that
In this position, Uribe’s main
housekeeping manager in January.
St. Regis had.”
duty is to oversee housekeeping and
In his free time, Uribe enjoys
“[When] we had to transition to
laundry, which entails supporting
going to Disneyland with his wife
the Monarch Beach Resort … I was
and managing each department as
and daughter. “It’s my favorite, I love
already used to that and I knew
well as assisting with guest services
to