Chris von Imhoff Honored as Resort Executive of the Year.SEIBU, Alaska -- Alaska tourism industry professional Chris von Imhoff has been honored as the Resort Executive of the Year (2005) by hospitality and resort industry leaders convening at the 2006 Resort Management Conference at the Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst Resort is an historic upmarket golf resort at Pinehurst in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments. History Pinehurst was founded by Boston soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts. in the Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,706 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the Pinehurst Resort, venue of the 1999 and 2005 U.S. . von Imhoff, vice president and managing director for the renowned Alyseka Resort, Seibu, Alaska, is the 32nd individual to be honored with this coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. hospitality industry award. The Resort Executive of the Year is awarded to the resort executive who has demonstrated superior management ability, a commitment to staff training and motivation, active participation and leadership in lodging industry association activities, support of legislation beneficial to the lodging industry, and leadership within his or her community. The presentation of the award is one of the highlights of the annual Resort Management Conference, which is sponsored by the University Of Denver Background and rankings The University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Territorial Governor of Colorado, who had been appointed by US President Abraham Lincoln. . von Imhoff oversees Alaska's premier year-round destination resort, the Alyeska Resort Alyeska Resort is a ski resort that is located in Girdwood, Alaska, approximately 50 miles (80 km) from the city of Anchorage. Mount Alyeska is part of the Chugach mountain range. , in Girdwood, Alaska Girdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Anchorage proper. . Located 40 miles south of Anchorage, along the scenic Turnagain Arm, the Alyeska Resort includes the 307-room Alyeska Prince Hotel, the Anchorage Golf Course, and Alaska's largest ski area. A career tourism industry professional, von Imhoff has spent the past 42 years fostering the growth of the travel and tourism industry primarily in Alaska, where he emigrated in 1963 from his native Germany. Born in Berlin, von Imhoff began his hospitality career at the Hotel Intercontinental in Munich. After relocating to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in 1959, von Imhoff moved to Alaska where he served Scandinavian Airlines as Alaska sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . He played an instrumental role in the development of the Alyeska Resort, and went on to serve with distinction in tourism leadership roles in both Alaska and Hawaii where he directed resort operations for Prince Hotels for a decade during the mid-1980s. From 1965-1967, von Imoff served as Director of Tourism for the State of Alaska. He also served in the United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with . von Imhoff currently serves on the U.S. Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board, and is a Board member of the American Hotel & Lodging Association Resort Committee. He also serves on the Board of the Alaska Hotel & Motel Association, the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, the Alaska Travel Industry Association, and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau. von Imhoff's selection was made by a committee of peers from within the resort industry including Pat Corso, Managing Partner, National Resort Management Group; Richard Holtzman, President, Kukuiula Development Co.; Mr. Michael Watkins, President, Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club; Pedro Mandoki, President, Plantation Resort Development and the 2004 recipient; and Dr. Peter Rainsford, director of the Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management Program at the University of Denver. The award is co-sponsored by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R), Orlando, Fla., America's leading marketing, advertising and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most agency specializing in serving travel and leisure-industry clients, and the University of Denver School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management. For more information on the 2006 Resort Management Conference: Rod Caborn, YPB&R Public Relations, 407-838-1799, rod_caborn@ypbr.com Editor's Note: 300 dpi.jpeg image of von Imhoff award presentation available after 5 p.m., Tues., March 21. Call or e-mail to request photo. |
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