Former Highgate president joins HVMG
Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) has announced the appointment of Pete Sams as its new president.
Sams joins HVMG from Highgate Hotels, where he most recently served as president. Previously, he held multiple leadership roles within the KSL portfolio, including serving for more than six years as chief operating officer of Peregrine Hospitality and Davidson Hospitality Group. At Peregrine, he helped launch a dedicated in-house management platform for KSL Capital that operated more than 45 hotels. As COO of Davidson, the company doubled in size during his tenure.
Earlier in his career, Sams held corporate above-property leadership positions with Interstate Hotels & Resorts and White Lodging Services and spent more than a decade as a general manager with Omni Hotels & Resorts, including at its 836-room flagship hotel in Washington, D.C.
Currently, HVMG operates 60 hotels and resorts and one convention center across 16 U.S. states, with nearly 12,000 guest rooms under management. The company’s portfolio consists of premium-branded full-service hotels, upscale select-service properties and resorts operating primarily under Marriott, Hilton, Hard Rock and Hyatt brands.
by Tatiana Valenzuela