Curator Hotel & Resort Collection (“Curator”) today formally
announced preferred partnerships with six parking vendors,
including AAA, ACE, LAZ, Propark Mobility, SP Plus Corporation, and
Towne Park. These new partnerships provide member hotels with
exceptional valet and parking services and vehicle safety,
delivering an excellent customer service experience. Encompassing
valet parking service and technology, self-parking management and
controls, intercom call support, bellman and doorman service, room
service delivery support, house car, and shuttle service, and
comprehensive mobility solutions for hotel properties, these
parking operators will enhance the Curator guest experience by
providing an extensive range of parking and hospitality solutions
at its properties.
“Travel is back, and we’re ready to welcome guests by offering
new and improved services that enable our hotels to make meaningful
first impressions at arrival and beyond,” said Austin Segal,
Curator’s Vice President. “Nationwide, these parking vendors
represent the highest levels of guest service, innovation, and
value that Curator properties can leverage to provide their guests
with accessible and seamless parking experiences.”
Travelers across Curator Hotel & Resort Collection
properties will experience parking services from the following
preferred partners, including:
AAA (Atlanta, Ga.) – AAA’s reputation in the industry is
unrivaled, mainly since the company has never lost sight of what’s
most important--providing exceptional parking services to guests
while driving value and profit for esteemed partners. AAA pays
attention to details and is always at the forefront of new ways to
provide value to partners. This has allowed AAA Parking to thrive
for over 65 years.
“AAA Parking is pleased to partner with Curator to offer
independent hotels industry-leading service, technology, and
value,” said Kris Bowen, President of AAA Parking. “We pride
ourselves on long-lasting relationships. Our nimble and flexible
approach, focus, and stability allow us to maintain those
relationships. We prioritize improving the arrival and departure
hotel guest experience to enhance the service quality. For over 65
years, we’ve cultivated a stellar reputation by focusing on the
customer, and we’re excited to show Curator guests what we’re
capable of.”
ACE (San Diego, Calif.) – ACE is an innovative parking and
transportation company with over 72 years of experience that has
grown to operate over 750 locations throughout the nation based on
the strength of its reputation for delivering exceptional service.
In 1970, ACE created a separate division, ACE Hospitality, to
specifically focus on unique service and operation solutions to
support world-class hotels. The team of ACE Hospitality
professionals is specifically trained to energize operations with
friendly and attentive team members, identify and capitalize upon
creative revenue opportunities, and leverage sophisticated emerging
technologies to advance the guest experience.
“ACE provides an advantage because of our ONE focus: the
client,” said Mike Tweeten, President of Hospitality. “A long-term
strategic approach allows ACE to take the time to deliver on
client's needs, ensuring a strong foundation and relationship is
built. If we can deliver for clients today, our mutual growth and
success will be assured in the years to come.”
LAZ (Hartford, Conn.) – LAZ Parking is the largest and
fastest-growing privately owned parking operator in the United
States and a pioneer in digital parking technology. Founded in
Hartford, CT, in 1981, with four decades of experience providing
best-in-class parking management and transportation services, LAZ
operates over 1.3 million parking spaces across the country in over
3,450 locations in 38 states and 454 cities. Over the past decade,
LAZ has led the industry with business intelligence, remote
monitoring, eCommerce solutions, and most recently launched its
Proximity On-Demand Services – “LAZ PODS”. Leveraging their
national real estate parking network through connected tech-enabled
solutions, LAZ PODS includes EV charging, micro warehousing,
last-mile logistics, and ghost kitchens. LAZ works across various
industries, including hospitality, commercial, healthcare,
airports, transportation, universities, government, retail, events,
residentials, and shuttle services. LAZ is a people-first,
conscious-capitalist company that believes in elevating humanity
through business.
“LAZ Parking is proud to partner with the Curator Hotel &
Resort Collection and humbled by the trust they have put in us to
provide seamless parking solutions to their valued customers,” said
LAZ Parking President and co-founder Jeff Karp. “Coming out of the
pandemic, we learned a lot about ourselves and how we could better
support our partnerships as we all sorted out the impact it had on
the Hospitality industry. This partnership is an acknowledgment of
our company’s commitment to that goal and our team's dedication and
hard work.”
Propark Mobility (San Francisco, Calif.) – Propark Mobility is
one of the country’s largest privately-owned parking companies,
providing full-service parking and mobility services at over 600
locations in more than 100 cities across the United States. For
nearly forty years, Propark has grown under the leadership of its
co-founders, who expanded the company’s services into a wide
variety of industries, ranging from hospitality and healthcare to
commercial, off-airport locations, and more. Throughout every
industry, Propark understands that the key to exceptional customer
service is finding the right talent and providing them with
comprehensive training. To this end, the company enlists the help
of true customer service experts – former luxury hotel managers –
to train its nationwide team. Through these thorough programs, our
highly skilled parking professionals learn and perfect practices
that elevate the customer experience and ensure guest satisfaction.
Propark’s hospitality offerings also extend to technology-rich
solutions and premium shuttle services. In addition, our
micro-mobility options, including bicycles and scooters, provide a
unique opportunity for guests to explore their chosen destination
and enjoy a one-of-a-kind hotel stay.
“Propark is proud to be a preferred partner of Curator Hotel
& Resort Collection,” said John Schmid, CEO and Chairman of
Propark. “Our drive to deliver a world-class experience matches
Curator’s mission, and we look forward to offering the best
possible service to guests across Curator’s network of unique
hotels. From our leading parking technology to our micro-mobility
programs and beyond, Propark will leverage its distinctive
offerings and decades of hospitality experience to ensure each
guest’s parking experience matches the quality of their hotel
stay.”
SP Plus Corporation (Chicago, Ill.) – SP Plus Corporation (SP+)
facilitates the efficient movement of people, vehicles, and
personal belongings with the goal of enhancing the consumer
experience while improving bottom line results for our clients. SP+
provides technology-driven mobility solutions, professional parking
management, ground transportation, remote baggage check-in and
handling, facility maintenance, security, and event logistics to
aviation, commercial, hospitality, health care, and government
clients across North America.
“SP+ is excited to bring our state-of-the-art Sphere®
technologies and mobility solutions to match the high level of
exemplary service that guests expect to receive during their stay
at a Curator Hotel,” said Philip Ryan Hulsey from the hospitality
services team at SP+. “We strive to create a frictionless,
touch-less parking experience for guests to enjoy from the moment
they arrive at the hotel to the time of their departure.”
Towne Park (Philadelphia, PA) – Towne Park is an industry
leading tech-enabled parking and hospitality solutions provider
serving premier hotels across the country for 35 years. The company
provides a comprehensive range of parking and hospitality solutions
designed to impact the guest experience from arrival through
departure. With a dedication to recruiting, hiring, and training
the best teams, delivering innovative technology solutions, and
success optimizing parking assets and driving new revenue for
clients, this partnership is designed to bring new value to Curator
and each individual members’ unique brand.
“We are thrilled to have been selected as a preferred partner
for the Curator Collection of luxury, boutique hotels,” said Joshua
Miller, Towne Park Senior Vice President National Accounts. “From
providing a warm welcome as guests pull into the drive and safety
taking care of their vehicle, to a one of a kind service experience
inside the doors with our comprehensive range of hospitality
solutions, our commitment is to create smiles by delivering
exceptional experiences. We’re excited to be part of Curator’s
growth and partner to provide a customized and personalized
experience for each distinct Curator property that enhances their
brand and drives unsurpassed guest satisfaction and financial
return.”
For more information on Curator Hotel & Resort Collection,
visit www.CuratorHotelsandResorts.com.
About Curator Hotel & Resort
Collection Curator Hotel & Resort Collection is a
distinct collection of hand-selected small brands and independent
lifestyle hotels and resorts worldwide, founded by Pebblebrook
Hotel Trust and a group of industry-leading hotel operators.
Curator provides lifestyle hotels the power to compete together
while allowing its members the freedom to retain what makes their
hotels unique. It offers the benefits of associating with other
unique lifestyle hotels and brands while participating in
best-in-class operating agreements, services, reporting and
technology. In addition to Pebblebrook, the founding members of
Curator include Davidson Hospitality Group, Noble House Hotels
& Resorts, Provenance, Sage Hospitality Group, Springboard
Hospitality, and Viceroy Hotels & Resorts. For more
information, visit www.curatorhotelsandresorts.com and follow us at
@CuratorHotelCollection.
About Pebblebrook Hotel
Trust Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly
traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the largest owner
of urban and resort lifestyle hotels and resorts in the United
States. The Company owns 54 hotels and resorts, totaling
approximately 13,400 guest rooms across 16 urban and resort
markets. For more information, visit
http://www.pebblebrookhotels.com and follow us at
@PebblebrookPEB.
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