PAUL BURKE
Principal and Executive Vice President
Operations

Mr. Burke is a principal and executive vice president with responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and execution of the organizations full service hotels, resorts, convention and conference centers, golf, spa and fine dining operations.  He has a far reaching background in operating first class, group intensive hotels and resorts with extensive periods as both a general manager and a regional operator.

In his professional career, Mr. Burke was president of operations at Interstate Hotels and Resorts where as head of all day-to-day hotel operations for resorts, first-class branded and independent hotels, as well as corporate meeting hotels. Previously, he was area director of operations for Starwood Hotels where he led the operations of a portfolio of Starwood branded hotels throughout the southeastern United States.

He received a B.A. degree in History from Concordia College in New York and an M.B.A in Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a member of the American Hotel & Lodging Education Foundation.