SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 9, 1998 - Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation
(NYSE: CVH) has announced that Ronald Anderson will assume the position
of Spokane Regional Manager, overseeing the operations of 1,309 hotel rooms
in five hotels located in the region. He returns to the Northwest from
Houston, Texas, where he was General Manager of the DoubleTree Hotel at
Allen Center. He brings with him 18 years of hotel general management experience.
Ronald Anderson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hotel and
Restaurant Administration from Washington State University in 1975 then
served for several years in the Hyatt Hotel organization. Prior to becoming
the General Manager in Houston he served ten years as the General Manager
of the 476-room DoubleTree Hotel Lloyd Center, in Portland, Oregon. While
in Portland he helped coordinate the implementation of cooperative operational
and sales efforts among the five area DoubleTree Hotels, formally Red Lion
Hotels. He won a number of awards within the company and was President
of the Oregon Tri County Lodging Association.
Under his leadership the hotel won the 1996 Meeting and Convention Magazine
Gold Key Award to become the first Oregon hotel to receive this recognition.
"We're very excited to have someone of Ron's caliber and experience
take on this role in the Company," said John Taffin, V.P. of Hotel Operations
for Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation. "We're also happy that it enables
him to return home to the Northwest and the quality of life it offers."
Cavanaughs Hospitality Corporation serves the Northwest with 3,756 full
service hotel rooms in 18 hotels,
including 45 restaurants and lounges and 179,900 square feet of meeting
space. In addition, CVH provides entertainment services through GB Select-a-Seat,
a 20-outlet computerized ticket company, and GB Presents, a Broadway and
special event presenting company. CVH also manages 3.1 million square feet
of third party property management, 2,200 residential units, and owns 590,000
square feet of office and retail space.
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