Paul Eckert

As Senior Vice President, Operations, Paul is deployed to specifically focus on leading and optimizing performance across our growing portfolio of KSL-owned assets. Paul joined Davidson most recently from Aimbridge Hospitality (formerly Interstate Hotels & Resorts), where he served as a Vice President of Operations for three years, most recently assigned to Evolution where he carried a substantial portfolio of assets leveraging his expertise in supporting both development efforts and operational excellence in resorts, lifestyle, and independent hotels. Previous to his appointment to above property leadership at then Interstate, Paul spent nearly three years excelling with White Lodging. Amongst his assignments, he was the opening Dual General Manager for the high profile Le Meridien Denver Downtown and AC Hotel Denver, which featured Corinne Restaurant and the 54thirty Rooftop. Paul’s hospitality career was primarily forged during a highly decorated 15-year career at Omni Hotels & Resorts. His roles at Omni culminated in his appointment to Vice President, Special Projects where he oversaw brand standards, provided spa operation leadership, and was highly engaged in the development of several high-profile projects to include The Omni Frisco Hotel, The Omni Louisville Hotel, and The Omni Atlanta Braves Hotel. Paul served as General Manager of several important Omni Hotels during his tenure, to include serving as GM at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, where he oversaw the complete renovation and reinvention of this iconic and complex Resort. He is also no stranger to the KSL network as during Paul’s tenure at Omni he served as Managing Director of the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia, a property once owned by KSL. Paul elevated resort activation and programming which led to this property obtaining record level guest satisfaction scores, double digit market index gains, and ultimately exceeded proforma.