OUR HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
Resort properties have symbiotic lives of high season prosperity and low season
struggle. Gemini Resorts Management, with decades of seasonal experience, brings
profitable balance to these peaks and lulls. Their veteran insight smooths these
fluctuations into well-timed transitions. Founded in 2006, Gemini is a joint venture
with KSL Resorts. This union provides the national sales and marketing strength
of KSL with the unparalleled expertise of Gemini, noted for its ability to create
and maintain distinctive identities for smaller properties.
Gemini’s strength lies in crafting each client’s dreams into a unique property brand,
then implementing necessary legal, financial, operational and marketing elements.
Once the project is completed, a property’s success and reputation is maintained
through meticulous and customized resort management. Gemini excels at employing
personnel with the same passion for what they do; staff who accept authority and
responsibility on behalf of guests and owners.
PHILOSOPHY
Gemini strives to insightfully advise an owner in discovering an unparalleled niche
for his property, whether in the planning stages or in a previously failing venture.
Rather than having a Gemini brand, they seek to enhance the distinctive qualities
of an individual property and use these assets to unify its development. Innovation
in difficult situations to create balance and success is what they thrive on.
THE GEMINI MOTTO
THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE TEAM
Years of exceptional resort management unite in a diversified Gemini team, providing
an optimal management resource. When not working, they share a common passion for
family and the alpine environment in which they live.
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Stan Cope, President
Stan has amassed 35 years of knowledge about managing the tremendous occupancy demands
and fluctuations of seasonal resort properties. He knows that summer and winter
require different approaches and cannot be marketed or managed in the same fashion.
Stan’s forte lies in guiding resorts in defining uncommon niches, and in managing
them through fruition into reputable properties with longevity and returning guests.
He has led the redevelopment of the struggling Vail Mountain lodge and Spa to financial
success. He is currently assisting the Sixth Street Station development in Crested
Butte through the planning and the entitlement process. Stan is also advising the
new Solaris Project in Vail through pre-development and development stages in preparation
for a smooth opening in 2010. Stan takes pride in placing the right people in the
right roles to create the ultimate resort product: personal guest service.
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Frank Johnson, Marketing Director
In Frank’s three decades of marketing experience, he has been the president of the
Vail Valley Tourism and Convention Bureau, the National Sales Manager for Marriott
Corporation in Washington, D. C., and Director of Marketing for the Marriott City
Center in Denver, Co. He has also been the General Manager of the Vail Mountain
Lodge and Spa, Doubletree Resort Hotel in Vail, Vail Racquet Club Condominiums,
and the Grand Aspen and Aspen Meadows Hotels in Aspen. As a consultant, coach, and
facilitator, Frank has worked with resort communities across Colorado to establish
public-private marketing alliances, strategic planning, and cultural assessments
for Destination Marketing Organizations. This breadth of experience in hospitality
and resort marketing has given Frank the knowledge to apply the best thinking and
creativity to utilize all aspects of a property. Frank’s strength lies in creating
individualized marketing tailored to meet a property’s financial plan.
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Bruce Gillie, Business Management Director
Bruce brings international experience in development and operational expertise at
Gemini. He has worked in development for Pinnacle Resort Systems in Cabo San Lucas
and La Paz, Mexico, as well as projects in Europe (Czech Republic, Russia, and Italy),
and he understands the intricacies of international business. His passion lies in
finding the right combination of uncommon location, expanding markets, and local
talent to meld them into a superior resort experience for the guest. He has managed
the day-to-day operation of both hotel and condominium projects as well as held
executive positions in the airline, ground transportation, and internet sales industries.
He has been the General Manager of the slope-side Tivoli Lodge in Vail, and Manager
of Central Reservations/cost Analyst for Beaver Creek Resort.
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