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Beverly
Hills, CA – September 2022 / Newsmaker Alert: Alex
Kirkwood, CEO and Founder of luxury boutique hotel group Kirkwood
Collection, was among the 16 Vistage
Impact Award winners (out of 27,000 CEOs nationwide) invited to participate
in policy briefings with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC
last month. Attendees included business owners that excelled during the
pandemic.
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 “I
was particularly proud to be the only hotelier in attendance to discuss
policies that affect the tourism industry; Giving insight to our lawmakers
was a tremendous honor. It was an enlightening exchange of ideas on the
advancement of the industry,” said Alex
Kirkwood, CEO of Kirkwood Collection.
Kirkwood
was the recipient of the Vistage 2021 Impact Award last year. Vistage
is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for
small and midsize businesses. The Impact Award recognizes the remarkable
development and achievement of trailblazing members with one to three-year
tenure.
Kirkwood
Collection is a family-owned and operated collection of boutique, design-driven
properties that offer a fresh approach to the bespoke Bed & Breakfast.
Alex Kirkwood, former 20th Century Fox Marketing Executive turned Real
Estate Entrepreneur, is the Founder and creative force behind the hotel
brand. Pioneering the convergence of traditional hotels and modern vacation
rental models, Kirkwood pairs services and amenities expected in both verticals
to deliver an authentic, intimate experience. Kirkwood began its portfolio
of boutique hotels in 2012 and has since added six properties to the group
in premier destinations, including Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Palm
Springs and Monterey Bay.
About
Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
Vistage
is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for
small and midsize businesses. For more than 60 years, Vistage has been
helping CEOs, business owners and key executives solve their greatest challenges
through confidential peer groups and one-to-one executive coaching sessions.
Today, more than 23,000 members in 20 countries rely on Vistage to help
make better decisions for their companies, families and communities. The
results prove it: Vistage member companies grow 2.2 times faster than average
small and midsize U.S. businesses, according to a 2017 study of Dun &
Bradstreet data. Learn more at www.Vistage.com.
About
Kirkwood Collection
Kirkwood
Collection is a luxury hotel brand with a portfolio of six intimate,
boutique hotels and residences in iconic California destinations. The Collection
currently has properties in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Rancho Mirage,
Palm Springs and Monterey Bay. Hideaway Santa Barbara, which debuted in
summer 2019, and Blue Sands Inn, in January 2019, are the leading boutique
lodging offerings in both West Beach and East Beach of the American Riviera.
In vibrant Downtown San Luis Obispo, the newly reimagined Garden Street
Inn is the idyllic vision of historic charm, nestled in Central Coast wine
country. 97 Lake Shore offers a glimpse into California’s lakefront living
in Rancho Mirage. The Palm Springs Hotel, a joint-venture property, is
midcentury modern with new-century passion, nodding to the Rat Pack era
of Palm Springs. Seven Gables Inn, the most recent addition to the Kirkwood
Family, sits on a prestigious stretch of the Monterey coastline with 25
keys, all featuring dramatic ocean views. For more information, please
visit www.KirkwoodCollection.com.
Media
Contact:
Jen
Ortega
360ViewPR
for
Kirkwood Collection |
