Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. "Hotelier's secret: Grace, humility and training". He also serves on the advisory board for the Northern Arizona University School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. He has been on the board of trustees of Gettysburg College since 2006. Personal life įuerstman is married to Susan J. In 2014 he was given the Mondavi Wine & Food Award. He received a Smart Business Award in the Real Estate & Hospitality category in 2013, the same year that he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In addition to being named One to Watch by Virtuoso for their Best of the Best Hotel Awards, Fuerstman was listed on the Haute 100 list in 2011. He was awarded the 2007 Resort Executive of the Year, an award decided by leaders in the industry. Fuerstman has grown Montage Hotels into 5 properties as of 2014, including two in California, one in Utah, one in South Carolina, and one in Hawaii.
It is considered a Forbes 5 star hotel with a 5 star restaurant, as well as being the first to receive a Forbes 5 star spa rating. The price was the highest per-room price paid for a hotel in the United States that year and double the highest price paid in California for the previous year. The hotel was a development of Marriott International who sold its stake in the property to Fuerstman's company, the original developer of the 260-room hotel, for $190 million. This led to the opening of his first hotel, Montage in Laguna Beach in 2002. He described the company as an opportunity to break into the world of luxury hotels which was dominated by Ritz-Carlton and the Four Seasons. įuerstman left the Bellagio in 2000 and formed his own management company, Montage Hotels & Resorts, for the purpose of developing luxury hotels. During his time at the Bellagio, it became the first in Las Vegas to receive AAA Auto Club's five diamond rating. In 1998, Fuerstman was recruited by Steve Wynn to open the Bellagio Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada as the hotel's vice president of hotel operations. He was named the company's General Manager of the Year in 1993, with The Phoenician being named the company's hotel of the year while under his direction. Regis Houston, as well as all of its properties in the state of Arizona. With ITT Sheraton, he was also responsible for its luxury collection properties that included St. He moved on with ITT Sheraton where he was president and managing director of The Phoenician resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition to being on the opening team of Desert Springs, Fuerstman was responsible for opening several other Marriott properties during his tenure.Īfter leaving Marriott International, Fuerstman joined ITT Sheraton at the El Conquistador Resort and Country Club in Tucson, Arizona where he was the resort's general manager. Fuerstman became assistant general manager at one of Marriott's Long Island properties before then moving to Marriott's then flagship property, the Desert Springs in Palm Desert, California. He started as the bell captain at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, California, moving on to manage the front desk, housekeeping, and food and beverage. Montage Hotels & Resorts may also be known as or be related to Montage Hotels & Resorts, Montage Hotels & Resorts LLC, Montage Hotels & Resorts, LLC and Montage Palmetto Bluff.View of the pool at the Montage Hotel in Laguna Beach.įuerstman began his career with the hospitality conglomerate Marriott International, taking a position with the company after graduating from college.
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