Orlando, Florida – January 23, 2006 – Marriott Golf, the world’s largest resort golf management company, today announced that Ron Lewis has been named the Director of Grounds at Cottonwood Hills Golf Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, a new 18-hole golf facility scheduled to open in the spring of 2006.
In this position, Lewis will be responsible for overseeing all grounds maintenance and operations at Cottonwood Hills. A state-of-the-art Nick Faldo designed golf facility, Cottonwood Hills will debut its first 9-holes in spring 2006, with the second 9 scheduled to open in June of 2006.
Lewis comes to Cottonwood Hills from Stone Mountain Golf Club, a 36-hole facility in Atlanta, Georgia, where he most recently served as Director of Grounds. During his tenure there, Stone Mountain received Marriott Golf’s honorary 2003 Financial Management Excellence Award and the 1998 Most Improved Golf Course Award. A 25-year veteran of Marriott, Lewis began his career at the Tan-Tar-A Golf Club in Osage Beach, Missouri.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf currently manages 60 golf courses at 45 facilities in 13 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is currently the largest resort golf operator in the United States. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,600 lodging properties in the United States and 65 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Bulgari, The Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, TownePlace Suites, and Fairfield Inn brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best places to work for by Fortune® magazine. In fiscal year 2004, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $10 billion, and the company had approximately 133,000 employees at year-end 2004. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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