What’s in a name? For our new hotel in the heart of Spartanburg, South Carolina, it’s the draw of history. The future of hospitality. A sense of place defined by yesterday, designed for tomorrow. It’s The Morgan Hotel, OTO Development’s first property within the Curio Collection by Hilton. Full Story
Kevin DeMark has spent the past two decades designing, developing, building, and maintaining OTO’s hotels — but his tenure with The Johnson Group goes all the way back to the company’s Extended Stay America days. While celebrating his 20th Workiversary, we asked him to reflect on his long career. Full Story
Marriott recently recognized OTO Development with the 2026 CONNECT Award for Best Collaborator and inducted the company into the Partnership Circle Hall of Fame. Full Story
Lumina on Wrightsville Beach, a Holiday Inn Resort, has earned IHG’s highest honor. The Torchbearer Award celebrates excellence in every aspect of operations, from quality to performance to customer satisfaction. It honors the best of the best as measured by guests — the most important metric of all. Full Story
Diana Gonzalez is the Energizer Bunny of sales, powering her hotel to extraordinary performance as she keeps going, and going, and going. This dynamic DOS charged ahead to dominate her market last year; she generated industry-leading metrics and, along the way, earned the ELITE President’s Award for Sales Excellence. Full Story
OTO Development has acquired The Beachcomber in St. Pete Beach, Florida, adding a popular Gulf Coast resort to the hotelier’s leisure portfolio. Full Story
What’s our favorite TED Talk? The one where we tell you about Ted Fleurimond! He is the General Manager at Hyatt Place National Harbor and, as one of the brand’s highest performers, he was recently recognized as the Hyatt Essential Brands GM of the Year. Full Story
Anita Lopez is “walking a little taller” since receiving the Corry Oakes Leadership Award. It’s both humbling and an honor, she says, to follow in such big footsteps. A celebration of strong leadership in action, the award carries on the legacy of OTO’s late co-founder and CEO. Full Story
Tempo by Hilton has opened in Downtown Washington DC. A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the culmination of a thoughtfully designed office-to-hotel conversion, making the most of a prime K Street location while bringing Hilton’s vibrant lifestyle flag to the heart of DC’s business district. Full Story
U.S. News & World Report has released its 16th annual ranking of Best Hotels, and three OTO properties made the prestigious list of Best by Brand: AC Hotel Washington DC, #4 in the United States and #13 in the world; SpringHill Suites Mission Valley, #20 in the world; and Hampton Inn Times Square Central, #23 in the world. Full Story
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