Denver's Destination Hotels & Resorts Beefs Up Management Portfolio, Adds Former Phoenix Hilton

Most people who stay at hotels will never know it, but Denver-based Destination Hotels & Resorts manages some of the premier hotels in the nation.

The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, L’Auberge Del Mart Resort and Spa in Del Mar, Calif., The Argent Hotel in San Francisco, and the Royal Palms Hotel & Casitas in Phoenix, are a few of the 22 properties worth more than $1 billion in DH&R’s portfolio. DH&R is a subsidiary of Lowe Enterprises Inc., and is considered the largest independent hotel management company in the country.

The latest entry in the company’s stable of properties is the 640 all-suite Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix. Unlike most of its other hotels, DH&R doesn’t have an ownership position in Pointe South, which is part of a new strategy by the company to diversify beyond ownership and development of hotels, DH&R spokeswoman Sally Cooper told GlobeSt.com. Pointe South previously operated under the Hilton brand.