Gary Avigne

Core Competencies

Oversight of hotel acquisitions and dispositions | Identification and negotiation of third party hotel management agreements | Property assessments | Management of budgets and financial plans | New development, renovation planning, and execution | Market re-positioning | Maintenance of statistical and financial records | Setting and achieving sales and profit targets | Analysis of sales and marketing statistics | Devising marketing and revenue management strategies for superior market penetration | Recruitment, training and management of leadership teams | Labor union negotiations | Negotiation of third–party partnerships and vendor contracts | Assure compliance with licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory regulations | Expert testimony and litigation support | Strategic Planning 

Professional Project Highlights 

• Surpassed revenue and profit target goals for Sundance Resort through expert asset management and advisory services.   Re-positioned this iconic resort for sustainability for the next ownership generation.
• Re-positioned the Woodstock Resort Corporation and the venerable Woodstock Inn and Resort for the benefit of the estate of Laurence Rockefeller.
• Created a new business plan and renovation plan for the Lord Jeffery Inn at Amherst College, creating a new future for this iconic New England inn.
• Operating partner with local developer for the historic restoration and opening of The Hotel Providence in Providence RI.
• Negotiated the purchase of and financing for the Providence Biltmore Hotel in Providence RI.
• Successfully helped deliver a Tax Stabilization Agreement for the Providence Biltmore, negotiated a new and reasonable Collective Bargaining Agreement, and created and implemented a major renovation plan.
• Secured the land and created all of the underlying plans for the development of a new Residence Inn by Marriott on Route 128 in Burlington, MA.
• Created a platform for the sale of the Marriott Hotel in Peabody, MA for its private owner.
• Opened the Hampton Inn in Chicopee, MA.
• Created the renovation plan and re-opening business plan for the Mountain View Grand Hotel in Whitefield, MA.
• Acted as managing director for the transition of the Sheraton Hotel in NYC to the Omni International Hotel.

Professional Experience

• Pinnacle Advisory Group, Boston, MA
  • Director / Senior Advisor | 2008 – Present
• Marriott Hotel, Republic of Armenia
  • Asset Manager | 1998 – Present
• CM Communications, Boston, MA
  • Asset Manager / Senior Advisor |Present
• Waterford Hotel Group, Waterford, CT
  • Vice-President, Acquisitions and Development l 2014 – June 2020
• Finard Coventry Hotel Management, Boston, MA
  • Founding Partner | 2009-2014
• Woodstock Resort Corporation, Woodstock, VT
  • Chief Operating Officer | 2006 – 2010
• Coventry Hotel Associates, Inc., Barrington, RI Management Company and Independent Hotel Consultant | 1990 – 2009
  • DCM Hospitality Inc., Boston, MA President | 1986 to 1990
• Omni (Dunfey) Hotel Corporation, Hampton, New Hampshire
  • Corporate Director of Management Services | 1975 to 1986