KSL Resorts has taken over the day-to-day management of five independent boutique hotels in San Luis Obispo County, along California’s central coast: Avila Lighthouse Suites in Avila Beach, Pismo Lighthouse Suites and Shore Cliff Hotel in Pismo Beach and Paso Robles Inn and The Piccolo in Paso Robles. Previously operated by Martin Resorts, the five properties add 346 rooms to KSL Resorts’ management portfolio.
“As we continue our strategic growth along the Central Coast of California, building upon our recent success in Pismo Beach, we are thrilled to welcome the Martin Resorts portfolio to KSL Resorts,” KSL Resorts President & CEO Scott Dalecio said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing the exceptional level of service and hospitality these hotels are so well known for and stewarding the legacy that Martin Resorts has built over the last 23 years.”
According to Dalecio, KSL Resorts will focus on unique programming and activation strategies for each property, leveraging their distinct character and personalities. “The Martin Resorts properties all glide perfectly into our portfolio," he said. "Like many of the other world-class resorts in our collection, each of these welcoming properties has much to offer its guests from proximity to hiking trails to ocean views to access to the area’s top wineries."
Since 2005 Noreen Martin has led Martin Resorts, founded by her late husband Tom Martin in 1999, as president and CEO. She will remain close to the portfolio as a member of the KSL Resorts’ advisory board.
With the addition of these five properties, KSL Resorts now operates six properties in California’s Central Coast. The company took over the management of the oceanfront Vespera Resort on Pismo Beach, an Autograph Collection resort, in 2021.