DANBURY, Connecticut—Meyer Jabara Inns assumed administration of the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort, Autograph Assortment, on Lake Kittamaqundi in Columbia, Maryland. The complete-service boutique property has 212 guestrooms and suites; an upscale restaurant and lounge; a rooftop swimming pool; and 14,000 sq. ft of occasion house. Owned and operated by IMH Columbia LLC, the resort is inside strolling distance of the Merriweather Put up Pavillion out of doors live performance venue.
“We’re delighted so as to add the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort to our portfolio,” mentioned Justin Jabara, president, Meyer Jabara Inns. “Because the early Nineteen Nineties, Meyer Jabara Inns has owned and operated a number of belongings in Maryland. Given our background with one of these property, the Merriweather turns into the right complement to our rising portfolio. As an employer of selection inside the hospitality trade, our group will ship impeccable service to friends and top-line income progress to its proprietor.”
David Costello, proprietor of the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort, mentioned he’s thrilled to have Meyer Jabara Inns on the helm.
“For any resort to achieve success, there must be collaboration between possession and administration,” mentioned David Costello, proprietor, Merriweather Lakehouse Resort. “That ingredient was lacking beforehand, and it’s a refreshing ingredient of how they function at Meyer Jabara Inns. As a unified group with a single imaginative and prescient and stellar tradition, MJ will improve the extent of service we offer to our clients and function the resort to the standard requirements that it was constructed for. ”
As a part of its administration initiative, Meyer Jabara Inns has chosen Jeff Candy as basic supervisor. Candy served as vice chairman of operations, basic supervisor, and space managing director with Pyramid International Hospitality; director of operations, government chef, and F&B director for Starwood Inns & Resorts; and proprietor/operator of Candy Household Farms/Stone Barn Kitchen and Catering.
“This can be a lovely boutique resort in a tremendous neighborhood—a lot in order that having the chance to run it introduced me out of retirement,” Candy mentioned.
Current property enhancements embrace a 78-room tower addition and a pair of,000 sq. ft of recent assembly house. Additional enhancements embrace a newly designed foyer with fire, wooden accents, nature scenes, and showings of performances by artists who’ve carried out at Merriweather Put up Pavilion; a 1,200-square-foot penthouse suite; and a lakefront vista.
