Curley Named GM of Westin Denver International Airport

Denver, CO…March 16, 2015…Tom Curley has been named as General Manager of The Westin Denver International Airport.   Curley comes to the hotel from The Westin Denver Downtown, where he has served for the past 12 years as General Manager. Curley will continue to serve as Area Managing Director for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Colorado overseeing Westin, Sheraton and St. Regis brand hotels.  Curley serves as a board member for Visit Denver and has chaired the Convention Committee as well as serves as a board member for the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association.

“We were delighted that Tom has been named GM for The Westin Denver International Airport,” said Denver International Airport CEO Kim Day.  “He is a well-respected professional, a wonderful community partner and we look forward to working with him in his new position.”

Curley came to Denver from the Radisson Resort and Spa in Scottsdale where he served for four years as General Manager and Area Managing Director. At that time he was appointed by the Scottsdale Mayor and City Council to the Tourism Development Commission.  He also served on the Executive Committee of the Arizona Tourism Alliance, the Board of Directors of the Valley Hotel Resort Association, and the Board of Directors for Scottsdale CVB.  During his time in Scottsdale, Curley had area responsibility for six properties in the Phoenix metropolitan area as well as Sedona, AZ., with a portfolio that included Radisson, Hilton, Sheraton, Crown Plaza, Residence Inn by Marriott and Homewood Suites brands.

Previously, Curley served for 26 years with Starwood Hotels and Resorts (the ITT Sheraton Corporation) in various management positions in Phoenix, AZ; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA

Curley graduated from Villanova University, Villanova, PA with a B.A. in Social Sciences. He attended Duke University Fuqua School of Business Executive Education Program.

The Westin Denver International Airport: Scheduled to open in Q4 of 2015, the 433,000 square foot, 14-story Westin is a modern, convenient destination for both business and leisure travelers at Denver International Airport (DEN). The hotel is part of the new Hotel and Transit Center, which also comprises an outdoor plaza and a public transit center with rail service to downtown Denve

Each of the 519 guest rooms, including 35 suites, offers the ultimate in comfort and technology, plus floor-to-ceiling windows with sweeping views of the Rocky Mountains and/or Colorado’s High Plains. Contemporary accommodations provide guests with thoughtful, distinctive amenities such as Westin’s signature Heavenly® Bed and Heavenly® Bath. The 37,000 square-foot conference center will feature a Grand ballroom and a junior ballroom, both divisible by two as well as 15 meeting/board rooms of varying sizes and spectacular pre-function space providing 19 meeting rooms in total when the ballrooms are divided.  The meeting space also boasts a 10,000 square foot pre-function area that showcases a panoramic three-story floor to ceiling glass curtain wall that is approximately 100 ft. wide, making meeting space truly unique compared to other meeting space in hotels.

With a sleek design by Gensler, including stunning glass curtain walls, the hotel boasts a range of world-class amenities. Reinvigorate in the WestinWORKOUT® Fitness Studio, and refresh in the 11^th floor indoor swimming pool overlooking the iconic tent roof of the DIA terminal while the pool and hot tub overlook the Colorado landscape, airfields, downtown, and the Rocky Mountain Front Range. Multiple dining venues will serve a variety of cuisines and SuperFoodsRx™ options.

  

The RTD East Rail, opening in spring 2016, will provide passengers and hotel guests a way to travel between DIA and downtown Denver in just 35 minutes.  Guests however won’t have to go downtown as the hotel will sit adjacent to the new open-air public plaza. The plaza will be a great connector between the hotel, terminal and train station. It will be a place where travelers can relax and enjoy public events such as small concerts, farmers markets and/or arts programs which will be programmed throughout the year. 

Denver International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in the United States with 53 million passengers traveling through the airport each year. DIA is the primary economic engine for the state of Colorado, generating more than $26 billion annually for the state and supporting 188,338 jobs.