Below are select highlights and accolades for a few of the hotels, restaurants, food establishments, and companies our leaders played a central role in developing, repositioning, managing, and improving. Of course all great accomplishments take a team. MORGAN + SCHOEN has been able to work with some of the best in their fields which enabled us to create many success stories. As such we want to acknowledge the immense help of our vast network of hospitality partners, employees, and resources that made each of these accomplishments possible. Without your teamwork none of this would have been possible.
Hotel Terra Jackson Hole
MORGAN + SCHOEN played integral roles in the design, permitting, construction, and management of this 132 room eco-luxe condo-hotel. One of the first LEED Certified hotels in the United States. MORGAN + SCHOEN oversaw the entire “greening” process to ensure it was not only built sustainably but operated in that fashion as well. Hotel Terra also catalyzed the creation of Terra Resort Group (later MetWest Terra Hospitality), the management company which Ashley Morgan and Ryan Schoen were founding partners.
[Eco Structure] Hotel Terra Brings Eco-Chic To The Mountains
[Travel + Leisure] #7 Best Resort in the Continental United States
[Conde Nast] #8 Top Twenty Hotels in the West
[Business Insider] #29 50 Best Hotels in America
Terra Resort Group
The two founding partners of MORGAN + SCHOEN also founded Terra Resort Group (now Metwest Terra Hospitality) with four other hospitality partners. Each brought their own unique expertise to the company and the company grew from managing a single resort in Jackson Hole to the management and asset management of eleven hotels across the United States. Majority interest in the entity was acquired by Metwest Ventures and now MORGAN + SCHOEN maintain a passive ownership interest in the entity.
[Hotel Interactive] Terra Resort Group Assumes Management of Topnotch Resort
and Spa, in Stowe, Vermont
Casa Madrona
MORGAN + SCHOEN while with Terra Resort Group took over the redevelopment and daily management of Casa Madrona. The dilapidated property in a prime location in Sausalito was purchased at an FDIC administered foreclosure auction. After a complete redevelopment, significant capital investment, service enhancements, and repositioning, the property is now, once again, an iconic destination just over the Golden Gate Bridge.
[Marinscope] Changes Continue for the Casa Madrona
[CNBC] They Livin’ It Up At This Hotel California
[Forbes] For $25,000 A Night Take Over Sausalito’s Luxe Mansion at Casa Madrona
[Fortune] The $10,000 Suite For Silicon Valley Elite
Dean & DeLuca
Ryan Schoen, served as Vice President with Leslie Rudd Investment Company, a private equity company based in Wichita, KS and Napa, CA. LRIco owns and manages significant holdings in diverse asset classes including well known wineries, restaurants, spirit producers, retail operations, alcohol distribution, real estate, and securities. Schoen focused much of his efforts on the redesign, operational enhancements and improvement of one of LRIco’s largest holdings, Dean & Deluca, the international luxury grocer. This eventually resulted in the enhancement and sale to its Thai Licensee for over $140MM.
[Wall Street Journal] Thai Property Developer to Buy Dean & DeLuca for $140 Million
waterSHED Exchange
Ryan Schoen, founded the waterSHED Exchange in Boston, MA. An online food-tech startup focused on the sale of local, sustainable groceries in the Boston area. Although the startup did not achieve enough viable market share to warrant continued investment we learned a lot from this “failure.” As such it is important to note in our “experience.” We feel strongly that you must learn from your failures in order to not repeat them. As such this venture influences our decision process and strategic execution every day.