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Team Biographies
Collin D. Urgo – Principal/Senior Vice President, Operations/Marketing
Collin Urgo began his career with Residence Inn by Marriott in 1990 as a member of the opening team at the
Plainview Residence Inn by Marriott, the first extended stay property ever to be converted by Residence Inn, or any
other major hotel chain. Since then he has been a member of, or managed, the conversion or opening of more
than 15 upscale extended stay, select service and focused service hotels for Marriott and Hilton. His experience
with Marriott began in housekeeping and took him through maintenance, meetings / banquets, food service, front
office and sales from 1990 to 1995. After serving as Business Travel Sales Manager on the opening team at the
Gaithersburg Washingtonian Center Marriott in 1992 and serving as a Regional Sales Manager for twenty-five
Courtyard and Fairfield Inn by Marriott hotels in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia from 2003 to 2005, he
joined Urgo Hotels to open the White Plains, New York Residence Inn by Marriott as Director of Sales. Collin
became the General Manager of the White Plains Residence Inn by Marriott in 1999. He was named General
Manager of the Year 2001 for Residence Inn by Marriott’s northeast region and the “Business Person of the Year
2001” for Westchester County, New York while holding that position until 2002, when he became V. P. Operations
for Urgo Hotels. He has spent the better part of his fifteen years in the industry representing high end branded
extended stay, select service and focused service hotels such as Residence Inn, Courtyard, Spring Hill Suites and
Fairfield Inn by Marriott and Homewood Suites and Hilton Garden Inn by Hilton. He is one of the most experienced
executives in the industry when it comes to positioning, marketing, selling and operating these atypical hotels.
Phil Daniel – Senior Vice President, Finance
Phil Daniel worked for Americana Hotels Corporation from 1973 to 1987, holding a variety of positions including
Vice President, Accounting; Director of Financial Services; Northeast Regional Controller, Property Controller, and
Assistant General Manager. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Daniel assisted Americana Hotels Corporation, Americana
Hotels & Realty Corporation, and Bass Enterprises in Ft. Worth, Texas, with the sale and disposition of 36 Hotels,
Resorts and Inns. Since joining Urgo Hotels in 1987, Mr. Daniel has served as Corporate Controller and Chief
Financial Officer for 19 Hotels and several affiliates and partnerships. During that time, he continued to assist
Americana Hotels & Realty Corporation in Boston with the sale of its hotels and liquidation of its Real Estate
Investment Trust. Presently, Mr. Daniel supervises the operations of Urgo Hotels’ managed properties as well as the
financial and accounting administration.
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