Trip Riggs has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Omni Hotels & Resorts. Trip will be accountable to President Kurt Alexander. In addition to managing the organization’s accounting and financial operations, Riggs will be a key player in fostering development and performance among the executive leadership group.
Kurt Alexander discussed Trip’s appointment and said that he has a track record of building high-achieving teams that help the company achieve best-in-class results. He joins us with excitement, and we think his experience will help Omni further solidify our distinctive owner-operator-brand position in the market.
After working as Chief Financial Officer and Co-President of Balfour Senior Living in Louisville, Colorado, Trip Riggs joins Omni Hotels & Resorts. He oversaw the new development pipeline and the enterprise’s overall financial performance in this capacity. Riggs’ experience also includes his previous positions as divisional CFO at Stonebridge Companies in development and portfolio management, and as CFO for real estate and hospitality at Vail Resorts.
Trip earned a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management with a concentration in real estate development, finance, and accounting from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. To further demonstrate his dedication to helping others, Trip has chaired the board of Colorado Outward Bound School for more than ten years.
The hiring of Riggs coincides with a critical juncture in Omni Hotels & Resorts’ history of delivering outstanding guest experiences throughout their portfolio of more than fifty unique hotels and resorts across North America. Along with other important members of the executive team, Riggs will use his experience to assist develop Omni’s future growth strategy and will play a significant role in seeing it through to completion.
In the most well-liked vacation and business locations in the United States and Canada, Omni Hotels & Resorts crafts sincere, authentic guest experiences at more than fifty different hotels and resorts. With twenty-eight legendary golf courses—including many short courses—and twenty-five spas that have won awards and are situated in vibrant areas around the country, every Omni resort gladly welcomes guests to experience the authentic essence of their chosen location. Omni provides a lasting impression on every visitor with its distinctive wellness alternatives, personalized service, local color, signature restaurants, and inventive culinary offerings. It also offers a higher degree of recognition and benefits through its Select Guest® loyalty program. Through its Say Goodnight to Hunger campaign, Omni is dedicated to ending hunger and has set out to supply food banks in the communities where it operates with millions of meals annually so that they can feed seniors, families, and children. Omni is committed to providing its colleagues with education and training to help combat human trafficking through its cooperation with Shared Hope International. The official hotel of the PGA of America and the PGA TOUR® is Omni Hotels & Resorts.
