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Basin Street Hospitality Names Two Veteran Managers for Sonoma County’s New Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel Scheduled to Open in October
Greg Knoell Appointed General Manager and Bill Govan to Serve as Assistant General Manager and Director of Sales
WINDSOR, CALIF., Sept. 3, 2008 – Basin Street Hospitality, a division of Basin Street Properties, a prominent Northern California and Northern Nevada real estate investor of commercial and mixed-use properties, named Greg Knoell general manager and Bill Govan assistant general manager and director of sales for the new Hampton Inn & Suites in Windsor, Calif. The 116-room hotel, nestled in the heart of Sonoma County’s wine country, is part of the Hilton family of hotels and will open in October 2008.
“Greg and Bill, both wine country natives, are accomplished hotel executives and have managed other Basin Street hotel locations,” said Tom Birdsall, managing partner of Basin Street Hospitality. “Their management capabilities, extensive hospitality industry backgrounds, and knowledge of the region, will ensure that the new Hampton Inn & Suites upholds the Basin Street Hospitality standard of excellence.”
Knoell was previously the general manager at Basin Street Hospitality’s Holiday Inn Express in Corning, Calif. Prior to that, he served as the general manager for several hotels including the Hilton Garden Inn in Redding, Calif., Holiday Inn in Vallejo Calif., Ramada Inn, in Vallejo, Calif., and Point Marina Inn in Point Richmond, Calif.
Govan joins the Hampton Inn & Suites from Basin Street Hospitality’s Sheraton Sonoma County, in Petaluma, Calif., where he was the operations manager and director of catering. Prior to that, he spent a number of years managing the food and beverage services of leading hotels including serving as the dining room manager at the Madrona Manor in Healdsburg, Calif., the director of food and beverage at the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in Sonoma, Calif., and the food and beverage manager at The Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park.
The Hampton Inn & Suites in Windsor is Basin Street Hospitality’s first new-build hotel. In addition to offering quality room accommodations and conveniences, the hotel features complimentary high-speed wireless Internet throughout the facility, a swimming pool, hot tub and PreCor Fitness Center, as well as guest laundry services and more than 1,300 square feet of meeting room space. The Hampton Inn & Suites is conveniently located across the street from a variety of restaurants, shops and services and just minutes from the award-winning Windsor Town Green, the Charles M. Schultz-Sonoma County Airport and the Healdsburg Plaza. All Basin Street tenants will receive discounts on room rates and meeting spaces.
Basin Street Properties, headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., is one of Northern California’s and Northern Nevada’s prominent developers, investors and managers of commercial properties. Basin Street has become widely recognized for its office, retail and mixed use developments. Founded more than 30 years ago, the company offers a broad range of real estate services, including development, property management, construction management, financial and asset management, and property acquisition and disposition. For more information on Basin Street Properties, please call 775.329.4131 or visit www.basin-street.com.
