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HIGHGATE APPOINTS PETE SAMS AS PRESIDENT
"Pete brings an extraordinary track record of unlocking performance, energizing teams, and delivering sustained results across complex portfolios, "said Mahmood Khimji , Co-Chairman and Managing Principal at Highgate. "His dynamic leadership and deep operational expertise will be a catalyst to sharpen our strategic focus, accelerate growth, and elevate the value we deliver to our owners and partners around the world."
"I am honored to step into the role of President of the premier operator in our space," said Sams. "Highgate's mission to build a future-ready organization anchored in operational excellence, guided by strategic foresight, and driven by a relentless focus on value creation is deeply inspiring. I am grateful for the opportunity to bring my experience to this dynamic team. Together with our stakeholders, we will enhance Highgate's role as an industry leader in innovation and trusted partnership."
With 30 years of transformational leadership and best-in-class results, Sams has a proven track record of driving profitability and organizational excellence. Most recently, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Peregrine Hospitality, formerly KSL Resorts, where he led performance management, operational optimization, and strategic direction of a rapidly expanding portfolio of luxury, lifestyle, resort, and select service properties.
Before Peregrine, Sams served as Chief Operating Officer of Davidson Hospitality Group, where he oversaw a portfolio of more than 85 properties and successfully guided the organization through significant growth.
Earlier in his career, Sams served as Executive Vice President, Full-Service Operations at Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Regional Vice President at White Lodging Services, as well as nearly two decades with Omni Hotels, where he began his hospitality journey and ultimately grew to serve numerous key leadership positions including General Manager and Area Director of Finance.
Sams is a proud veteran of the United States Army and is a graduate of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi , where he earned a Bachelor of Science with honors in Finance. He continues to serve the hospitality industry through his contributions on brand advisory boards and as a two-term representative on the AH&LA Board of Directors.
Highgate is an industry-leading hotel management, investment and development company and the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York , Boston , Miami , San Francisco and Honolulu , with a growing footprint in Europe , the Caribbean and Latin America. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.
www.highgate.com.
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