A native of South Carolina, growing up near Charleston, Mr. Gresham graduated among the top of his class from the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management at the University of South Carolina and is also a graduate of the exclusive Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. As General Manager of The Inn at Dos Brisas, Mr. Gresham will focus on the luxury lodging services offered at the exclusive Relais & Chateaux and Forbes Five Star retreat. The Inn deftly marries the rural pleasures of a stay on a working organic farm and horse ranch while experiencing the exclusive comforts of one of the country’s most service-minded private resorts and fine-dining destinations.
Mr. Gresham’s experiences in the world of luxury travel made him the ideal candidate for the General Manager position at The Inn. While in college, he worked at the Westin Resort and Spa Hilton Head Island which is managed by Starwood Hotels and Resort. He was soon promoted to Resort Manager on Duty, and being just 19 years old, he was the resort’s youngest manager.
Following the completion of his Masters Degree, Gresham went to work for the Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond resort The Lodge at Sea Island as the resort’s Banquet Director and Assistant Food and Beverage Director. During this time, he also began his own consulting business, teaching corporate etiquette and international protocol. He earned license and certification from The Protocol School of Washington in Washington D.C.
All of this was a major step in a career path he had chosen while still a child, but opportunity had other plans in another direction. Mr. Gresham was accepted to study for a Master Graduate Certificate at the world’s first and most prestigious hotel school - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. While attending graduate school there, he further broadened his education, studying both the business practices and design concepts of many of Europe’s most luxurious hotels.
Upon graduation, opportunity and Mr. Gresham, whose plans were to attend the University of Central Florida to earn his PhD in Management Education, had another dramatic meeting. At 24 years of age, he was offered and accepted the position of Assistant General Manager and Director of Operations for Woodlands Inn in Summerville, South Carolina - another Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond property in both the lodging and dining and a resort which is continually recognized as one of the most elite lodging and dining establishments in the world. He was credited for successfully managing the property during the luxury industry’s most difficult years on record and for retaining the star and diamond accreditation.
Mr. Gresham later left that position to go to the University of Central Florida and pursue another passion - that of teaching hospitality management as well as the science and art of the hospitality industry to future hospitality leaders. It is from there he comes to Texas.
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