Jeffery Durkin has been appointed as General Manager at Waterfront Hotel, a Joie De Vivre Hotel
In tandem with its revitalized look, Waterfront Hotel welcomes General Manager Jeffery Durkin, who brings more than 25 years of diverse hospitality management experience to the role. Leading with a hands-on approach to hospitality, Durkin will lead the property's implementation of elevating guest service standards and manage various departments and hotel staff.
Prior to joining the Waterfront Hotel team, Durkin served as general manager at The Lauren Inn, another distinctive Joie de Vivre property in San Francisco—where he headed the 49-room boutique hotel through a $3.1 million renovation in 2017. A veteran hospitality professional, Durkin also served as general manager for a number of top-tier boutique properties in Northern California including Larkspur Landing properties in Milpitas, Pleasanton, Campbell, and Sunnyvale; as well as Hilton Sonoma Wine Country and Ultima Hospitality's Holiday Inn Express in Mill Valley.
With a focus on guest touchpoints, Durkin strives to enhance transient guests' itineraries with localized packages that highlight Oakland's lively restaurants, urban breweries, wineries, and diverse arts and culture scene. This includes amenities such as the Urban Wine Trail Package, through which Waterfront Hotel guests are welcomed with a bottle of local Oakland wine to be enjoyed with the self-led wine tour through Jack London Square's favorite urban wineries housed in renovated warehouse spaces.