MIAMI— Marriott International has assumed management of the Doral Golf Resort & Spa here. The 692-room property will officially be named the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort. CNL Hotels & Resorts Inc., a major hotel real estate investment trust, acquired the resort from KSL Recreation Corp. in April 2004. CNL said it plans to invest more than $40 million over the next three years in capital improvements and expects to add a number of enhancements, including additional meeting space. Frank Garahan, a 25-year Marriott veteran and most recently general manager of Marriott’s Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA, has been appointed general manager of the resort. Situated on 650 acres, the Doral Golf Resort & Spa features five golf courses; 90,000 square feet of meeting space; five restaurants; the Jim McLean Golf School and the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center. The resort also has the Blue Lagoon water recreation park with a 125-foot slide, waterfalls, cabanas, beach and boardwalk, and Camp Doral for children. Marriott Golf, the company’s golf management division, will take over management of the golf operations at Doral.
