The Resort at the Mountain has bounced between new owners three times
inside six months: from Coastal Hotels, to Y Hospitality RATM LLC and now
the newest entry, Stanford Oregon Hotel LLC.

Stanford negotiated the sale on Jan. 8 with Xiaoyan Yan, managing partner of
the previous LLC ownership group.

Yan passed the torch suddenly, citing health issues as the primary reason in
an email to Coni Scott, President of the Mt. Hood Chamber of Commerce.

“It has been an eventful 180 days for all of us,” Yan wrote. “We have tried our
best but failed to meet the expectations of many neighbors ... We apologize,
and will learn from the lesson and try to do better in future.”

Stanford has inserted a new management team, headed by General Manager
Barbara Brunetti and Assistant Manager Tammy Kay Galvin.

Brunetti told The Mountain Times that the goal is to return the Resort back to
Coastal standards.

“We also want to make it a lot better,” Brunetti said. “We want to improve
services.”

Part of getting back to previous standards was restoring the Resort rock sign
on Hwy. 26 at Welches Road.

Even though Stanford will continue its association with Best Western as part
of its Premier Collection, the Best Western blue and gold drape over the rock
has been removed.

Also, an audible sigh of relief may have been heard from Resort employees.
Their positions, except for a few promotions, are intact.

“We’ll certainly evaluate them,” Brunetti said. “But they know what they’re
doing. Many have been here for a long time. They care about the place and
our feeling is we should keep them.”

The Stanford Hotel group has holdings in Oregon, New York and Asia, and is
currently developing a property in California.

The Mountain Times attempted to contact Yan for this story, but failed.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.