Suzie Yang has been appointed General Manager at Lake Nona Wave Hotel in Orlando
Tom Luersen, president of CoralTree Hospitality, recently announced that Suzie Yang has been hired as the general manager of the new Lake Nona Wave Hotel. The 234-room luxury lifestyle hotel, located in the vibrant Lake Nona Town Center in Orlando, Florida, is scheduled to open this fall.
Yang brings nearly three decades of hospitality management and leadership to her role at The Wave Hotel. She rejoins the CoralTree team after overseeing the asset management for six hotels in Arizona, California and Washington, D.C. Prior to her role as an asset manager, Yang was the area general manager of several CoralTree properties in the Bay Area including Galleria Park and Hotel Del Sol. Yang's leadership and operational standards helped Galleria Park Hotel make the Condé Nast Readers' Choice list in 2019 as well as rise to the No. 1 hotel in the Joie de Vivre brand for achieving top revenue performance standards in 2018. Her experience in California also includes leading the team at the Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection, as general manager and she held the same position for the W San Diego where she oversaw a multimillion dollar renovation. Yang also has proven success in driving business travel having grown market share at the W Hotel Silicon Valley by more than 12 percent year over year. She played a key role for Larkspur Hotel and Restaurants during the mid-2000s operating both independent and branded hotels in the San Francisco area. She was general manager of the Larkspur Hotel Union Square, area general manager for the Larkspur Landing and regional director of operations and complex general manager for the Hilton Garden Inn-South. Yang's early career provided her with an opportunity to hone her skills as an operations leader with several property and area director of operations positions. Yang has been recognized by numerous hotel companies and industry organizations for her work. In 2019, she received the Hotel Hero Lifetime Achievement Hotel Executive Award from the Hotel Council of San Francisco. While working for Starwood Hotels, she received several honors including the Most Innovative Hotel - West Region award in 2010. She also receive the Area Operations Manager of the Year award when working for Homestead Studio Suites Hotels. She's been an active member of her community giving back to both nonprofit organizations and industry groups. Yang was a board member of the Hotel Council and committee chair of the Woman's Leadership Group and Young Professionals. She was an active member of the San Francisco Chamber and actively supported the Union Square Association and Korean American Communication Association while in the Bay Area. Yang is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. She is relocating to Florida where she is excited to join the Lake Nona community as she will be residing there. She is a yoga enthusiast so thrilled to get immersed in all the wellness activities that the community offers.
