PALM COAST, Fla., – Oct. 18, 2004 – Todd McKibben, a 14-year veteran of the golf industry, has been named golf course superintendent at Ocean Hammock Resort, a property managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts.

McKibben is responsible for maintenance and agronomics at Ocean Hammock Golf
Club, an award winning, oceanfront layout designed by Jack Nicklaus. “We are thrilled to have someone with Todd’s knowledge, experience and golf course management background as part of our resort family,” said Gregg Harper, general manager of The Lodge at Ocean Hammock and Ocean Hammock Golf Club.

A 10-year Class-A member of the Superintendent Association of America, McKibben holds a degree in golf course operations from Lake City Community College, Lake City, Fla. McKibben was previously the golf course superintendent at Sunbeam Hills Golf Course, in Jacksonville, Fla. He also has held other golf course superintendent positions, including three years at Ponce de Leon Golf Club, in St. Augustine, Fla., where he worked side-by-side with golf professional Mary Hafeman. McKibben is now reunited with Hafeman, head golf professional at Ocean Hammock GC.

Since opening in 2001, Ocean Hammock GC, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design, has earned the distinction as one of America’s 10 “Best New Upscale” courses open to the public, according to Golf Digest, and has been ranked once again this year among Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 You Can Play.”

Ocean Hammock Resort features access to 90 holes of world-class golf (with other course designs by the likes of Arnold Palmer and Gary Player); 18 tennis courts offering grass, clay and hard surfaces; two swimming pools; easy access to an 80-slip marina on the Intracoastal Waterway, featuring kayaking, fishing, boat and bicycle rentals and nature tours; several dining options; and an array of accommodations, including the intimate 20-room Lodge at Ocean Hammock situated on the Atlantic Ocean, the more casual, 149-room Harborside Inn, and a variety of spacious two and three bedroom condominiums and villas.

For more information on Ocean Hammock Golf Club or Ocean Hammock Resort,
access the website www.oceanhammock.com or call (800) 654-6538.

Ocean Hammock Resort is one of 29 independent, upscale and luxury hotels, resorts and golf clubs in the United States managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. The company, based in Englewood, Colo., features a portfolio of more than 7,500 guest rooms, 17 golf courses and eight full-service spas.

DH&R properties are located in key metropolitan and resort markets including New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Boston, San Diego, Aspen, Phoenix, Jackson Hole, Maui and Lake Tahoe.

Destination Hotels & Resorts also provides consumers with access to a unique collection of lodging properties in the United Kingdom through a sales and marketing alliance with the De Vere Hotel Group PLC. This partnership extends the reach of DH&R to the U.K. with a partner who offers a similar portfolio of distinctive hotels and resorts. For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection or the De
Vere alliance, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.

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Johanna Koch
Hunter Public Relations - West
(831) 375-1747
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