vivre hospitality type private industry hospitality founded 1987 san francisco ca 1 headquarters san francisco california usa key people chip conley founder john pritzker chairman niki leondakis ceo michael j. wisner cfo services hotels hotel management restaurants bars revenue 240 million usd 2009 2 number of employees 2 500 2010 3 website http www.jdvhotels.com joie de vivre hospitality is a hotel and restaurant company based in san francisco california that is the second largest operator of boutique hotels in the united states . 4 contents 1 history 2 hotels 2.1 california 2.2 florida 2.3 illinois 2.4 washington dc 3 external links 4 references history edit the company was founded in 1987 by chip conley 1 then 26 after he became disillusioned with the corporate real estate market 2 years out of stanford business school . 5 conley raised 1 million in 1987 to buy the decrepit phoenix hotel in san francisco s tenderloin neighborhood 6 where he opened the landmark restaurant miss pearl s jam house with joey altman . 7 conley modeled the name after esprit the clothing company then based in san francisco . initially targeting traveling rock bands musicians and filmmakers conley met with travel agents throughout the united states modeled the hotel s concept after rolling stone magazine and offered tour managers free massages to induce them to book their bands stays at the phoenix . 5 8 a popular but not financial success the hotel quickly began to attract nationally known entertainers such as david bowie linda ronstadt and johnny depp even though the hotel was essentially a low budget 1950s era motel . 4 with support from investors conley bought a series of moderately sized often run down buildings which he turned at low cost into boutique hotels in each case creating a different psychographic concept such as new age wellness men s health romance novels new yorker magazine or luxury camping . 9 the phoenix hotel during a party in 2006 the company which had been based entirely in san francisco suffered a substantial downturn after 9 11 and the dot com crash which affected san francisco more than most other hospitality markets . 5 with 22 capital calls from investors and cuts in executive salaries the company survived and rather than closing poorly performing properties or laying off staff took advantage of lower commercial real estate prices to expand throughout california . 10 the company also began to take over and control its hotel restaurants in order to reduce risk . 4 as of 2008 the company owns more than 30 hotels 11 manages 6 others 12 and also operates 18 restaurants all within california . 13 among the most famous is the ventana inn in big sur california . 4 the hotel vitale on san francisco s waterfront is the first new hotel the company built rather than bought from a previous owner . 14 15 the company also expanded into managing hotels and condominium amenities for other owners . 16 hotel carlton one of joie de vivre s boutique hotel in san francisco starting in 2005 with hotel angeleno in los angeles joie de vivre began expansion into southern california and in 2009 opened shorebreak hotel in huntington beach hotel erwin in venice beach and pacific edge hotel in laguna beach . 17 in 2010 a majority stake of joie de vivre was purchased by geolo capital the private equity firm founded by hyatt hotels heir john pritzker . a 150 million fund to acquire additional hotels was established as part of the deal with plans to acquire 300 to 500 million in hotels over a three to five year period . 2 in september 2010 joie de vivre announced gary m. beasley a partner at geolo capital as the interim chief executive officer of joie de vivre . with this appointment founder chip conley became executive chairman and chief creative officer . 18 in 2011 joie de vivre expanded outside of california converting the hotel theodore in scottsdale arizona into the saguaro . 19 the following year in march joie de vivre opened the hotel lincoln in chicago . 20 in october 2011 joie de vivre merged with thompson hotels an international luxury hotel chain based in new york with the two brands operating under a newly created parent company commune hotels & resorts . one of thompson hotels founders stephen brandman was named ceo of the new company . another thompson founder jason pomeranc was named co chairman along with john pritzker . 21 chip conley joie de vivre s founder retained equity in the new company and remained involved as a strategic advisor . 22 the company expanded to hawaii in june 2012 with the coconut waikiki hotel and the seaside hotel waikiki rebranded as the shoreline hotel waikiki in 2013 both in honolulu . 23 24 25 in november 2012 commune appointed niki leondakis previously president and chief operating officer of kimpton hotels & restaurants as chief executive officer of the company . 26 27 in may 2013 commune hotels & resorts announced the launch of tommie a value oriented brand of hotels with the first two hotels planned to debut in 2015 in new york city . 28 in august 2013 john pritzker purchased the rest of commune s stake from jason pomeranc through geolo capital for an undisclosed sum thereby gaining full control of the company . 29 30 in march 2014 the company opened the epiphany hotel in palo alto ca . in 2016 joie de vivre no longer managed the saguaro hotels both scottsdale and palm springs with management turning over to the sydell group . 31 hotels edit as of december 2015 the joie de vivre chain comprises the following 26 hotels 32 california edit 968 park hotel south lake tahoe california avatar hotel santa clara california carmel valley ranch carmel california custom hotel los angeles california galleria park hotel san francisco california hotel avante mountain view california hotel carlton san francisco california hotel del sol san francisco california hotel kabuki san francisco california hotel kabuki hotel rex san francisco california hotel vitale san francisco california monterey tides monterey california pacific edge hotel laguna beach phoenix hotel san francisco california santa cruz dream inn santa cruz california the epiphany palo alto california the laurel inn san francisco california ventana inn & spa big sur california waterfront hotel oakland california wild palms hotel sunnyvale california florida edit the hall miami beach florida illinois edit hotel lincoln chicago illinois the talbot hotel chicago illinois washington dc edit the liaison capital hill washington dc external links edit jdvhotels.com joie de vivre hospitality official website chipconley.com chip conley founder joie de vivre hospitality communehotels.com commune hotels & resorts official website references edit a b hotelier promotes joie de vivre at work play san francisco chronicle july 4 2010 a b hudson kris hyatt heir checks back into hotel industry wall street journal june 7 2010 joie de vivre hotels wins top customer satisfaction ranking for 2010 san francisco chronicle march 17 2011 a b c d george raine 2008 04 27 . joie de vivre finds room to grow . san francisco chronicle . a b c joi de vivre hospitality on the record chip conley . san francisco chronicle . 2005 08 07 . james a. martin 1989 04 09 . phoenix inn is san francisco s funky alternative . los angeles times . tv dinner a conversation with joey altman . cooking with the single guy chef . 2007 11 01 . albert boswijk thomas thijssen ed peelen 2007 . the experience economy . pearson education . isbn 978 90 430 1268 3 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link jennifer reese july 2000 . san francisco s most accommodating fellow . via magazine . the issue when a ceo s sacrifice isn t enough . business week . 2008 01 14 . hotels . joie de vivre hospitality . retrieved 2008 11 22 . hotel partners . joie de vivre hospitality . retrieved 2008 11 22 . restaurants . joie de vivre hospitality . retrieved 2008 11 22 . john heilemann 2007 03 27 . entrepreneur finds suite dreams in hotels joie de vivre s chip conley is building a hospitality empire by rethinking how hotels are designed marketed and sold . business 2.0 . dan levy 2004 12 26 . signs of life in the tourism universe high end hotel vitale set to open as hospitality business picks up in s.f. . san francisco chronicle . jesse hamlin 2007 11 06 . towering work of art . san francisco chronicle . joie de vivre hotels introduces hotel erwin . hospitalitynet.org . june 22 2009 . new ceo for joie de vivre hotel news now sept. 21 2010 corbett peter july 8 2011 . new drinkwater will reflect vibrant spirit of southwest . the arizona republic . 1 chicago tribune march 7 2012 2 hotel news now feb. 21 2012 3 travel pulse oct. 3 2011 june 12 2012 . joie de vivre hotels takes over management of coconut waikiki hotel in honolulu . hospitalitynet jones jay april 2 2013 . hawaii spruced up shoreline waikiki makes its oahu debut . los angeles times . 25 . silverstein stephanie april 8 2013 . joie de vivre rebrands former seaside hotel as the shoreline hotel waikiki . pacific business news brandt nadja november 11 2012 . pritzker hires kimpton s leondakis as commune hotels ceo . bloomberg news frojo renee november 30 2012 . commune is all inn . san francisco business times hudson chris may 28 2013 . get rich less quick . wall street journal brandt nadja august 5 2013 . billionaire pritzker buys rest of commune from his partners . bloomberg businessweek david eisen september 3 2013 . pritzker takes sole ownership of commune after buying out partners . hotel management here s how the saguaro palm springs is changing . retrieved 2016 09 28 . joie de vivre hotels . jdvhotels.com . retrieved 12 december 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title joie de vivre hospitality & oldid 743698982 categories hospitality companies of the united statescompanies based in san franciscoboutique resort chainshidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors list navigation menu personal tools not logged 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