Dan Evans
Senior Vice President
devansdevans@rimcorp.com

 Dan serves as Senior Vice President of Operations for Rim Hospitality. Dan joined Rim in January of 2002 As Area Manager and opening General Manager of the four star Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa California. Dan’s double duty continued in June of 2003 when he took over the fledgling Sheraton Sonoma County/Petaluma. By the end of 2004 the Sheraton was transformed into the top award winner for all Starwood Hotels in the Western United States and Canada. Dan’s regional responsibilities have grown and he currently has oversight of 14 hotels in three states. 

Dan’s career started in 1973 where he worked for the elegant Mirabeau Restaurant in Seattle, Washington. In 1976 Dan joined Red Lion Inns. Between 1976 and 1986 Dan held various management positions including Director of Operations for the 448 room Red Lion Inn/Sacramento and General Manager of the 4 diamond Red Lion Inn/ Redding California.

In 1986 Dan joined G&M Investments out of Seattle. In his eight years with G&M Dan was Vice President/General Manager of the 50 acre Oasis Water Resort/Villa Hotel in Palm Springs, California. The 180 two bedroom villas ran the top revpar index in the comp set for seven straight years. The luxury water park averaged 225,000 annual visitors and the 20,000 square foot health club serviced over 2,000 local members. During this time Dan also served as President of the Oasis Homeowners Association.

 In 1994 Dan joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Over the next eight years Starwood grew from 17 hotels to over 800. During those years Dan was hand picked by Starwood President, Ted Darnall, to lead seven transition teams in five different states. In 1996 Dan’s transition team in Palm Desert, California received the prestigious “Acquisition of the Year Award”. Aside from Dan’s corporate responsibilities he also served as General Manager of four hotels with his last assignment being the General Manager of 430 room Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This property enjoyed annual revenues of over $30,000,000 with 45% of that revenue generated from an outstanding food and beverage operation.

 During Dan’s 34 year career he has gained valuable insight and experience in Hotel Operations, Sales & Marketing, Food & Beverage, Labor Negotiations, Revenue Management, Transitions & Openings, Owner Relations and New Construction.