“We’re delighted so as to add the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort to our portfolio,” mentioned Justin Jabara, President of Meyer Jabara Inns. “Because the early Nineteen Nineties, Meyer Jabara Inns has owned and operated a number of property in Maryland. Given our background with one of these property, the Merriweather turns into the right complement to our rising portfolio. As an employer of selection inside the hospitality trade, our group will ship impeccable service to friends and prime line income development to its proprietor.”

Situated at 10209 Wincopin Circle, the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort represents “all issues Columbia.” The property is massive on sustainability, meshing the pure setting and environmental practices of the resort with the strong enterprise atmosphere of the world.

David Costello, proprietor of the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort, mentioned he’s thrilled to have Meyer Jabara Inns on the helm.

“For any resort to achieve success, there must be collaboration between possession and administration,” Costello mentioned. “That ingredient was lacking beforehand, and it’s a refreshing ingredient of how they function at Meyer Jabara Inns. As a unified group with a single imaginative and prescient and stellar tradition, MJ will improve the extent of service we offer to our clients and function the resort to the standard requirements that it was constructed for. The synergies between our corporations, particularly on the food-and-beverage facet, will be sure that the way forward for this 4.5-star resort stays shiny and worthwhile.”

A ‘Candy’ Match

As a part of its administration initiative, Meyer Jabara Inns has chosen 40-year hospitality trade veteran Jeff Candy as Normal Supervisor. Candy brings to the Merriweather Lakehouse Resort a ardour for visitor service and fostering affiliate engagement, coaching, and profession development. His various hospitality background consists of serving as VP of Operations, Normal Supervisor, and Space Managing Director with Pyramid International Hospitality; Director of Operations, Government Chef, and F&B Director for Starwood Inns & Resorts; and Proprietor/Operator of Candy Household Farms/ Stone Barn Kitchen and Catering. His skill to constantly exceed monetary objectives and visitor service efficiency targets made Candy the precise candidate for the job. 

“This can be a stunning boutique resort in a tremendous group – a lot in order that having the chance to run it introduced me out of retirement,” Candy mentioned. “Working for Meyer Jabara Inns was additionally an incentive to get again within the sport. Not solely do I share their culinary ardour, however I get to reinvent their F&B providing to entice the locals to expertise the resort.”

Latest property enhancements embrace a 78-room tower addition and a couple of,000 sq. toes of latest assembly house. Additional enhancements embrace a newly designed foyer with fire, wooden accents, nature scenes, and showings of performances by artists who’ve graced the stage at close by Merriweather Put up Pavilion; a deluxe 1,200-square-foot penthouse suite; and lakefront vista.