Since joining Urgo Hotels in August of 1998, Kevin Urgo has been actively involved in all aspects of the company's development and management activities.  Mr. Urgo's primary focus is the oversight of the company's acquisition, development, strategic planning and corporate and project financing activities.

Prior to joining Urgo Hotels, Mr. Urgo was Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with Sunburst Hospitality Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange company and a spin-off company of Choice Hotels International and Manor Care, Inc.  While at Sunburst Hospitality and its predecessors since 1995, Mr. Urgo was responsible for the company's acquisition and development activities in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, which included the active involvement and oversight of more than 25 hotel acquisitions and development projects.

Prior to joining Sunburst Hospitality, Mr. Urgo worked as a consultant with Arthur Consulting Group International, acting as advisor to several institutional groups, various domestic and international governmental organizations and private developers including, among others, Hyatt Corporation, Choice Hotels International, Industria Nacional Hotelera, the World Bank, Organization of American States, the City of Oakland, CA and the City of Quincy, MA.  While with Arthur Consulting Group, Mr. Urgo conducted hotel and restaurant market and feasibility studies, appraisals and economic impact studies, as well as tourism area development studies and strategic planning assignments.  Prior to his tenure with Arthur Consulting Group International, Mr. Urgo worked for various financial institutions.