Douglas Horn

A native Houstonian, Douglas Horn, is a 40-year veteran in the Hotel Industry. He currently is the General Manager of the Four Star High Rise Houstonian Estates Condominium located just west of the 610 loop.

Prior to that, Mr. Horn managed the 492 room Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel and had review responsibility as well for the 400 room Marriott Greenspoint. These two assets are owned and operated by Sunstone Hotel Investors, LLC, a hotel company with 75 assets throughout the United States.

Before joining Sunstone, Mr. Horn was Senior Vice-President of operations for Performance Hospitality, a division of Wyndham International Hotels. A nine year employee with the company, Mr. Horn was an integral part of the formation of Patriot American / Gencom Hotels the parent company for Wyndham International today. In his last position he was responsible for 45 hotels nationwide with annual income of over 300 million dollars. In this position he was responsible for the financing of as well as the sale of several assets valued individually up to 60 million. Mr. Horn handled renovations in excess of 25 million on individual projects and over 100 million collectively. Additionally Mr. Horn formed Gencom Advertising, which became part of his division in PHM. This agency was responsible for over 4.5 million in annual placements and was recipient of two Addies and numerous HSMAI awards.

Mr. Horn serves on the board of the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association as a past chair and has chaired TH&LA’s annual Short Course as well as teaching a class in the program. He is also an active member of the Board of the Hotel and Motel Association of Greater Houston and it’s past chair in 2001-02. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Conrad Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management at the University of Houston. He is past Chairman of the Tourism Advisory Council for the Texas Economic Development Office of the Governor of the State of Texas and past Chair of the State of Texas Marketing Committee. Mr. Horn served as Chairman of the Greater Houston and Convention Bureau 2005-07 and still serves on its Executive Committee.

Mr. Horn is twice the recipient of Certificate’s of Recognition / Outstanding Service from the Secretary of State of Texas, from the Honorable Jack Hanna, and has been recognized upon numerous occasions for his service the hotel industry.

Mr. Horn is a graduate from the University of Houston. He is married to Stephanie Haynes and lives in University Oaks.