DAVID G. HANNA
Managing Director, Hospitality Group

Project Planning | Private Residence Clubs | Hospitality Operations | Property and HOA Management | Private Club Management | Golf Operations

David G. Hanna is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sun Resorts, Inc. He has a 40+ year career in luxury resort property development with experience focused in Private Residence Club structures, second home resort property management, guest hospitality services, homeowners’ association management, and marketing and sales oversight.

Dave brings insight into the preferences and behaviors of Private Residence Club owners, especially in how they access their club ownership benefits. His expertise is especially valuable to entities that are considering new product offerings for the ever-evolving resort marketplace.

Most recently, Mr. Hanna was a Founder of THE TOUR CLUB. Utilizing long-term relationships with the top executive level of THE PGA TOUR, Mr. Hanna was principally responsible for securing an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement to launch a destination club utilizing the branding and logo of The PGA Tour. The Tour Club is primarily focused on a Corporate Membership platform, where those members can build and grow special relationships with their clients by leveraging exclusive access to PGA sponsored events and tournaments Family Memberships are also available. In addition to club housing at renowned resort destinations, Members have playing privileges at private golf courses and Tournament Player Club facilities across the country.

While finalizing the negotiations with THE PGA TOUR, Mr. Hanna understood the necessity for an operator to jump start Club operations and add additional Member benefits to The Tour Club. Mr. Hanna exchanged his rights in the licensing agreement for a passive equity position in Club Holdings, LLC, the second largest destination club in the world. Under Quintess and DUO, Club Holdings has over 600 members, 100 residences at 40 locations around the world, and a real estate portfolio with a current value in excess of $220 Million.

As the owner of Deer Valley Lodging during the 1980’s through the early 1990’s, Mr. Hanna saw the need for a second home alternative that allowed owners to better match their purchase with their expected use of a luxury vacation property. With the launch of The Deer Valley Club in Park City, Utah in 1992, Dave is one of the three development partners that brought the original concept of the Private Residence Club to the resort industry. This successful program opened the doors to the luxury fractional resort industry.

Mr. Hanna was an original founding member of Star Resorts, LLC, now Star Resort Group, where he directed on-site ski and golf oriented fractional resorts and private residence clubs including: the Northstar Club in north Lake Tahoe, CA; the Snowmass Club in Aspen/ Snowmass, CO; the Christie Club at Steamboat Springs, CO; and, The Cottages at National Golf Club at Village of Pinehurst in Southern Pines, NC. Mr. Hanna also serves as a key planner and strategist for Villa Verona, a Private Residence Club at Piazza San Lorenzo, an urban mixed-use commercial and residential development on the famed River Walk in San Antonio, TX.

Prior positions included: Vice President of The World’s Finest Resorts, a luxury fractional exchange and benefits program that was sold to Cendant/ RCI in 2005 and is now operating as The Registry Collection; President and Owner of Deer Valley Lodging from 1981-1994, now known as Deer Valley Lodging/ Premier Resorts, a leading resort condominium management company; and, founder and president of Warm Springs Resort in Sun Valley.

Earlier positions held by Mr. Hanna included those with Village Property Management, a division of the Sun Valley Company; Greater Park City Company Property Management Division; Yosemite Lodge, and; Club 33, Walt Disney’s private club at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Mr. Hanna functioned as the Tournament Director of the Franklin Quest Championship in Deer Valley UT, a Senior PGA Tour tournament from 1988 to 1992.

He holds a Utah real estate broker’s license.