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International experience.
Personal commitment.

Meet Key Management Group

Key Management Group is a multifunctional hospitality and government services management company specializing in the management and marketing of hotels and resorts in the Caribbean, as well as the international management of lodging for the American military.

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Our Companies

One parent company.
Specialist teams with distinct expertise.

PARENT COMPANY

Key Management Group

Key Management Group is a full-service management company founded in the year 2000, with a track record of more than 25 years.

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In servicing our hotels, our Corporate Executives draw from over two-hundred years of combined expert management, development, marketing and culinary leadership experience with some of the finest hospitality companies including: Hilton Worldwide, The Ritz-Carlton, Marriott International, Hyatt Hotels, and Trump Hotels. Coupled with an incomparable level of passion and personalized care, Key continues to deliver superior results to its exclusive portfolio of hotels, resorts, and condo-hotels around the world.

GROUP COMPANY

Key Hotels & Resorts

Key Hotels & Resorts gives independent hotels, boutique resorts, aparthotels and villa collections the commercial capabilities of a major hotel company—without compromising their identity or independence.

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Our senior team works inside each property’s systems and alongside its people, uniting revenue management, digital marketing, distribution and website performance around one objective: stronger, more profitable performance.

We do not simply advise from the sidelines. We become an accountable extension of the hotel team.

About Key Hotels & Resorts
GROUP COMPANY

Red Key Collection

Red Key Collection was formed in 2024 by seasoned hotel professionals with the intention of bringing hotel quality service and expectations to the vacation rental market. Together, we work to elevate the standards of what a Property Management Company can be for both our guests and our property owner partners.

About Red Key Collection

ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 2000

Our history

Key Management Group was founded in the year 2000 and has a 25-plus-year proven track record of advancing RevPAR, RevPAR Index, and overall top-line and bottom-line performance for its portfolio of first-class independent and boutique hotels and resorts all around the world.

In servicing our hotels, our Corporate Executives draw from over two-hundred years of combined expert management, development, marketing and culinary leadership experience with some of the finest hospitality companies including: Hilton Worldwide, The Ritz-Carlton, Marriott International, Hyatt Hotels, and Trump Hotels.

Coupled with an incomparable level of passion and personalized care, Key continues to deliver superior results to its exclusive portfolio of hotels, resorts, and condo-hotels around the world.

Key Hotels and Resorts Corporate Offices
Key Hotels and Resorts Corporate Offices – The Netherlands

OUR VISION

Performance with purpose.
Hospitality with care.

We are a world-class company of hospitality professionals passionately committed to creating exceptional guest experiences, dedicated to the sustained financial performance of our properties, and devoted to the care of our team-members for our portfolio of first-class hotels and resorts.

EXPERIENCED. ENGAGED. ACCOUNTABLE.

Our executive team

Albert Laclé

Albert Laclé

Managing Partner

Albert built his sales and marketing career with training at Intercontinental Hotels, Holiday Inn Corporation and Halloran Hotels. He served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Sands Casino Hotel, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Inter-Hotels Hospitality Services and Executive Director of Marketing at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. He studied marketing at Cornell University, holds a degree in Hotel Management and speaks English, Spanish, Dutch and Papiamento.

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Walter Kohlross

Walter Kohlross

Managing Partner

Walter trained with Hotel-Intercontinental in Geneva and Trust House Forte in London, and spent 16 years developing new properties with Westin Hotels Worldwide. His opening experience included the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg, the Century Plaza tower in Los Angeles and Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, where he served as Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations. His expertise spans hotel operations, food and beverage, new-property planning, business development and budgeting. He speaks English, German and French.

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John Laclé

John Laclé

Managing Director, Key Hotels & Resorts

John brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in hotel operations, sales, revenue and general management across international upscale, luxury, branded and independent hotels. He holds a hospitality degree from Florida State University, an MBA from the University of Miami and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

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Kathy Walker

Kathy Walker

Vice President, Travel and Administration

Kathy brings more than 50 years of experience in hotel convention sales, conference planning and client service. Since joining KMG in 2017, she has overseen travel and administration, supporting lodging for U.S. military and government travelers in Curaçao through contract negotiation and hotel liaison.

Her background includes leading Meeting Concierge since 2008, 23 years in hotel sales leadership with Trump Entertainment Resorts, and an early career with Hyatt.

Nicklaus Lacle

Nicklaus Lacle

Vice President of Revenue Management

Nicklaus grew up in a hotelier family and began his career at the front desk before progressing to revenue management. He brings over 30 years in the hotel industry and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, connecting revenue decisions with guest service, marketing and financial performance.

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Louisa Colgan

Louisa Colgan

Vice President of Operations

Louisa brings over 20 years of experience with hotels, resorts, luxury vacation rentals and managed properties in Curaçao and the Netherlands. From a hotelier family, she combines hospitality operations, owner relationships and attentive guest care with a practical, involved approach to property management.

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