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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
Hoaglands promote Sanders to president
Hoagland Properties Inc.,
the parent company owner of
Florence’s Old Town Inn and
River House Inn, announced
the appointment of Craig
Sanders to company president.
Sanders assumes his new
role upon owners Gary and
Loretta Hoagland’s retirement
this month.
“Gary and I are pleased to
announce the promotion of
Craig Sanders to president of
Hoagland Properties Inc.,” said
Loretta
Hoagland.
“The
board’s unanimous vote elected
Craig to this position as well as
to the position of board mem-
ber. Craig has a deep knowl-
edge of the business and will
take over the day-to-day opera-
tions of the corporation.”
Gary Hoagland will retain
his title of chairman of the
company’s board and will
remain in touch on all aspects
of the business.
Loretta Hoagland will con-
tinue as vice president and sec-
retary of the board and retain
her advisory roles.
The Hoaglands are retiring
to the Portland area.
Among Sanders’ many goals
is to continue the properties’
climb in TripAdvisor’s ranks.
In 2013, The Old Town Inn
ranked in the middle of more
than 200 properties on the
Oregon Coast. Today it is regu-
larly in the top 10 and number
one in Florence, and just
received TripAdvisor’s recog-
nition as one of the country’s
top 25 bargain hotels for cus-
tomer satisfaction.
The River House Inn consis-
tently ranks in the top three for
Florence.
Experienced hoteliers, the
Hoaglands bought The River
House Inn and the former
Money Saver Motel (now The
Old Town Inn) in 1999, at a
time when the two properties
were in need of improvement.
Sanders was hired in 2000 as
general contractor and the con-
tinuous improvements in facili-
COURTESY PHOTO
Gary Hoagland, Craig Sanders and Loretta Hoagland
ties and service were begun.
In 2007, Sanders accompa-
nied Gary Hoagland to Salina,
Utah, to size-up a Super 8
Motel for eventual purchase.
“During the trip, Gary men-
tioned needing a general man-
ager in a couple of years,” said
Sanders. “I started reading-up
on the hotel business by getting
college textbooks on hotel
management and operations,
learning operational software
such as payroll and business
accounting, and learning about
human resources, marketing,
risk management and safety
issues.”
“I became Gary and
Loretta’s general manager over
dinner one night in 2008,”
Sanders remembers. “Gary
handed me his office keys and
said,‘We’re going on vacation.
You’re in charge.’”
Sanders led a major renova-
tion of The River House Inn’s
street-side appearance in 2007,
converting its old-style motel
appearance to one of a contem-
porary Craftsman-style inn
complete with a new entryway
and portico, a multi-gabled
roofline, a stone chimney and
pillars; and redesigning the
office, lobby, conference rooms
and adding a breakfast area.
In 2013 Sanders was named
vice president of the company
and led the $750,000 renova-
tion of The Old Town Inn and
The River House Inn.
More than 80 percent of the
work was done by people from
the Florence area. They used
more than a dozen local con-
tractors and sub-contractors,
and purchased the majority of
their materials locally.
As a result of their ongoing
investment in improvements
and maintenance, as well as
their attention to detail and
very competitive pricing,
Hoagland Properties’ two inns
have won local recognition as
clean, comfortable, affordable
places to stay-and as one of the
area’s favorite overnight acco-
mmodations for local people to
recommend to their out-of-
town guests.
“Every day it’s something
different. I like that,” said
Sanders. “Guest relations can
be fun. I like talking with visi-
tors about their trip and helping
them find fun things to do.”
“Gary and Loretta are very
generous and employee-foc-
used. I’ll continue that because
that is the foundation to our
success. We like giving merit-
based raises and bonuses to our
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staff, and sharing from our
financial successes.”
Sanders will continue the
ongoing customer service
training which has resulted in
the staff holding competitions
for cleanest rooms and quickest
turn-arounds.
Housekeepers are rewarded
every time the word “clean”
appears on a guest comment
card. Managers are rewarded
for every TripAdvisor review
that is scored a 4 or higher.
Managers often do not release
a room for use until they per-
sonally inspect it thoroughly,
even to the extent of getting
down on their hands and knees
to check under beds and chairs
and behind dressers and
armoires with a flashlight.
“The staff is very helpful to
guests in recommending places
to eat, shop and find things to
do while in Florence,” adds
Sanders. “They often print
maps, menus and tide charts;
make restaurant reservations;
coordinate dune buggy, horse-
back or airplane rides and
organize golf. They serve like
hotel concierges and research
everything, down to what each
local restaurant has on special
each evening.”
Sanders became a licensed
contractor in 1973. He has also
worked as a scuba dive master,
underwater photographer and
had a dive business in
Brookings, Ore., with wife
Jeanni.
Sanders is an avid golfer and
active member of the Florence
Rotary Club. He heads
Rotary’s annual Cool At The
Coast golf tourney as a
fundraiser for several local
non-profits.
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