Bellstar Hotels & Resorts manages destination resorts across Western Canada. Resort locations include Alberta’s Rocky Mountains as well as resorts in British Columbia including at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, in the Okanagan Valley, and on Vancouver Island. Bellstar ensures each managed property maintains its unique individuality, while leveraging key centralized management resources ensuring operating efficiencies, while also benefiting from Bellstar’s corporate mission of exceptional experiences for guests, owners and employees.
Bellstar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aimbridge Hospitality which is the largest third-party hotel management company in North America. The Aimbridge management portfolio is extensive with more than 1,400 upscale, independent, and branded hotels worldwide. Aimbridge partners with globally recognized hospitality brands and focuses on all property types including resorts, luxury and lifestyle hotels.
Executive Team
Robin Cumine
Vice President, Operations & Corporate Development
An achievement-focused and results driven hospitality executive with over 30 years of professional experience. Recently recognized by the Province of Alberta for leadership abilities and contributions to tourism and hospitality as the recipient of the 2017 Travel Alberta Alto Ambassador Award.
Leslie Ducommun
Corporate Controller
Over 12 years specializing in resort strata financials plus 25 years in accounting within a number of different sectors including manufacturing, technology, real estate.
Monica Batt
Director of People & Culture
A designated Human Resources professional with over 8 years of multi-branded property and corporate level experience. Monica is a humanistic leader who stewards, develops, and cultivates strategic plans, collaborations and relationships to advance corporate missions, achieve performance objectives and support progressive workplaces.
candace Dyshlenko
Marketing Manager
A seasoned marketing professional with 17 years’ experience in tourism and hospitality leading multi-faceted marketing campaigns and building strategic plans. Candace excels at collaboration and is a savvy networker and self-starter. She loves to laugh as much as she enjoys learning and achieving objectives.
Land Acknowledgements Across Our Regions
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that Bellstar Hotels & Resorts operates on many ancestral and traditional territories.
In Alberta, we acknowledge the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
In British Columbia, we acknowledge the traditional and unceded territory of the Okanagan Sylix people, the Ktunaxa Nation, Secwepemc Suswap Nations and Métis Nation of BC, as well as Coast Salish Peoples including the territories of the Snaw-Na-Was First Nation and Qualicum First Nation.
Bellstar’s Core Values
Our core values are the fundamental beliefs of our organization. These are the guiding principles to dictate our behaviour. Our core values create an unwavering guide in helping us meet our goal of delivering exceptional experiences.
Act with Integrity
We hold ourselves to rigid ethical and legal standards. In our day-to-day business conduct, in our employee and partnership relationships, and in our social responsibility.
Respect Equality
We believe our employees, guests, and hotel owners are all equal. We believe in the Golden Rule: treat others as we would want to be treated.
Cultivate Distinction
From our employees to our property portfolio we encourage and promote a culture of excellence that is unique and sets us apart within our industry. Our corporate culture is based on this distinction being celebrated.
