Executives with The Kessler Collection said they see opportunities not only to grow their own portfolio of hotels but to grow new travel destinations across the Southeast U.S.

The company is currently working on a new mixed-use development on a 25-acre plot in Cashiers, North Carolina — a mountain down in rural Jackson County. Mark Kessler, president and chief operating officer, said the company intends to create a leisure travel destination out of whole cloth, including shopping, art spaces, residences, an event pavilion and glamping.

Read full article by Sean McCracken (Hotel News Now)