Sal Abaunza This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. www.mandarinoriental.com

   www.mandarinoriental.com/about - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/21/2008   Last Visited: 6/11/2008

   Sal Abaunza, general manager of the hotel and the driving force behind the innovative design comments, "It's part of our dedicated and long-term commitment to great dining at Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco.

2. 2. www.mandarin-oriental.com

   www.mandarin-oriental.com/abou - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/20/2005   Last Visited: 6/19/2008

   Sal Abaunza, general manager of the hotel and the driving force behind the innovative design comments, "It's part of our dedicated and long-term commitment to great dining at Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco.

3. 3. Accommodations await / Hotels spruce up, expand to meet growing demand of business clients

   www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/26/2006   Last Visited: 1/26/2006

   The hotel is staying open during the $4.2 million makeover, which started last month and will be completed in May, according to general manager Sal Abaunza.
   
   Abaunza hired Brad Lubin, who had long designed stage sets for the American Conservatory Theatre, to remake Silks.
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   These and other changes are designed to "meet or exceed" standards at the 4-year-old Four Seasons and new St. Regis luxury hotels, Abaunza said.
   
   Mandarin Oriental will also redo its lobby and guest rooms, which are getting rich new fabrics in vibrant colors to replace slightly dated and faded fabrics. There is an iPod dock on each bedstead and a big flat-screen plasma TV on a swivel stand.
   
   Abaunza attributes the hotel's revival in part to the regeneration of the surrounding area in the years after the Loma Prieta earthquake.
   
   "There was almost a stigma of being in the Financial District," he said. "There has been a complete 360.