Resort undergoes $90 million renovation for its 30th anniversary
By Dawn Gilbertson | Arizona Republic
The lobby was too formal, and devoid of people for much of the day.
The spa was dark and below ground and didn’t rank nationally or even locally. Its fitness center was too small.
The golf course really needed work, a collection of 27 holes that didn’t match.
Those aren’t comments from a TripAdvisor review. They’re Mark Vinciguerra’s candid assessment of the resort he’s run since 2003: The Phoenician.
Yes, that Phoenician, one of Arizona’s premier resorts since it opened in 1988, a 585-room pampering palace on the southeast side of Camelback Mountain.
