Corporate Partner Spotlight
Rancho Encantado Santa Fe is a lead corporate partner of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Photo courtesy Four Seasons Resort.
Providing Luxury, Supporting Culture
Rancho Encantado Santa Fe
Unlike its five-star luxury hotel competitors in downtown Santa Fe, the Four Seasons Rancho Encantado Resort is a bit of a trek from the city’s world-class museums. But the chance to bask in the resort’s tranquil setting is worth the 10-mile drive north through Tesuque. A Lead Corporate Partner of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, at the $10,000 level, Rancho Encantado has hosted several Foundation events, including the Foundation’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2012. The Foundation’s annual board meeting receptions have also been held there for the past two years. The resort’s in-house team of catering and event experts provide everything from customized food and beverage services to audiovisual needs and décor. Foundation meetings are often held in the resort’s Aspen Ballroom, which offers abundant natural light. Painterly sunsets and relaxing views of the Rio Grande Valley are the backdrop for receptions in the courtyard, where Foundation board members nibble on such specialties as prickly pear barbecue short ribs, truffle mushroom and prosciutto crudo, and crab cakes with jalapeño aioli.
Michelle Duncan, the resort’s public relations director, says that the partnership with the Foundation is “a natural fit” based on both institutions’ shared goals. She adds that it’s strengthened by the active role of Nicole Fiacco, the resort’s sales and marketing director, on the Foundation’s Business Council committee. “Four Seasons is involved in the Foundation because the resort believes that the Museums of New Mexico (as well as the historic sites and other cultural institutions) are incredibly important,” Duncan says. “They offer a great experience and are a significant part of the destination when it comes to preserving and educating people on the region’s rich history, heritage and vibrant cultures.” Indeed, just as the Foundation helps to preserve and protect valuable cultural objects and places, the resort strives to foster its guests’ appreciation for those places and traditions. Duncan says that an integral part of every employee’s job is to “encourage guests to visit the museums and historic sites.” For information about corporate partnership, contact Mariann Lovato at 505.216.0849 or Mariann@museumfoundation.org.
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