Biography
Russell Miller currently serves as Senior Vice President/General Manager of the Cove & Reef hotel operations at Atlantis Paradise Island. His duties involve full day to day operations of these two resorts which have 1,100 guest rooms, restaurants, pool and beach facilities, Club Lounge, Spa, Tennis and sport center, etc.
Mr. Miller, up to April 2017, was responsible for his family’s business operations in Freeport, Grand Bahama serving as CEO of Modalena Company Limited. Mr. Miller also serves as a director of FOCOL Company, which is a wholesaler of fuel and related products, and an exclusive supplier of petroleum products and operates several service stations in The Bahamas & Turks and Caicos Islands.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Miller was a successful executive with managerial experience and extensive knowledge of hotel and resort operations working with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Marriott International and Kerzner International. Mr. Miller held several senior management positions including General Manager of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel New Orleans, as well as General Manager The Ritz-Carlton Molasses Reef Resort, Turks & Caicos Island, General Manager One & Only Ocean Club, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Mr. Miller began his career with Marriott International where he worked for 12 years, before returning to his native homeland, The Bahamas. Mr. Miller worked at One & Only Ocean Club with the Kerzner group for 10 years before he joined The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Miller is currently the Chairman of The Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board. He is an active member of the Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association and a former President of the association. He was a director of the New Orleans Tourism Council, and served as Chairman of its Marketing Task Force committee. He is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration.
Mr. Miller is married to Linda Miller and they are the proud parents of 2 daughters, Melinda and Ashley. They have three wonderful grandchildren, Amari, Marley and Kai.