One of our customers recently forwarded this letter of appreciation regarding our employee and customer service All-Star, Mr. Jake Longstreth. Great Job Jake!

August 13, 2010

Kay Mortar  – General Manager

Hotel Virginia

Santa Barbara, CA

Dear Kay,

I would like to thank you again for a lovely stay at the Hotel Virginia.  The staff was both helpful and informative.  Your facilities were nice and in wonderfully close proximity to State Street, our favorite place to shop and people watch.  Overall, I was very pleased with the stay, but there was one young person who put it over the top for us – Jake.

 Jake was not only our valet, but also our baggage boy, door monitor, and city guide.  He was amazing.  The hotel was extremely busy.  Jake was literally running to take care of things, yet he managed to always greet my son and me with a smile and wonderful energy and enthusiasm about Santa Barbara.  I will most definitely recommend your hotel to all, who head out to Santa Barbara.  Thank you again for a great stay.

-  Laura (Cooley) Grijalva

Signature Parking has signed an agreement with Stratus Media to be the exclusive Parking & Transportation partner for the 2010 Santa Barbara Concours d’Elegance - returning to the Santa Barbara Polo Fields October 29-31. The 24th Annual Santa Barbara Concours d’Elegance, will display some 200 of the world’s finest automobiles on a spectacular site of Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club. The event  is a multi day festival event honoring the design and engineering of the sleek and powerful Italian Automobiles, as well as the creativity and nostalgia of American classics, muscle cars, hot rods and custom cars and a day of traditional, judged classic automobiles shows called the Concours d’ Elegance. In addition the weekend festival will include car club corrals, motorcycle exhibits, live entertainment, and an evening cocktail gala benefiting a select charity.

This is a very unique concept in our industry. Stratus is building on its history of producing preeminent Concours d’ Elegance Auto Shows, premier fashion shows, wine festivals and art exhibits and will combine all of this into these weekend festivals. This year, Stratus Media Group will host the Santa Barbara Vino D’ Elegance Wine Festival, showcasing local wineries and food vendors, creating an interactive as well as delicious atmosphere! A portion of the entry fees and proceeds from the wine festival will go to benefit local charities. Also included in the weekend’s events are the Inaugural Cocktail Party, Children’s Activities, Commercial Exhibitions, and in the spirit of Halloween, a Masquerade Gala! VIP access and general public tickets are available as well.

Stratus also recently announced they will be bringing the famed Mille Miglia Italian car race to the U.S. The Mille Miglia is an open-road endurance race which is currently one of the most important classic sports cars events in the world. From 1927 to 1957, the Mille Miglia was a legendary speed race focused on drivers, challenges and adventures. Today, the legacy of the Mille Miglia remains strong through the use of yesterday’s cars on today’s roads.  This year, a Mille Miglia Salute Road Rally will be held on Friday October 29th as a kick-off to the weekend Concours D’Elegance activities.

Signature Parking is excited to be associated with such a legendary and prestigious event as the Concours D’Elegance & the Mille Migilia and we look forward to helping manage the various parking and transportation needs for this great weekend event.  For more information or to purchase tickets for this event please visit the event website.

April 29, 2010
Montecito, CA

The lush Lotus Land of Montecito served as a stunning backdrop today for the annual Girls Inc. scholarship luncheon. Today’s event marked the 25th anniversary of the One Hundred Committee luncheon which has grown to become the major source of funding for the scholarship programs of Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, where over 70% of the girls attending their award-winning programs are on scholarship. The luncheon has evolved into one of the Marque events held annually in Santa Barbara with many of areas most well know benefactors, philanthropists, business men and women in attendance.

Past featured speakers have included world-renowned women, accomplished role models and celebrities such as First Lady Barbara Bush, media superstar Oprah Winfrey, First Lady of California Maria Shriver, and Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Wangari Maathai. This year’s speaker was Debra Martin Chase, a two-time Emmy nominated television and film producer.

For the eighth consecutive year Signature Parking was chosen to orchestrate the complex parking and shuttle operation. A team of over twenty valets, directors, and shuttle drivers combined to execute a flawless arival and departure experience for every guest in attendance. The event was a smashing success and we would like to thank Girls Inc. and Lotus Land for their continued support and partnership.

Our team recently received back to back 100% scores for their outstanding valet and bell service provided for guests of the Canary Hotel, one of our valued Hotel Clients and a member of the Leading Hotels of the World Association. The Market Metrix reports are submitted by hotel guests who evaluate their visit and rate the property on multiple criteria. Our valet manager Itso Hristov and his team of superb valets have received consistently high marks for their outstanding customer service over the past year and these reports help to reinforce that. We would like to personally congratulate Itso and the entire crew for this great achievement in customer service.

We recently rolled out a new look for our valet parking signs at a few locations in Walnut Creek. More changes are in the works including a new uniforms for our Northern California Division consisting of Red Polo Shirts and Charcoal Grey Slacks. Additional upgrades will be rolled out company wide over the next few months. As always, upgrading our equipment and uniforms is part of our company’s mission to exceed our customers expectations.