The Doral Golf Resort & Spa
is a golf resort located in Doral, Florida, USA. The resort was founded by real estate pioneer Alfred Kaskel in 1962, with the name "Doral" coming from an amalgamation of the first names of Kaskel and his wife, Dorris.
The Doral Golf Resort & Spa was formerly known as the Doral Country Club and was the sister hotel to the famous Doral Hotel on the ocean in Miami Beach, Florida.
The Doral Golf Resort & Spa and its hotel are today part of the Trump Organization. It was purchased for a reportly $150 Million. Trump Hotel Collection will waste no time in restoring Doral to its past grandeur by investing more than $200 million in capital improvements over the next 18 months. Nearly every part of the resort will be touched, including its 700 guestrooms, vast ballrooms and meeting facilities, and sprawling spa.
In 2009, the Pritikin Longevity Center moved its entire operation from Aventura, Florida, to the campus of the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. The Pritikin facilities (medical, gym, exercise rooms, kitchen, dining room, lecture rooms, and offices) occupy parts of the spa building. Pritikin guests normally stay in the hotel suites (in a building next to the spa building) or in Lodges 2 and 3. The hotel suites and the lodges are currently operated by Marriott. However, Donald Trump purchased the resort and golf course on February 28, 2012, and will rebrand it a Trump property with renovations to occur over the next 18 months.