La Corsha Hospitality
La Corsha Hospitality Group is an Austin, Texas-based management and consulting company. The company was founded in early 2006 by 40-year hotel industry veteran Jeff Trigger. The La Corsha name honors Trigger's two daughters, Coralee and Shannon. Trigger and his associates have an extensive background that specializes in operating luxury hotels, restoring and repositioning historic properties, and developing independent restaurants and bars. Examples of their work include downtown Austin's Driskill Hotel; Dallas’ Mansion on Turtle Creek, Hotel Adolphus, and Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa; San Antonio’s Saint Anthony Hotel; Big Spring’s Hotel Settles; and Marfa’s Hotel Saint George and La Venture Restaurant. La Corsha’s restaurant development Congress Austin, introduced the renowned 5-Star restaurant, Congress; critically acclaimed Bar Congress; and Austin’s iconic hot-spot Second Bar + Kitchen. Its most recent projects were the restored Mattie’s at Green Pastures (Austin) in 2017, the restored Stagecoach Inn (Salado) in 2018, and The East Austin Hotel along with its signature restaurant and rooftop bar in 2019.
La Corsha employs over 200 people and is proud to have restored The Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa in Dallas, Texas which was named to Conde Nast Traveler’s “Hot List” 2009, as one of the Best New Hotels, and Best New Spas in the World. Following the expansion of the International Terminal at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport in 2016, Second Bar + Kitchen was added, and recently, the brand further expanded with new locations inside East Austin Hotel in Austin, TX in 2021, and The Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells, TX in 2023. Their Green Pastures restaurant/event venue completed a $10 million renovation and re-opened its restaurant as Mattie’s in the Spring of 2017. Green Pastures is expected to add a boutique hotel in 2025.
Typically La Corsha Hospitality Group is called when developers and partners own a unique property, and desire involvement, flexibility, quality and creativity in its operations, management and development. While La Corsha has experience operating hotel brands under a franchise – it achieves particular success in operating restaurants independently, and hotels either independently or under marketing consortiums such as Leading Hotels of the World, Preferred Hotel Group, and Historic Hotels of America. The later methodology allows property owners to control their own brand and brand standard, eliminate their “allocated” corporate expenses, and to preserve and protect the essence of what makes their properties unique.
Portrait by Austin Business Journal.
Jeff Trigger
President
Trigger, a native of the California wine country, has made Austin home since 1999. He began his hotel career while studying for his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees at California State University, Sacramento.
He has been named to the list of “Best Hotel Managers in The World” by Leaders Magazine and listed as a “General Manager of The Year” by Business Traveler Magazine. He received the Vogel Award from The Family Gateway for “exemplary service to the community,” and the Founders Award from Communities in Schools, Dallas. Mr. Trigger is a graduate of Leadership Austin.
His professional, civic, cultural, and charitable leadership positions include; Chair Emeritus Positions from The Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, The Downtown Austin Alliance, ECHO (Ending Chronic Homelessness Organizing Committee) and First Night, Austin. He serves or has served on the board or advisory board the following organizations; Both the Austin and Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureaus, Communities in Schools Austin and Dallas, Ballet Austin, The Dallas Opera, The Helping Hand Home for Children, The Long Center for the Performing Arts, The Heritage Society of Austin, Housing Works, AARO, Front Steps and The Trail Foundation. Mr. Trigger is a former board member of The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce.
Chef David Bull
Regional Vice President, Food & Beverage
Chef David Bull, a New York native, came to Texas as soon as he could by joining Trigger at The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas. Chef Bull went on to win national acclaim for his work at the five-star Driskill Grill, which was named Austin’s number one restaurant for three straight years by the Austin American-Statesman and one of the top 50 hotel restaurants in the U. S. Honored as one of Food and Wine Magazine’s “Best New Chefs in 2003,” he was later nominated by the James Beard Foundation as “Best Chef in the Southwest.” Chef Bull’s numerous awards and accolades also earned him the opportunity to appear on the Food Network’s “Iron Chef America.” Texas Monthly Magazine named Bolla at The Stoneleigh, Dallas’ Best New Restaurant 2008. Bon Appétit named Congress as one of the 10 best new restaurants in America for 2011. Bull is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, 1994.
Diane Tran
Comptroller
Diane Tran has lived in Texas for more than 30 years. She joined La Corsha Hospitality Group near its inception and has been instrumental in its development. Diane has led accounting operations for multiple hotels and restaurants, coordinated dozens of institutional and insurance audits, and effectively established all the accounting procedures to open both the East Austin Hotel and Mattie’s at Green Pastures. A seasoned hospitality accounting professional, she also brings both real estate and restaurant administrative experience to the team.
Second Bar + Kitchen at The Crazy Water Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX.
Scott Walker
Vice President of Operations
Scott Walker is a native Texan with over thirty years’ experience managing award-winning luxury properties. Walker's collaboration with Trigger began with the restoration of The Driskill Hotel over 15 years ago, after time with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Walker has a broad range of management experience in multiple areas of the upscale hotel and restaurant business including operations, rooms management, training, sales and marketing, human resources and accounting. Walker achieved this experience in a variety of leading national markets, including Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Palm Beach and Miami. He is a graduate of the Conrad N. Hilton School of Hospitality Management at the University of Houston.
Alex Cerda
Director of Digital Marketing
Alex Cerda, a North Texas native based in Fort Worth, is our Director of Digital Marketing. With a background spanning sports, consumer packaged goods, higher education, and hospitality, his expertise and experience drive innovative digital strategies for success in diverse industries. Alex is a graduate of the University of North Texas.
East Austin Hotel Pool Bar, Austin.
Hotel Settles, Big Spring.
John Burshnick
Director of Finance and Risk Management
John Burshnick is a native Austinite and proud University of Texas Alum. John joined LCHG in 2020 after graduating as a McCombs College Scholar with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance. He is responsible for budgeting and proforma investment analysis. John tracks and authorizes preferred return distributions for our full-service clients as well as coordinates their property, liability, umbrella, and other insurance coverages. He assures organizational compliance with all state and federal employment and benefit regulations through proper auditing and reporting from our HRIS.
Mattie’s at Green Pastures, Austin.