Villa Vosilla, an intimate Italian Boutique Resort Hotel, is located on Scenic Route 23A on the Hunter Mountaintop. Located in the most panoramic Catskill Park Region in the heart of the Great Northern Catskill Mountains, the Villa is a unique little gem surrounded by breathtaking scenic views, and clean, mountaintop fresh air. (Click here to view the National Geographic article, and Click here to 
view Michelle Obama Letter.) Through a circle of family and friends, we are proudly celebrating 48 years! Our family wishes to express our sincerest gratitude to you, our guests, for our continued success.
The Resort, an Italian institution, has been family-owned, and operated for 48 years. Formerly known as The Rose Garden, the resort was purchased by John Vosilla Jr. and family. With the expertise of Executive Chef John Vosilla Sr., the Villa soon became known as a dining destination. A multitude of guests would travel from NYC on a hot summer’s day for homemade Sunday Pasta. John Vosilla Jr. was a great visionary— he pursued “going green” before corporations were environmentally conscious; he catered to destination weddings before they became trendy. The 4th generation of family is rejuvenating, and renovating through local communities while still managing to retain the Italian charm. The design is an eclectic balance of old world and contemporary, and every treasure has a story. Our mission is to sustain our local economy by patronizing local farms and businesses. The family remains committed to “Going Green in Green County”.
John Vosilla Sr. and John Vosilla Jr. experienced their greatest thrill while attending the New York City World’s fair—they were in awe. Never have they seen anything like it in Europe, and they wanted this magical moment to last forever. To make that wish a reality, and to preserve their most precious memory of the cultural phenomenon, John Vosilla Jr. decided to purchase the World’s Fair Lights. The historical lights h
ave been refurbished as a tribute to John Vosilla, and they continue to rekindle happy times as they light the way to World's Fair memories and welcome passersby to the Villa Vosilla.
Just minutes away from Hunter Mountain and Ski Windham, the Villa offers discounts on lift tickets, and is a perfect Ski and Ride destination for couples and families. The Winter Season features contemporary sounds of pop, blues, rock, and live jazz."
During the “Taste of Italy in the Catskills”, the Villa continues to keep the Italian culture, and tradition alive. As the last of the authentic Italian Resorts, the social season abounds with Italian and Italian American entertainment in our nightclub—not only for Italians, but perfect for anyone wanting a flavor of Italy.
“Chi Mangia Bene ~ Vive Bene!”
He Who Eats Well ~ Lives Well! Food should taste Real ~ “Pulito”. Our food philosophy ~ to create pure flavor with the freshest, natural ingredients that encompasses Italian home-style comforting food.
The Villa is an extension of our home, and we will do our utmost to make you, our guests, feel right at home.
Our family would like to WELCOME BACK all our guests to relive happy times, and to our new guests we would like to extend a
WARM WELCOME to create precious memories at the Villa Vosilla ~ Your Home Away From Home.
The Villa Vosilla is proud to be part of the Going Greene movement.
Our Environmental Policy
It is Villa Vosilla Hotel’s environmental policy to minimize our impact while maintaining our high standards of physical property appearance, cleanliness, and customer service. We accomplish this by recycling, purchasing energy efficient and recycled products, conserving energy and water, employing green products to the extent consistent with guest comfort and acceptability, and featuring as many local products as possible. Please join us in our efforts to be environmentally responsible.
Our Participation in Phase One of the Green Concierge Certification Program
In September of 2010, Villa Vosilla voluntarily agreed to participate in HospitalityGreen's, Green Concierge (GC) Certification Program. The property is currently in Phase One of the (GC) Certification Program. Throughout the year, our property will continue to improve and track our environmental sustainable practices. It is our intention to qualify as a Tier One – Bronze facility under the GC Certification program by the end of 2011.
Our Sustainable Practices
In pursuit of our goal to attain GC Certification, we are currently implementing the following practices:
- Over 50% of the food we serve is from local farms.
- We offer a sheet and towel reuse program for guests.
- We participated in an energy audit in 2009.
- We continue to replace expired light bulbs with energy efficient ones.
- We recycle our bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, and plastics.
- Using the Resource Tracking Tool developed by HospitalityGreen, we are tracking all of our resource usage and recycling.
- We dispose of hazardous waste according to state regulations.
- Our sinks, showerheads and toilets are water-conserving models.
- We are testing Green Seal certified non- toxic cleaning products.
- All of our gardens are pesticide free.
What is HospitalityGreen's Green Concierge Certification?
Hospitality Green LLC is a New York based consulting firm specializing in environmental and operations consulting services. HospitalityGreen partners with service-based and product-based clients throughout the hospitality, manufacturing and institutional healthcare industries, to implement sustainable business practices.
The Green Concierge (GC) Project, conceived by HospitalityGreen in 2009, works with tourism and lodging facilities throughout the U.S. to help improve their economic vitality and their sustainable business practices without compromising service delivery or customer satisfaction. The GC Project, through generous funding from the Empire State Development (ESD) and the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) was launched in 2010 and is currently being implemented by HospitalityGreen throughout the Catskill Watershed Region. Through the Catskill GC Project over 150 facilities are receiving technical assistance to improve their operational economic and environmental sustainability practices.
There are 40 facilities currently participating in Phase 1 of the Green Concierge (GC) Certification program. The GC Certification provides a third –party audit for performance-based improvements in resource use conservation and environmentally conscious practices.
The GC Certification process is structured in three tiers (Bronze, Silver and Gold) – with each tier providing a realistic benchmark and advancement to subsequent tiers dependent upon a business' commitment, their verifiable resource tracking and their dedication to increasingly rigorous sustainable practices.
The GC Certification was recently recognized and ranked by Greenlodge.org as a Silver Tier Program. Along with the GC Certification, Greenlodge.org also recognizes as Silver Tier an elite group of national and international third party certification programs.
For more information on the Green Concierge Project and HospitalityGreen, visit www.hospitalitygreen.com
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