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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Samoset Resort $2M Renovation

focuses on luxury

A banquet table inside a glass-enclosed private dining room is a serene nook inside of the new Italian restaurant La Bella Vita Ristorante. The restaurant is part of this year's $2 million renovation at the Samoset Resort. Buy Photo

By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff

Posted July 01, 2011, at 5:33 p.m.

Abigail Curtis | BDN

A constellation of lights twinkle at the brand-new Spa at the Samoset, which opened this week and is part of a $2 million renovation done this year at the midcoast resort. Buy Photo

ROCKPORT, Maine — When it came to starting a major renovation at the Samoset Resort this January, the owners thought big, putting an emphasis on luxury and comfort.
Six months and $2 million later, the landmark midcoast hotel now boasts brand-new Italian eatery La Bella Vita Ristorante, Enoteca Lounge and a tranquil seaside spa, along with three new high-end guest cottages adjacent to Penobscot Bay and the Rockland Breakwater.
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Debbie Gallagher has a background in resort and spa management in Vail, Colorado. She has skiied nearly every resort across the nation as well as biked, hiked, and climbed 14,000 ft. mountains across the rockies. Although naturally athletic and outdoorsy, her rather bohemian lifestyle has taken her to months on a vineyard in Australia, touring Tasmania on a Harley and Rolls Royce, yacht living, and stays in many 5 star resorts and hotels. In other words, she appreciates the finer things in life, but especially relishes juxtaposing remote and rustic with the most refined and luxurious.

After moving their family of 4 children from Dallas, Texas, her family has embraced the wild and natural beauty of Maine. Yet with degrees in History and French, Debbie Gallagher offers a unique and soft sophistication that respects, refines, and romances the more rustic elements of Maine.