Laurance Rockefeller, founder, began building a series of resorts in 1956 with the establishment of Caneel Bay on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.
Early properties included the Grand Teton Lodge Company (which, with the Jackson Lake Lodge and Jenny Lake Lodge, actually preceded Caneel Bay), Dorado Beach Hotel and Golf Club in Dorado, Puerto Rico, Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda and Mauna Kea Beach Hotel.
At some point in the early to mid-1960s, Rockefeller and others began referring to his collection of resort properties as RockResorts.
In 1986, CSX sold the brand, and the original hotel companies were dispersed, though The Greenbrier remained.
[3] RockResort properties include 6 destinations in the Rocky Mountains: The Pines Lodge and The Osprey at Beaver Creek in Beaver Creek, Colorado; The Lodge At Vail and The Arrabelle At Vail Square in Vail, Colorado; One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, Colorado, and The Grand Summit Hotel in Park City, Utah.