Checking In With Hotel Industry Influencers

AHLA Vice Chair Jon Bortz on Heading Up HotelPAC

Checking In Kate Hughes - January 31, 2019

Incoming Vice Chair of the AHLA Board of Directors, Jon Bortz, has been with the organization since 2013, when then-CEO Katherine Lugar came to visit...

Geoff Ballotti’s Next Steps as AHLA Chair

Checking In Kate Hughes - January 28, 2019

Like so many top executives in the industry, Geoff Ballotti started his hospitality career surrounded by suds—washing dishes in a hotel kitchen. Back then,...

Wyndham’s Tammy Peter on the Lure of Hospitality

Checking In Ellen Meyer - January 14, 2019

Like many who spend their careers in hospitality, Tammy Peter fell into the industry, then fell in love with it. Now senior vice president...

Sarah Robbins: Learning and Growing Through Hospitality

Checking In Megan Kelly - January 9, 2019

Sarah Robbins got her start at 21c Museum Hotels as a founding partner. Now, as chief operating officer of the brand, she oversees both...

Checking In With Colleen Keating, IHG’s COO, Americas

Checking In Ellen Meyer - January 8, 2019

IHG’s recently appointed chief operating officer for the Americas, Colleen Keating, is now responsible for leading the operations for more than 4,000 IHG hotels...