Ellen Meyer
Wyndham Sales SVP Talks Pandemic Strategies and Initiatives
Carol Lynch, senior vice president of sales at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, says being able to keep the company’s sales team in place during the pandemic has enabled her team to maintain existing business...
Navigating Choppy Waters
Ron Gorodesky, president and CEO of the hotel management company Refined Hospitality, first entered the hospitality industry as a 12-year-old washing dishes at his local deli, which he considered preferable to the alternative—“drilling holes...
Checking In With Chris Stanley, Focus Hospitality Management’s New VP of Business Development and...
Having begun his hospitality career in housekeeping, Focus Hospitality Management's newly appointed VP of business development and asset management Chris Stanley knows first-hand that hotel room cleanliness was a priority for guests long before...
Industry Veteran Raj Trivedi Gets Behind Innovative Check-in Technology
Longtime hospitality professional Raj Trivedi, who was CEO of La Quinta, says he is not quick to commit in general, and never imagined he’d become involved with a technology product in any event. However,...
Reordered Priorities: AAHOA Chair on Surviving the Liquidity Crisis
Biran Patel says that his priorities as AAHOA chair have changed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. “If you asked me about my priorities for our association in January, my response would have...