Hospitality: Your Home Away From Home
When you think of hospitality, you picture helping guests and ensuring they have positive experiences. However, there’s more to this industry than just taking care of others. Working in hospitality...
View ArticleThe Perfect Match: Hotels Support Your Part-Time Work Lifestyle
Many people — students, retirees, military spouses and everyone in between — are looking for part-time work to bring in extra cash. And increasingly, hotels are meeting their needs for flexibility or...
View ArticleTom Jones: “As long as you have initiative, you can succeed”
A larger-than-life native of the Big Easy, Tom has dedicated his professional life to paving the path forward for his colleagues. From traveling to Thailand annually to holding numerous human...
View ArticleRyan Grande: “Hospitality is the culmination of all the things I love”
Growing up in a lively, multicultural household, Ryan Grande always knew he was meant to entertain. Raised by an Israeli mother and an Italian father, Ryan spent his childhood in Toronto watching his...
View ArticleReggie Jack: “I have the opportunity to add value every day”
When Reggie Jack walks into a room, you feel it. Chock full of personality, humor, and charisma, the New Orleans native thrives in the hospitality industry. When he started as a server at Harrah’s...
View ArticleDonte Johnson: “Hospitality creates possibility where there wasn’t any...
To Donte Johnson, working in hospitality is all about empowering access for others. For over 22 years, he has served as a hospitality leader, identifying how to provide opportunities to both his team...
View ArticleWhittany Burgess: “Treating guests like family brings our success”
Whittany Burgess is a hands-on learner. Volunteering to single-handedly plan a family wedding and learning every aspect of the hospitality management Marriott’s Voyage Program are only two of the many...
View ArticleEli Brown: “We make traveling dreams come true”
Eli Brown is no stranger to the service industry. Before securing his current position as front desk attendant at Aloft Providence Downtown in Rhode Island, he worked as a fast food manager while...
View ArticleEllen Jimenez: “I get to make a difference in people’s lives”
As a trained social worker, Ellen Jimenez knows how to connect with others. However, fate had different plans for her than a career in social work. While working at the front desk of a hotel in...
View ArticleTania Jordet: “I like that every day is different, it’s always changing.”
Military officer. Sportsman. Hotelier. Throughout her life and career, Tania Jordet has worn all these hats and more. Used to juggling multiple priorities on a daily basis, her role of Executive...
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