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- Michelle Steffens Named to Regional Vice President Position With White Lodging
- Michelle Steffens Named to Regional Vice President Position With White Lodging
- Construction begins on second of 3 hotels across from airport
| Michelle Steffens Named to Regional Vice President Position With White Lodging Posted: 27 May 2010 09:59 AM PDT MERRILLVILLE, Ind., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- White Lodging, one of the leading independent hospitality, development and management companies in the country has appointed Michelle Steffens to the position of Regional Vice President where she will oversee operational and financial performances for hotels in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. "We are excited to have Michelle on our team. Her operational and sales background are a perfect fit for the Northeast region and together with a great team of General Managers, she will take the region to new heights," says Jon Peck, Chief Operating Officer. Steffens most recently held the position of Regional Director of Operations for Island Hospitality where she had full operating responsibility for twelve properties within her region, which included Marriott, Hilton, and Starwood brands. Managing a region that included both full and select service hotels, she consistently delivered high level operating results. Prior to her regional operations role, she held positions in regional sales and full service rooms operations. In addition, she has experience as a General Manager of Residence Inn and Hampton Inn branded hotels. White Lodging Services Corporation was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana. White Lodging is a fully integrated hotel ownership, development, and operations company – a recognized leader that has defined and cultivated the ability to achieve consistent, sustainable growth among mid- to large-scale hotels across the country. Their current portfolio consists of 148 hotels in eighteen states and encompasses representation of the following leading brands: Marriott International, Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotel Group, and Carlson Hotels Worldwide. For more information about careers with White Lodging, please visit http://www.unleashyourdrive.com or call 219-769-3267 ext. 4376.
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| Michelle Steffens Named to Regional Vice President Position With White Lodging Posted: 27 May 2010 10:05 AM PDT
MERRILLVILLE, Ind., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- White Lodging, one of the leading independent hospitality, development and management companies in the country has appointed Michelle Steffens to the position of Regional Vice President where she will oversee operational and financial performances for hotels in New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. "We are excited to have Michelle on our team. Her operational and sales background are a perfect fit for the Northeast region and together with a great team of General Managers, she will take the region to new heights," says Jon Peck, Chief Operating Officer. Steffens most recently held the position of Regional Director of Operations for Island Hospitality where she had full operating responsibility for twelve properties within her region, which included Marriott, Hilton, and Starwood brands. Managing a region that included both full and select service hotels, she consistently delivered high level operating results.
Prior to her regional operations role, she held positions in regional sales and full service rooms operations. In addition, she has experience as a General Manager of Residence Inn and Hampton Inn branded hotels. White Lodging Services Corporation was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana. White Lodging is a fully integrated hotel ownership, development, and operations company - a recognized leader that has defined and cultivated the ability to achieve consistent, sustainable growth among mid- to large-scale hotels across the country. Their current portfolio consists of 148 hotels in eighteen states and encompasses representation of the following leading brands: Marriott International, Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotel Group, and Carlson Hotels Worldwide. For more information about careers with White Lodging, please visit http://www.unleashyourdrive.com or call 219-769-3267 ext. 4376. SOURCE White Lodging Services Corporation Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Construction begins on second of 3 hotels across from airport Posted: 27 May 2010 04:30 AM PDT Share this story: Construction is under way on the second of three planned hotels on the site of the former Radisson Inn across from the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, as Benderson Development Co. adds to its hospitality portfolio in Western New York. Concrete is being poured for the first floor of a new prototype Courtyard by Marriott hotel on Genesee Street in Cheektowaga. The new 140-room Courtyard hotel will feature a new "bistro" arrangement and should open in about a year, said Ronald Kendall, president of Benderson subsidiary Buffalo Lodging Associates, which will own and operate the hotel. The new facility is next to a 140-room Fairfield Inn by Marriott that Buffalo Lodging opened last summer, and it's in front of the site where the firm will build a 125-unit Marriott TownePlace Suites hotel, a new extended-stay brand that Kendall said is more moderately priced than Residence Inn or Homewood Suites. Once the Courtyard is completed, the firm will operate a triple-Marriott project by the airport, in addition to three Hilton Hotels facilities — a Hilton Garden Inn, a Hampton Inn and a Homewood Suites — in the same area. In all, Buffalo Lodging will operate 10 hotels in Western New York upon completion of its pending projects, ranging from limited-service hotels with no restaurant or lounge to long-term residence suites with full kitchens. It's the largest hotel operator in the region, ahead of No. 2 Hart Hotels. "We're wondering where the economy is going, but we feel confident over time that Buffalo will continue to improve, and we've created an environment that works for us as a hotel company," Kendall said. "We have an array of brands with both Hilton and Marriott that can meet anyone's needs." The company has also been approved for a Hampton Inn as part of the Amherst Town Centre project slated for the former Buffalo Shooting Club on Maple Road, which hasn't yet started. Kendall said the firm has "our ear to the track" in search of other opportunities. He noted that Benderson is "very much involved in the Canal Side project" in downtown Buffalo "and that may present an opportunity for us." However, he acknowledged that the central business district may not support more new hotel space. Uniland Development recently completed its Avant Building, including a new Embassy Suites hotel, and other boutique hotels and residences are planned or under way by other developers. "We're comfortable with what we have so far," Kendall said. "We spent a lot of time making sure the quality is up to par and doesn't lag the competition." Buffalo Lodging — which is actually based in Stoughton, Mass., south of Boston — operates about 40 hotel properties in the U. S. and Canada, including five each in Connecticut and Massachusetts, two in Rhode Island, nine in Florida, a half-dozen in Ohio and one in St. Louis. It also owns the Radisson Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ont., and manages three hotels in Pittsburgh. e-mail: jepstein@buffnews.com  Log into MyBuffalo to post a comment Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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