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Appointment General Management

Richard Welch has been named General Manager at Courtyard by Marriott

Hotel Equities
McDonough, Georgia, United States
Richard Welch
In the hospitality business for over twenty years, Mr. Welch originally worked for Hotel Equities in Operations Management from 1991 until 1994. During that time, he oversaw renovation and capital improvement projects and assisted with hotel evaluations and consulting assignments. In the mid-90’s, he left HE and moved to Florida where he served as General Manager of the Embassy Suites Palm Beach Gardens. In 2000, his hotel earned the “Embassy Suites Hotel of the Year” award and Mr. Welch won the “Significant Achievement Award for Quality” bestowed by the hotel’s management company. Mr. Welch re-joined Hotel Equities in 2001 as the General Manager of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott-I-77 North in Charlotte, North Carolina. During his tenure, Marriott named the hotel Fairfield Inn of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region and honored Mr. Welch as a Fairfield Inn Magic General Manager in both 2003 and 2004. In 2007, HE took over the management of The Lodge at Simpsonwood, a struggling retreat and conference center in Norcross. The company named Mr. Welch the General Manager. Over the next three years, he used his experience and management skills to bring the property out of debt, help it achieve profitability and expand its market share.
General Management USA & Canada United States Georgia McDonough
Hotel Equities
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Hotel Equities is a full-service hotel development and management company. We collaborate with brand representatives, institutional investors, high net-worth individuals and joint venture partners to build and grow world-class hotels. We’ve created a scalable infrastructure and systematic operational strategies that enable us to bridge economic cycles, whether we’re executing ground-up development, rebranding a property or managing one of...