Louis Gonzalez has been appointed as General Manager at Holiday Inn New York JFK Airport

Louis Gonzalez
Gonzalez, a 27-year hospitality industry veteran who has managed and opened hotels at the airport and in Manhattan, will be oversee all on-site activities including operations, maintenance, housekeeping, security, accounting, sales and marketing. He also will serve as liaison with the operator of the hotel's restaurant, The Landing. Prior to joining M&R Hotel Management, Gonzalez was general manager of the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott hotel at Queensboro Plaza in Long Island City, N.Y., which he opened. From 2010 to 2012, he was area general manager for Magna Hospitality, a Rhode Island management company, responsible for multiple hotels in Brooklyn. In 2008 he was appointed general manager to open the new Holiday Inn New York City – Wall Street and the Sheraton JFK Airport Hotel, both owned and operated by Hersha Hospitality Trust, a Philadelphia-based real estate investment trust. Earlier in his career he served Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Hotel & Leisure Advisors and the former Holiday Inn JFK in management roles. Gonzalez earned a hospitality certificate at New York University in 1992 and a fire safety director certificate of fitness from the New York Fire Department in 2006.

Louis Gonzalez is an alumnus of NYUSPS Jonathan M. Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism .

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M&R Hotel Management is a top-performing hotel operator with an 18-year record of successful hotel operations that deliver a superior return on investment. The company is headquartered in Great Neck, New York, and maintains offices in Manhattan and Dallas. With 23 hotels under management and four properties under development, the company’s current operations include 15 properties in New York City and eight in Indiana, Missouri and Illinois.