Hotel Lincoln, the vibrant 184-room boutique hotel located in Chicago's storied Lincoln Park neighborhood, announced today the appointment of Onal Kucuk as the property's new general manager.
Kucuk comes to Hotel Lincoln with over twelve years of hospitality experience with Starwood Hotels and Resorts, where he most recently served as Area Director of Six Sigma in Chicago. As area director, he supported the hotel's senior leadership team at eight different properties on operations projects ranging from sales and marketing to food and beverage. Originally from Ankara, Turkey, Kucuk received his Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management from the city's Bilkent University. After deciding to pursue his advanced education in the United States, Kucuk moved to Chicago, a city that he long admired for its wealth of hospitality opportunities. He received his MBA from the Stuart Graduate School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, before joining the Starwood team in 2001.