Thomas Gatto has been appointed General Manager at Holiday Inn Staten Island in New York
M&R Hotel Management today announced the appointment of Thomas Gatto as general manager of the 105-room, full-service Holiday Inn Staten Island, scheduled to open next month at 290 Wild Ave. in the Travis section on the west side of the island. Gatto, a 27-year hospitality industry veteran who has managed hotels in New York and New Jersey, will oversee operations, sales, marketing, security, maintenance, housekeeping and accounting. He also will have oversight of the hotel's three-meal-a-day restaurant. Prior to joining M&R Hotel Management, Gatto was general manager of the Hampton Inn & Suites Staten Island. From 2004 to 2009, he was hotel manager of the Hampton Inn Manhattan-Madison Square Garden. From 2003 to 2004, he was general manager of the former Holiday Inn Edison-Raritan Center in Edison, New Jersey. Earlier in his lodging career, Gatto served in operations positions of increasing responsibility at hotels operated under the Ramada, Homestead Village and Holiday Inn brands. In addition, he worked for the Morgans Hotel Group when it was led by Ian Schrager. Gatto earned a bachelor's degree in hotel administration at New York City College of Technology and a fire safety director certificate of fitness from the New York City Fire Department.
