Dual-brand Midtown Atlanta hotel - Crowne Plaza® Atlanta – Midtown and Staybridge Suites Atlanta Midtown - proudly introduces Jim Keller as Complex General Manager. With more than 30 years of experience in hospitality management, Keller brings a proven track record of leading exceptional hotel performance and guest satisfaction with a reputation for increasing asset value for owners and companies. The newly-renovated 360-room Crowne Plaza Atlanta is in the same Midtown Atlanta building as its dual-branded hotel partner, the 102-room Staybridge Suites Atlanta Midtown, the first InterContinental Hotels Group dual-branded partnership of this kind in the United States.
Keller boasts years of delivering outstanding returns with many branded hotels, most recently serving as the General Manager at the Greensboro High Point Marriott Airport. During his tenure in North Carolina, Keller also served many years as the Area General Manager in Winston Salem for the Twin City Quarter complex, overseeing the 315-room Marriott (15,000 sq. ft. of meeting space) alongside the 146-room Embassy Suites (38,000 sq. ft. of meeting space) and the city-owned Benton Convention Center (100,000 sq. ft. of meeting space). During his time there, Keller led the team to the strongest year in history for the complex, significantly increasing overall revenue and market share.
Keller is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and notably served as the executive director of the Caribbean Hotel Training Institute in Antigua during his early career. Throughout his career, Keller has served on many tourism and hospitality industry boards, including the Interstate Hotels and Resorts General Managers Advisory Council and the Winston Salem CVB, Chamber and TDA. In 2010, the Greater Nashville Hospitality Association recognized Keller as General Manager of the Year.