hertelier POV: Repositioning the Resort Where the Movie “Dirty Dancing” was filmed
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the iconic movie, Dirty Dancing, did you know the resort where they filmed it nearly went bust? We meet the savior of this treasured piece of cinematic history, Heidi Stone, president & CEO of Mountain Lake Lodge in Virginia.
In our first, hertelier POV for HospitalityNet we meet Heidi, who has faced her share of setbacks and successes since her first summer working at Howard Johnson’s. Click to read how she's persevered, as a single mother and as an executive. She took an ailing property, the Mountain Lake Lodge in Virginia, capitalized on its history as the filming location for the hit film, Dirty Dancing, and turned the hotel into a star. She nearly didn't even get the job, now she has taken the hotel from success to success. She shares her top tips on hiring for hospitality, creating meaningful leadership training programs, and how to cope with the current labor crunch.
