Shilo Names Jeff Martella Regional Director of Hotel Operations
PORTLAND, OR, October 24, 2006. Shilo Inns Suites Hotels has promoted Jeff Martella to Regional Director of Hotel Operations. A 22 year veteran of the hospitality industry, Mr. Martella brings a wealth of valuable experience to his new role of overseeing the day to day operations of Shilo's southern region.
Martella's first order of business will be to oversee the opening of the new Shilo Inn Suites Hotel in Killeen, Texas, now under construction and scheduled to open February 2007.
Over the course of his notable career, Mr. Martella has worked with various national hotel chains and casinos. Jeff, with his 8 years of regional operations experience has opened multiple hotels/ restaurants/ casinos. Jeff Martella has received various awards including Excellence in Customer Service from Promus Companies in 1991.
Martella graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in Communications & Marketing. He has held several key board positions recently on the Convention and Visitor's Bureau in Carlsbad, California and is currently serving on the Salt Lake City Steering Committee's Board of Directors.
"Jeff brings great industry experience to the Regional Director of Operations position and I believe he'll be a great fit for Shilo as we move forward," says Mark Hemstreet, owner of Shilo Inns.
Shilo Inns is the largest independent, privately American owned hospitality company with 44 properties located throughout the western United States, and over 200 Shilo affiliate hotels throughout the contiguous United States, Canada, Hawaii and The Bahamas.
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