“These three experienced and enthusiastic professionals are ideally suited to lead our hotel properties,” said Mr. Mason. “We are pleased to have them on our management team.”
Ms. Bennett has been promoted to general manager of the Hampton Inn Marshall, a 73-room select service hotel. She first joined KHC in 2010 and most recently served as the general manager of the Holiday Inn Express in Howe, Indiana. Ms. Bennett studied business management at the University of Phoenix and has more than ten years of industry experience.
As general manager of the Holiday Inn Express Portage, Mr. Rains will oversee operations, sales and marketing for the 87-room select service hotel. Mr. Rains comes to KHC with extensive experience in hotel management across multiple brands. He has a bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management from Purdue University.
Mr. Fortune has been promoted to serve as general manager for both the Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn in Kansas City, overseeing operations, sales and administration, for 175 guest rooms and suites. Joining KHC in 2008, Mr. Fortune has held positions within several KHC managed properties, and has served as general manager for the Hampton Inn for the past year. He has over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry and served in the United States Air Force.
The Midwest hotels are each owned by a Konover-related partnership and managed by Konover Hotel Corporation. The KHC team provides third party management services for a mixed portfolio of franchised and independent select and full service hotels located throughout New England and the Midwest. Konover Hotel Corporation is a subsidiary of The Simon Konover Company.
About The Simon Konover Company
Started over 50 years ago, The Simon Konover Company is a fully integrated real estate organization nationally-recognized as one of the premier real estate entities operating throughout the Midwest and Eastern United States.
Headquartered
in West Hartford, Connecticut, The Simon Konover Company cumulatively
employs
hundreds of people through its operating companies including Konover
Hotel
Corporation, Konover Commercial Corporation, Konover Residential
Corporation,
Simon Konover Development Corporation, SIKON Construction Services,
LLC, and
Konover South, LLC. The Simon Konover Company and its
related-entities
own and manage over 9,800 apartment units, 3.5 million square feet of
office
and industrial space, 2.8 million square feet of retail space, and a
portfolio
of limited service hotels. For more information, visit www.simonkonover.com.