Our Mission

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OUR MISSION
To be of genuine service to our Guests, Fellow Staff Members, Shareholders, and the Earth & Her People.

• Provide our guests with the highest quality accommodations at a good value.
• Ensure that each guest receives prompt, friendly, attentive service by a well-trained staff in a clean, comfortable, well-maintained environment that is warm and hospitable.
• Offer an outstanding array of gracious amenities in distinctive hotels.
• Provide employment that is rewarding and offers education and opportunity in a fair, diverse and inclusive environment.
• Generate profits that: a) justify the investment, b) afford compensation to those
  who contribute, and c) allow the company to grow.
• Consider sustainable practices, in our social & physical worlds, with all ofour decisions.

OUR SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES INITIATIVE
Consider how our decisions affect current and future generations by:

• Using less energy and water.
• Following the tenants of: reduce, reuse and recycle.
• Whenever practical, purchasing food, beverages, supplies and equipment that were made utilizing practices that are sustainable.
• Having healthy indoor environments.
• Buying more local food by developing relationships with farmers, food makers and vendors.
• Seeking third party certification for our efforts.
• Researching “best practices.”
• Being leaders of “Sustainable Practices” in our community and industry.

OUR FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
Because some groups have not, and are not, always treated fairly, we will proactively reach out to such communities by:

• Being extraordinarily committed to our “Fairness” and “Diversity & Inclusion” programs with the objective of being a role model for other organizations.
• Focusing much of our “underwriting” and “sponsorship” efforts to the African American, Latino, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) communities plus other such groups.
• Working with the refugee community when we have employment opportunities.
• Looking for opportunities to employ people with different abilities.
• Encouraging a merit based culture that seeks opportunities for women, minorities, the LGBT community and other such groups.

We are always looking for staff members and leadership.