SALISBURY, MD–Officials of Marshall Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a leading, Maryland-based hotel management and services company, announced that Charles “Chuck” Marshall (top right photo) received the Distinguished Alumnus award at Oklahoma State University’s 2010 Homecoming Celebration.
The award, presented by the College of Human Environmental Sciences, recognizes alumni with outstanding career accomplishments inside a specific profession.
“Having my alma mater recognize my efforts in the hospitality industry is one of my proudest moments,” said Chuck Marshall, chairman emeritus of the company, Marshall Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
“The main key to my success has been applying the lessons I learned in undergrad programs to real life situations.
"The education I received at Oklahoma State University was invaluable, and I thank the many professors and educators that guided me during my time there.”
After earning a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration, he began his 46-year hospitality management career as an assistant general manager of the Golden Ox restaurant in Kansas City.
Over his 40-plus-year career, he received numerous awards for operating excellence, including Sheraton’s “Manager of the Year” and the “Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Franchise Association.”
He became a certified hotel administrator through the American Hotel & Motel Association in 1986.
In 1980, Marshall founded Marshall Management, Inc., to operate three Holiday Inn hotels in Maryland and Delaware. Since then, his company has operated more than 200 hotels across the country and also provided asset management and consulting services.
Marshall’s company was ranked as the 21st largest management company in the U.S. in 2010. The company’s current portfolio of over 40 hotels comprising 6,000 rooms generates more than $110 million in gross annual revenue.
Additional information about Marshall Management may be found at the company’s Web site: http://www.marshallhotels.com/
.
Contact:
Patrick Daly, Account Executive, Daly Gray Public Relations, 703-435-6293, patrick@dalygray.com
Jerry Daly, jerry@dalygray.com
No comments:
Post a Comment