The Suite Spot Highway Journey is again! Tune in to the most recent episode to listen to from hospitality leaders from Alternative Accommodations and Newport Hospitality Group, as they rejoice the ribbon chopping ceremony for the Consolation Inn & Suites Orlando Sanford Airport.
Take a look at the unique interviews with Andre Hickman, Wayne West III, Adam Hill, & Dena Hansen, solely on the Suite Spot.
Ryan Embree:Welcome to Suite Spot, the place hoteliers examine in, and we take a look at what’s trending in lodge advertising and marketing. I’m your host, Ryan Embree. Hiya everybody, welcome to a different episode of The Suite Spot. That is your host, Ryan Embry, right here for a particular version of the TMG Suite Spot Highway Journey Sequence proper down the street in our yard in stunning Sanford, Florida to go to the grand opening and Ribbon chopping occasion on the Consolation Inn and Suites Orlando Sanford Airport. We have been invited to cowl this celebratory occasion and discuss to among the instrumental people that made this property occur. Andre Hickman, the proprietor of the property, Wayne West III, president at Newport Hospitality. Adam Hill, VP of Operations at Newport Hospitality. And eventually, Dena Hansen, Director of Gross sales at this stunning, attractive new property opened up right here. We had the privilege to cowl it, bringing it to you on this episode in a busy lodge foyer celebrating the grand opening of this property. We hope you get pleasure from.
Wayne West III:Effectively, welcome and thanks for coming to the celebration of the opening of this nice lodge, the Consolation Inn and Suites. So be sure I get it proper. Between Orlando Sanford Airport. Thanks very a lot. This lodge is a superb instance of what occurs once you put a whole lot of good individuals collectively and visionary individuals in a rising market just like the Sanford Airport space. So thanks once more, we’re, it’s nice being right here. Uh, my identify is Wayne Listing. I’m the president of Newport Hospitality. We’re honored that we get to function a pair resorts for Andre Hickman, who I’ll scale back introduce in a short while. You’ll hear me use a pair, you’ll hear me overuse a pair phrases as I discuss to you tonight. Actually, actually pleased with the Hickman household. If you stroll by way of the lodge and also you see the facilities that he’s put right here, how considerate he was and the way intentional each determination was to achieve success, and never simply profitable for him, however to be sure that all of the visitors are properly taken care of at each contact level within the lodge, whether or not it’s the visitor laundry or the cabana, or the pool or the train room. He was very, very considerate. I’ve, I’ve been blessed over time and I’m looking for my associate. Mike. Mike, I do know you’re right here, Mike. Sure, the tall one over right here. Mike and I’ve opened up a whole lot of resorts in our years. Uh, I’m unsure we’ve opened up one Mike, that the proprietor was as considerate about each step alongside the way in which and cautious and cautious and making an attempt to do it good for the long-term legacy of this lodge. So I’ll need to thank the Hickman household for that. Should you take a look at the design, the finishes, the contact and the development, the contact factors are simply unimaginable for a lodge. So the Hickman household, in case you would type of increase your hand, Andre and the Hickman household, a whole lot of them are over right here. We wish to thanks personally. I wish to, I wanna discuss a bit bit about companies within the space. Um, the airport clearly is, is booming. Uh, Boomba, which I do know has been right here a couple of years, however wanted a desperately wanted a lodge available in the market. I spoke to somebody the opposite day that was so excited. We had, that they had a lodge available in the market to make use of Go Port, certainly one of our largest purchasers right here. Uh, actually wish to thank the neighborhood, the management of the neighborhood, the chamber, the parents which have joined us, um, the lending and monetary companions, which actually is a testomony to, to Andre and his crew and his legacy of all the event that he’s achieved. Uh, the parents from Alternative Accommodations are right here. If they’d increase their hand, I’ll lose you within the again. We’ve Joe, who’s the chief of the Alternative Lodge, sys the selection, consolation in resorts system. So nice to have you ever with us. Uh, I wanna thank some individuals notably too personally right here. You’ve met Mike Clinger. He raised his hand. We’ve a whole lot of our individuals right here that labored actually, actually exhausting with Andre to get this proper. Andre did the exhausting work. We got here in behind him and tried to fill in the place our duty of opening up an important lodge. However I’ve received Sandra Lucas right here. I noticed Sandra and her husband, Sandra’s in control of income for about two thirds or a 3rd of our portfolio of 36 resorts. Uh, Adam, Adam, the place are you? Adam Hill. Adam is the again. Adam is the vice President of operation for this lodge. Reviews to Andre in regards to the lodge. Uh, Whitney Ties is Whitney is within the again. Whitney’s our, our chief business officer and senior vp, additionally an proprietor together with Mike and I, Mike Pinger. You’ve met, uh, Matthew Hoffman, who I hope all of y’all have met, is the final supervisor of this nice lodge, the again, Dina Hansen, who all people must beat tonight as a result of we would like her to e-book enterprise with you. She’s our director of gross sales of each of our resorts. And a part of the remarks I’ll make is about, , why Sandford, we’re the primary lodge, I suppose this near the airport anyway. I do know there’s a few different resorts available in the market, however we don’t pay a whole lot of consideration to these. I’m sorry if I’m offending among the homeowners and common managers which might be right here, however that’s the reality. Uh, the airport’s booming. Andre’s had this in his line of sight for a very long time and waited for the time to be proper. Uh, it’s at all times troublesome constructing a lodge. It’s at all times troublesome placing a large amount of fairness down after which a yr, a yr and a half of, of painful getting it to the delivery factor, proper? Yeah. Not 9 months, however a real yr and a half. So we thanks for that. We thank all of our companions which might be right here. Thanks very a lot for exhibiting up. This lodge I discussed a bit earlier, has a whole lot of facilities, whether or not it’s our shuttle to the airport, whether or not it’s the outside pool, the cabana, um, the, in case you haven’t seen the train room, we have now 36 resorts. Lots of them are bigger than this. None of them has an train room that has the standard touches and is as giant as that. We’re gonna be tremendous drawn to sporting teams which might be going to Baba. We’re enthusiastic about becoming a member of and, and partnering with them. I, I’ll let you know, as Andre constructed this lodge, it was all in regards to the messaging of getting it proper for his household, our visitors, and our crew members. So it wasn’t nearly Andre. He actually made the selections primarily based on what, how he’s gonna achieve success right here is taking nice care of our visitors and nice care of our crew members. I hope you all will come again. Be a part of us heaps and plenty in your kinfolk right here, your colleagues right here, your weddings, occasions right here. So thanks very a lot. It’s actually my honor. Now to introduce you to Andre Hickman, who’s the developer of this property. Most likely lots of Andre. He, he’s achieved a number of different ventures on this market. We’ve one other nice lodge. We function him for him in Sanford. Nevertheless it actually is simply an honor and a pleasure to be right here with y’all to do that grand opening. Uh, once more, it was so considerate and so intentional. If you stroll round, these issues don’t occur accidentally. These issues occur as a result of this gentleman right here was considerate about it and actually tried to provide one of the best lodge he may on this market. So thanks very a lot. It was nice speaking to a whole lot of y’all. Tonight I’ll let Andre take takeover.
Ryan Embree:Hiya everybody. Ryan Embree right here with the Suite Spot reside on the grand opening of the Consolation Inn & Suites, Orlando Sanford Airport right here with the proprietor Andre. Andre, ardour mission, multi-year mission. Quite a lot of blood, sweat, and tears coming. We’re right here lastly on the grand opening, the ribbing entrance. How are you feeling proper now?
Andre Hickman:I’m ecstatic. Yeah, it’s been a very long time within the making from the primary telephone name to discovering the property and signing the franchise and, and, uh, simply very blessed to be right here immediately.
Ryan Embree:Quite a lot of selection illustration, as a result of that is actually a star property for the consolation model. Discuss to us in regards to the phrases I preserve listening to is intentionality, very deliberate on all of the facilities the place even belongings you have been speaking about in your speech over right here about even the place parking areas have been. Discuss to us about, , the fervour behind this mission and why you wished to make it so intentional and so deliberate.
Andre Hickman:Effectively, it was a labor of affection a whole lot of years within the making. Yeah. Uh, we’re close to the airport and so we did a bit little bit of theming with the, the metallic and the, and the airplane wings and the, the portico. Uh, we did a whole lot of additional options. We, we had one other com We’ve one other consolation in in Sanford, and I wished to do issues a bit totally different. Yeah. And so I went greater, greater, greater, greater. So greater pool, greater deck, barbecue grill space, greater foyer, taller ceilings, greater rooms, greater loos. Um, we wished to do a walk-in bathe. I actually don’t like curtains and, and glass doorways. And I stated, , if we will make a, a walk-in bathe and a consolation in, that’d be fairly a feat. And so a whole lot of design work, and we’re actually happy with the way it got here out.
Ryan Embree:Yeah. I like doing these kind of episodes and grand openings and speaking to homeowners like your self since you don’t get these tales generally within the background of the labor of affection, such as you communicate of within the background. Now I’m a resident of Seminole County, right here in Oviedo, however we’re right here in Sanford, good up the street, but a pair Sanford Metropolis officers right here, additionally welcoming this new enterprise. Discuss, uh, the particular place in your coronary heart and placement. Simply, only a couple miles from the airport closest truly to the airport proper now.
Andre Hickman:We’re very lucky to have county and metropolis commissioners right here immediately. A number of selection representatives. Flew in to see the brand new lodge. Uh, we’re right here by the airport. We had some airport of us right here. It’s, uh, fairly a, fairly a novel spot as a result of we’re situated nearly midway between the Sanford Airport entrance in addition to the Boomba Sports activities Advanced. Yeah. And I feel we’re in a novel spot to, to hopefully seize, uh, guests from each these markets.
Ryan Embree:Completely. That’s what you need. And it’s the, uh, be capable of entice all in each section. Um, congratulations right here on this mission, Andre. Once more, labor of affection. It turned out excellent. We’ll allow you to get again to your grand opening social gathering. Thanks a lot for visiting with us.
Andre Hickman:Thanks.
Speaker 4:Hiya everybody. Welcome to a different episode of The Suite Spot. We’re right here on the grand opening on the Consolation Inn and Suites, Orlando Sanford Airport right here with Wayne West, the third. Wayne, we noticed you out in Hunter a pair years, uh, weeks, months in the past. In Atlanta. Right here we’re in Sanford, Florida. Lovely property opening up right here. Inform us a bit bit about this mission.
Wayne West III:Effectively, that is the second mission for this proprietor we’ve operated for, for 25 years. Nice proprietor. Takes nice care of the visitor, take nice care of my crew members, and clearly construct an exquisite lodge. And the phrase I’ll use for Andre Hickman, the proprietor developer, is that it was so considerate about this property and each little nuance of it’s intentional to take nice care of the visitor. Whether or not it’s a sports activities crew coming into the growth by advanced, or whether or not it’s distressed gasoline staying on the airport, which is just quarter of a mile away, the airport entrance. He was simply so intentional and so considerate about each facet of the property at his personal expense. Yeah. He actually put much more into this than the everyday selection lodge.
Ryan Embree:We talked proper now, we talked at Hunter about, proper now it’s about strategic progress for Newport and it must be the best associate.
Wayne West III:Yeah.
Ryan Embree:Why was this mission and this proprietor the best mission for you at Newport?
Wayne West III:Effectively, truly we’ve been blessed sufficient to, to work for Andre for 25 years. When he began speaking about this three years in the past, he concerned us from the very starting. He was, he would come out to the positioning and take a look at it. He would speak about what the drivers have been going to be, what he wished to do to handle these drivers. And albeit, he wanted to be financially profitable, however he’s put an amazing quantity of fairness time and vitality and energy into this to get to this product. Yeah. So he is an ideal associate for us. He’s an ideal associate for Seminole County. He’s an ideal associate for all of the enterprise round him.
Ryan Embree:It’s completely stunning property. Very distinctive. Like I stated in his speech, he was truly speaking about, , utilizing some dry erase on some parking heaps. That’s how, , how intentional and deliberate every determination there. We love that in hospitality, proper. ’trigger generally now they get accused of simply the large field lodge. This actually doesn’t match that invoice.
Wayne West III:No. And I feel in case you would discuss to the selection individuals, that is the showcase for them although. That is an instance of an proprietor that did it proper.And in some circumstances, what above and past their model requirements, simply to ensure the visitors are taken nice care of.
Ryan Embree:Like to see it, proceed to see these visitor expectations elevated and like to see. Can’t wait to see the suggestions that everybody will get. Respect you taking the time to spend a while.
Wayne West III:Nice to try this. Thanks once more. Good being with you.
Ryan Embree:Thanks. Thanks a lot. Respect it.
Ryan Embree:Hiya everybody. Ryan Embree right here with the Suite Spot on the Consolation Inn & Suites Orlando Sanford Airport right here with Adam. Adam, thanks a lot for taking the time. Fantastic mission, stunning property. Simply spoke to Wayne about actually the excessive degree relationship between possession and Newport Hospitality Group. You’re the boots on the bottom. You’re a bit bit nearer to the mission. Discuss to us a bit bit in regards to the story. ’trigger it, , it didn’t simply unfold out of the bottom. That’s a labor of affection, proper?
Adam Hill:This mission might be 10 plus years within the making. I imply, the Hickman household, began one of many drafting board actually over 10 plus years in the past. It’s certainly one of our longest standing companions. They’ve been with Newport for nearly 30 years. So for them to take this and do it, I imply, Andre painstakingly labored over the plans. They have been written. I got here on board about three years in the past. And I used to be like, we’re by no means gonna get this over the end line. So then we went from the positioning and we began with transferring some dust excavating, getting the partitions up, transferring it. And I imply, the mission has simply come to life within the final two and a half years. It’s ridiculous. However I imply, simply to see all of the love and exhausting work that the Hickman household have put into it’s simply wonderful. That is in all probability the only option product on the market. You’re not gonna see a Consolation Inn like this. It’s very distinctive for 107 rooms, all of the sq. footage, each room is meticulously designed to be distinctive.
Ryan Embree:Completely an unimaginable story. A wonderful property right here. 10 plus years in a difficult setting. Proper now for hospitality. Discuss to us about, , having that communication with possession with the contractors, ensuring even the GM, the agent, the director of gross sales, who’s in all probability planning these rooms earlier than the lodge’s even open, making an attempt to get some teams in right here. So discuss us by way of a bit bit about that course of and the way that communication is vital to.
Adam Hill:So I feel we’re very lucky on this market. I imply, like I stated, we’ve been right here nearly 30 years. We’ve established nice grounds, nice roots with the companies which might be right here. We knew that the companies have been gonna develop. Even throughout COVID, this lodge didn’t undergo. I imply, this lodge did extraordinarily properly. And so they’re speaking about our sister lodge available in the market. However, so once we knew when this room was gonna be constructed, we knew with Boomba proper right here, the airport rising, there was a possibility. We seized that chance. I do know there’s a number of different lodge initiatives that have been deliberate. They’ve by no means received off the bottom. We received this off the bottom and I imply, we have been in a position to get the financing behind it. We have been in a position to get a stable GC that had by no means constructed a lodge earlier than. And I imply, this can be a lodge {that a} GC didn’t ever constructed. So I imply, it was a really, like, the celebs aligned. We received an ideal crew. So simply tremendously proud of the way it occurred.
Ryan Embree:The joy was matched. We had a pair representatives from the town of Sanford speaking about this property and it was equally matched as a result of they’re excited in regards to the airport being proper right here. And that’s gotta be nice for the situation. How is that type of working with the town in tandem with them to assist a mission like this transfer throughout the end line?
Adam Hill:So I, once more, our partnership extends past simply the Newport crew. So Dena serves on the Seminole County Chamber of Commerce board of Administrators. We’ve Andre who serves on the sports activities district for Seminole County, so forth. So we’re very related. We’re a really neighborhood associate. We be sure that we’re very lively in our neighborhood by giving again. So, I imply, that’s opened a whole lot of doorways for us too, the place we don’t actually have a serious problem of getting our head in with metropolis leaders. ’trigger we give again on the communities that we work in.
Ryan Embree:Love that. That’s hospitality at its core, proper? So, Adam, recognize it. Congratulations on the property. Congratulations on the mission. Greatest celebration for you as properly. We’ll allow you to get again to it. Thanks a lot for becoming a member of us.
Adam Hill:Thanks. I recognize it.
Ryan Embree:Hiya everybody. Ryan Embree right here with the Suite Spot on the stunning Consolation Inn and Suites Orlando Sanford Airport right here with Dena, Director of Gross sales. You could have now turn out to be the envy of each director of gross sales on this space. ’trigger you’ve got the nicest, most stunning property right here. Thanks for having us at your grand opening and ribbon chopping. Discuss to us about this ardour mission. It’s simply completely attractive right here. Right here we’re within the foyer.
Dena Hansen:Thanks. Effectively, thanks for coming and celebrating with us. Our property has actually been constructed and created by design for these vacationers coming in, not just for cruises, however the sports activities groups which might be touring in. We’re a couple of mile from Boombah Sports activities Advanced, they usually have a whole lot of totally different tournaments, whether or not it’s baseball, lacrosse, area hockey, so plenty of consolation right here. We’ve 107 rooms. Most of them are double queens. Once more, pondering of these households coming in, and I wish to say it’s like Texas over right here. Every part’s greater. The pool is larger, the deck is larger. There’s a cabana with some lounge seating. There are two barbecue grills with patio seats as properly. So in case you don’t wanna exit and spend that cash on meals at a restaurant, uh, you’re welcome to go to Publix, which is 2 miles down the street, seize some meals and simply grill it up and have a very good time.
Ryan Embree:What kind of traveler section are you actually getting curiosity from and like, inquiries for teams?
Dena Hansen:Yeah. So to start with, a whole lot of marriage ceremony blocks, a whole lot of reunions, clearly a whole lot of sports activities blocks coming in for boombah however most lately the phrase has gotten out from company corporations they usually’re wanting some company charges. They wanna make the most of our assembly area. So it’s, it’s type of ebbs and ebb and flows a bit bit. However very thrilling.
Ryan Embree:This location has actually been starved for one thing right here. We had a few metropolis officers right here that have been speaking about this and so joyful they have been equally as excited to be opening this up as a result of the airport is rising a lot. What’s among the suggestions that you just’ve been listening to? You’ve have already got some visitors in right here we’ve seen coming out and in of the foyer doorways. What’s among the suggestions that you just’ve been listening to so removed from perhaps the person vacationers after which perhaps among the teams that you just’ve hosted right here as properly?
Dena Hansen:Yeah. So optimistic suggestions throughout. I don’t assume I’ve heard one damaging factor in regards to the lodge. They benefit from the area. They love the pool space, particularly for households which have littles. There’s a solar shelf on the pool. So it’s simpler for them to look at the youngsters. Simply the additional area and the way huge and open and comforting every thing is is wonderful. Anyone truly stated they love our sheets.
Ryan Embree:Okay. Yeah. That’s a brand new one too. Superior. Effectively, I wanna wrap up by simply speaking about perhaps the connection that as a DOS you gotta have actually good relationships and connections with native companies. Clearly the neighborhood. Seminole County, I’m a resident of Seminole County, proper down the street. So, discuss to us a bit bit about the way you’ve been in a position to construct these and provides again to the neighborhood and the way they’ve supported you, and vice versa.
Dena Hansen:Yeah. So, not solely are we part of each Seminole County Chamber and the Sanford Chamber. I’m on the board of Administrators for the Sanford Chamber as properly. And doing that it’s actually all about constructing the relationships, sustaining contact and simply serving to one another out and partnering collectively. That’s actually what it’s about. So if, in the event that they want a gathering area, we truly home the Sanford Chamber breakfast, weekly breakfast conferences for Q3. We’ll be right here each Wednesday from 7:30AM – 9:00AM. Shameless plug. However yeah, relationship constructing, it’s necessary. No one desires to do enterprise with someone you don’t know. You wanna know that you just’re gonna be taken care of. And once you stroll by way of these doorways, I assure you from the second you step by way of to the second you permit, we have now you.
Ryan Embree:That’s hospitality.
Dena Hansen:Residing hospitality at its greatest at Consolation Inn & Suites Orlando Sanford Airport.
Ryan Embree:Dena, thanks a lot. Thanks. Congratulations. We’ll allow you to get again to the social gathering right here. Thanks. And rejoice this unimaginable property.
Dena Hansen:Thanks very a lot.
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