July/August

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Tennile Boyd as General Manager for Hilton Garden Inn Times Square Central and the Courtyard 5th Avenue Hotel. Tennile began her career at Highgate in 2013 as Director of Guest Experience at the Hilton Garden Inn where she spent the next four years until she was promoted to Director of Operations. In 2017, she was then transferred to the Lexington Hotel as Director of Front Office. There, she assisted in transforming the property to one of DiamondRock’s best performing assets and substantially improving

guest experience scores. She was promoted to a Hotel Manager at HGI42 in 2019 and was the driving force behind the re-opening of the property post-pandemic. In the same year, Tennile became the recipient of the prestigious Marriott Edge Award for Front of House Leader of Distinctive Premium Brands. Please join us in congratulating Tennile at tboyd@highgate.com.

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