MARTIN
Enlightenment”, the guiding light that illuminates our path with core values. Paths are riddled with obstacles, road- blocks, insecurities, and prejudice warping our perceptions of truth. People fear what they do not understand. Only by embracing the cultural diversity of hospitality and celebration of people are these fears diminished. The more we know and understand about each other, the more we grow together, illuminating and amplifying hospitality’s “Beacon of Enlightenment” with integrity and trust. Together we must reach, seek, see and dream our way forward, navigating the challenging path through the obstacles towards enlightenment, by “doing the right Thing in the right way”. Hospitality is a simple philosophy that transcends and transmogrifies culture, as a powerful recipe for business and personal success. The start of any great event begins with an invitation to the guests. The focus of every great event should always be on the guest experience. It is my goal to treat the many people who read and enjoy, “Hospitality News” as our most important guests. Being the best is a plateau we all can stand on, and as I always say, “If a friend is a thread than weave me a cloth” I am a storyteller and a lover of history, I will weave the threads of people into a tapestry of hospitality that includes famous people, amazing companies, great charitable “Not for Profit organizations, wonder- ful institutions out on the Eastern End of Long Island like; hotels, restaurants, beaches, venues, historical museums, hospitals, vineyards, caterers, slow food, farms, artisan gourmet food producers, distilleries, private chefs, event planners, venders, designers, performing arts centers, equestrian, country clubs, yacht clubs, and golf clubs, who are all artists contributing to a new experiential world of Hospitality uniquely in their own way. It is a beautiful tapes- try. I started as many do in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher at the bottom rung of the ladder. I then became a
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