Bryan Hayes

Bringing with him over 30 years of hospitality experience, Mr. Hayes joined White Lodging in 2011.  In his current position he is responsible for White Lodging’s portfolio of select service hotels.  Mr. Hayes has extensive experience in managing large portfolios of hotels.  Most recently he was at Hyatt Hotels for over 6 years where he held the positions of Senior Vice President in charge of Franchise Operations and Senior Vice President of Operations of the select service division of Hyatt Hotels.  Mr. Hayes was instrumental in the conversion of the AmeriSuites brand to the Hyatt Place brand and subsequently launching the new brand to the market place.  He also launched the Hyatt Summerfield Suites brand while at Hyatt.  Prior to joining Hyatt Hotels, Mr. Hayes was the Senior Vice President of Operations of Prime Hospitality Corporation where he was responsible for the firms 160 select service hotels including the AmeriSuites brand.   At Prime Hospitality he also oversaw the Sales, Marketing, Training, Revenue and Accounting functions of the company.   Mr. Hayes has held several other multi-unit positions in his career including several years with the Marcus Corporation.  Mr. Hayes’ numerous awards include District Director of the year while at Marcus Corporation and winning the coveted Opus Award while at Prime Hospitality.  He is certified by the American Hotel & Motel Association as a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA).  Mr. Hayes currently serves on the Business Advisory Council for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, which happens to be his alma mater from which he earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.