“Hotel Tall Pines”
Submitted by: Sarada Maharjan Submitted To: Sunil Ojha Saugat Raj Maskey Merina Shrestha Neegma Shrestha Bikrant Shrestha MBA 3rd Trimester, 2010
Summary
Hotel Tall Pines is opening on May 1 under the management of Mr. Gordon McGregor who had been involved in the planning of the hotel for about two years. Corporate management had selected the city of Riverton (pop. 95000) located in suburbs of Roosevelt City, a major city in the Southeast.
As many offices had moved to the suburbs to take advantage of lower taxes, new buildings, and a pool of skilled workers the site is full of opportunities. The management purchased eighteen acre tract on a major highway that entered Roosevelt City from the south on the west side of Riverton. There is higher opportunity because of the lack of hotel and conference space. So, the hotel have 350 rooms, two swimming pools, three restaurants, small shops and small exercise and weight room with conference center to cater to corporate meetings. In addition, conference center was built with secretarial services, teleconferencing facilities and access to personal computers. The entire facility was oriented toward comfortable stays of extended periods as well as overnight lodging.
The building was designed by an architect of national reputation. Twin towers jutted through the pines to provide foundation for five storey atrium which was striking as viewed from the interstate. Even the name Tall Pines was appropriate for the entire center it had been controversial regarding design. But projections of $3.8 million payroll and annual tax bills of $350,000 for the city and $420,000 for the state made the entire Project highly appealing.
Then, Natalie Sharp was appointed as Director of Personnel for the entire staffing process for 315 positions. Mr. McGregor had brought in most of his managerial and supervisory staff over past six months. The team of