Columbia Hospitality Claimed Company
OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
IS ALIVE AND WELL
We'll try just about anything once. This entrepreneurial spirit is how Columbia Hospitality got its start. As a trusted partner of the Port of Seattle, having planned and executed many events for them, they asked Columbia CEO and Founder, John Oppenheimer, if he knew anyone who would be a good operator for the soon-to-be-built Bell Harbor International Conference Center. Having no management experience, naturally, John said, “Yes, US!” When asked why, his response was, “Because we’ve never done it before, but no one knows what your clients want better than us!”
We got the job, and we still have that job decades later.
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Columbia Hospitality gives us the training, the tools and the support to do our jobs and have a quality work experience and then they step back and let us do it. This gives us meaning and purpose.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Inclusion. Ours is an industry of many backgrounds and many different cultures. Columbia Hospitality goes the extra mile to make everyone feel included and seen.
What makes you most happy at work?
The honesty of the team when it comes to genuinely liking our team members and wanting to succeed and support each other. It is refreshing to see.
What are some of the best things about your team?
They feel engaged and happy. We feel like we are "ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen". Everyone pitches in regardless of their department. We feel like a team!
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They treat me as a person and they ask and value my opinion on how things at my property are run. They allow me to use my experience and knowledge to help make the property a better place for me and my team members.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Columbia Hospitality thinks outside the box when providing benefits. There are the regular benefits like health insurance, 401K, Incentives... but they also do a great job providing access to other benefits like gym memberships, pet insurance, discounts on hotel stays and much more.
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