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Dimension Development Company has successfully been developing, acquiring and
managing full-service, all-suite, and focus service hotels. Together with our
owning partners we have produced winning combinations in markets throughout the
country. Dimension’s current management portfolio includes hotels in the Hilton,
Holiday, Marriott and Starwood brand families. These hotels include Courtyard by
Marriott, Embassy Suites, Fairfield Inn, Sheraton Four Points, Hampton Inns,
Hilton, Holiday Inns, Holiday Inns & Suites, Homewood Suites by Hilton,
Residence Inn by Marriott and TownePlace Suites by Marriott. The company
operates 42 hotels in 11 states, and is actively working to acquire additional
management contracts and acquire and/or develop additional hotel properties.
Dimension is a growth-oriented, hospitality management company maintaining
long-term management contracts. Because Dimension’s philosophy is geared towards
long-tem management of assets, we take a significant interest in all aspects of
property performance, product quality and service excellence. Many other
hospitality management groups, who do not have long-term affiliation with a
particular hotel as their goal, do not share. This philosophy translates into
higher levels of guest satisfaction and product quality.
Dimension is based in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Sam J. Friedman is the President
of Dimension, and has more than 30 years of experience in the lodging
industry. He has played significant roles in the development of the Holiday Inn,
Residence Inn and Homewood Suites hotel franchise brands. Sam is a former
practicing attorney and earned both undergraduate and law degree from Louisiana
State University where he went on to serve as Chairman of the Board of
Supervisors for many years.
The key members of Dimension’s home office and property management teams have
extensive experience in all facets of the hospitality industry. However, the key
reason for the company’s success and growth lies in its commitment to hiring
“great” people at the properties it manages with positive attitudes and a desire
to be better. Without good people, nothing happens. Dimension hotels are
successful because they are staffed by “productive” people who drive themselves
to be successful. Leading each specialty area within Dimension are:
Ken Thompson, CHA – Executive Vice President/Operating Officer. Ken has been with Dimension
and its related companies since 1991 and is responsible for hotel operations,
sales & marketing, and human resource policy. He supervises our Field Support
Team that includes three regional operations officers; three regional sales &
marketing directors and two revenue managers. Ken has been in the
hospitality industry since 1984 starting as a management trainee while advancing
through the ranks to general manager before assuming position in corporate
management with Dimension. He holds both a Bachelors and Masters Degree from
Alfred University and is certified as a Hotel Administrator (CHA).
Bobby Mancil, Comptroller & CFO. Bobby has been with Dimension and its related
companies for more than three decades. He supervises our corporate
accounting staff which includes approximately a dozen professionals in roles
that include property accounting, account payables, payroll, financial analysis
and construction accounting. He is a graduate of Northwestern State
University.
Greg Friedman, General Counsel & Development Associate. Greg, who is a licensed
attorney in the State of Louisiana and a graduate of Louisiana State University,
is responsible for advising our managed hotels in legal issues and handles
management contract administration. Additionally, Greg actively participates in
development and management contract expansion activities for Dimension.
Eric Arender, Vice President of Construction. Eric is responsible for
construction and planning activities for new build projects. Additionally,
he supervises a team that includes two project managers who are involved with
specific projects and hotel renovation and capital improvement projects.
Eric has been with Dimension since 1998 and has more than more than 35 years of
experience in the construction industry. He is a graduate of Louisiana
State University with a degree in Construction & Civil Engineering.
Shirley Walker, Vice President of Purchasing & Design. Shirley has been with
Dimension and its related companies since shortly after our first company was
founded. She handles corporate purchasing programs, design concepts for
new and existing hotels undergoing periodic product improvements and supports
our hotels with their local purchasing as needed. Shirley is a leader in
the hotel purchasing industry and is known for her excellence in developing
successful partnerships with our vendors that bring extra value to our partners.
Shirley is a graduate of Northwestern State University and is a former educator
before moving to the hospitality industry.
Success in the hotel business has
become more difficult to achieve in recent years, in part, because today’s hotel
customers have more options, are better informed, and are more demanding than
ever before. Today, successful hotel management takes a quality product plus a
team of knowledgeable and dedicated professionals on its management team –
people who understand that success means taking care of the guest and doing the
basics better than our competitors, while striving for quality and excellence in
all that we do. Dimension is committed to providing its employees with
professional growth and career advancement opportunities.
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