Hotel News Resource Mobile Edition



« | »

The Dow Hotel Company Announces Formation of Food Service Management Division

The Dow Hotel Company Announces Formation of Food Service Management Division

Industry Veteran Randy Hayden Named
Vice-President and Managing Partner

SEATTLE, Washington, October 17, 2001—The Dow Hotel Company (DHC), a Seattle-based hospitality ownership and management company, today announced the formation of its Food Service Management Division. The new division will provide hotel quality food and service to hospitals, retirement communities, businesses and universities throughout the western United States.
“We see this as a natural extension of our current hospitality services,” said Murray Dow II, president of the Dow Hotel Company. “We already have in place an extraordinary team that provides supervisory and support food services to more than one million hotel guests annually. We are positioned perfectly to present additional food services to a variety of venues outside of traditional hotels.”
The company has named Randy Hayden, who brings with him 30-years of industry experience, as managing partner and vice president. Prior to joining DHC, Hayden was vice president and COO of Design Food Management, a large foodservice company in the Pacific Northwest. He began his career with Saga Corporation (which was later acquired by Marriott Hotels) where he advanced to the position of regional operations director. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Western Washington University and an advanced certificate for restaurant management from the University of California at Los Angeles.
“The vast majority of food management service providers are headquartered out of either the eastern United States or Europe,” said Hayden. “The western U.S., with more than $10 billion worth of institutional food service management volume, represents an incredible opportunity for a more innovative, flexible approach. We intend to take advantage of it.”
Founded in Seattle, the Dow Hotel Company provides premier systems, people and philosophies geared toward modern and sophisticated management of hotel properties and food service management. The company recently was named the “fastest growing” hotel company in the United States by a leading hospitality publication. The company currently manages The Radisson Hotel Sacramento, the Embassy Suites O’Hare in Chicago, The Clarion Hotel James Madison and The Doubletree Hotel Virginia Beach.

Posted by on February 11, 2006.

Categories: Development

« | »




Recent Posts


Pages