Business View Magazine | June 2020

64 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2020 my wings, and 20 years later I’m a minority partner in Hospitality America. Over the last eight years, we’ve grown this company together and I couldn’t be more proud.” Berger initially joined the company in 2002, as General Manager of a 157-key Hampton Inn in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Hospitality America’s largest hotel at the time. He departed four years later to work at Turnberry Associates, where he managed a 290-room, full-service Marriott hotel in downtown Orlando, adjacent to Amway Arena. Berger also had management roles throughout the state of Florida with Turnberry Associates. Then, he moved to Thayer Lodging to expand his hospitality knowledge. Here he operated a 400-room Sheraton Executive Conference Center in Miami, with 22,000 sq. ft. of executive meeting space and annual hotel revenues exceeding $22 million. In 2013, Berger rejoined Hospitality America’s executive team as Vice President of Operations and is responsible, primarily, for directing operations of the Windsor Aughtry hotel group portfolio. Currently, Hospitality America’s portfolio consists only of Hilton and Marriott- branded, franchised hotels. Hilton brands operated by Hospitality America include Hampton Inn & Suites, Embassy Suites, Full- Service Hilton, a Home2 Suites in construction and pre-development of a Motto by Hilton. Operated under the Marriott brand are two Courtyards by Marriott, one Residence Inn, and two AC by Marriott properties that are in the pre- development stage. Hospitality America’s financial track record of results and performance dates back two and a half decades. “One of the things I’m most proud COO, David Berger