Leadership Team

Uniquely, Howard functions in a dual capacity. He serves as both Vice President of Operations for Hospitality America and as the Managing General Partner of Hospitality Operations, Inc., which is the owning authority over currently, four top-tier Hampton-branded hotels in South Florida.

A graduate of Tulane University, Howard has 24+ years of experience in the hospitality industry. Previous affiliations include Hilton Hotel Corporation in Atlanta, Promus Hotels, and Villas by the Sea, a 16-acre Hotel Condominium & Conference Center, Jekyll Island, Georgia. He served as opening general manager of the 135-key Hampton Inn-Coconut Grove in 1995. He opened the 123-key Hampton Inn-Pembroke Pines in 1988 as opening GM and the Wingate by Wyndham soon after. As Vice President-Operations since 2000, Howard supervised the opening of three other new-builds – all high-key count and unusually high revenue-producing hotels -149-key Hampton Inn & Suites-Miami Airport/Blue Lagoon in 2000, 157-key Hampton Inn-Ft. Lauderdale Downtown/Las Olas in 2002. The 221-key Hampton Inn & Suites-Miami Downtown/Brickell, opened in 2011, features under its roof: 3 restaurants, a dual lobby/pool bar and many other features that are unique to the Hampton brand. It was honored by Hilton as the Hampton Deal-of-the Year and is Miami’s first Silver Leeds hotel, signifying commitment to energy conservation. The hotel has ranked mostly #1 in Miami by TripAdvisor for many consecutive years.

Howard credits the successes of these hotels to all the outstanding team members who have helped create the best lodging facilities in South Florida and an enjoyable place to work.