Jeffrey Saunders
President & CEO
Jeffrey graduated in the class of 1979 with a B.S. degree from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He has responsibility for all areas of management, operations and marketing for each of the Saunders Hotel Group's properties as well as Managing Partner of Old Bayside Partners.. Along with his brother Gary, he has overseen the development and subsequent management of the Comfort Inn and Suites, at Logan Airport, Boston , as well as the redevelopment of the historic Boston Police Headquarters, in Boston's Back Bay area into a luxury boutique hotel His most recent projects include the acquisition and management of the Marriott Residence Inn-Merrimack, New Hampshire, and the 2005 acquisition of the New London Holiday Inn. He is immediate Past Chairman of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, sits on the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as the Board of Advisors of the School of Hotel Administration at Boston University.
Jeffrey graduated in the class of 1979 with a B.S. degree from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He has responsibility for all areas of management, operations and marketing for each of the Saunders Hotel Group's properties as well as Managing Partner of Old Bayside Partners.. Along with his brother Gary, he has overseen the development and subsequent management of the Comfort Inn and Suites, at Logan Airport, Boston , as well as the redevelopment of the historic Boston Police Headquarters, in Boston's Back Bay area into a luxury boutique hotel His most recent projects include the acquisition and management of the Marriott Residence Inn-Merrimack, New Hampshire, and the 2005 acquisition of the New London Holiday Inn. He is immediate Past Chairman of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, sits on the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as the Board of Advisors of the School of Hotel Administration at Boston University.
From the service staff to the executives, everyone's on the same team at SHG. How do all the parts work together effectively?
The hotel business is theatre and our team knows their role, be it the lead character or the understudy. We look after one another.
What legacy do you hope Saunders Hotel Group leaves?
At the end of the day it comes down to leaving work for the day and going home to your family with a smile on your face. If we have done that we have accomplished a lot, both with job satisfaction and guest loyalty.