Comments on: Hilton Moves To Washington DC http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2009/01/25/hilton-moves-to-washington-dc/ by Andrew Calvo Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike M http://www.passionsofazealot.com/2009/01/25/hilton-moves-to-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Mike M Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:24:04 +0000 http://www.passionsofazealot.com/?p=436#comment-863 Andrew, There are probably a lot of winning elements of this. 1. It's a chance to radically re-organize in tough times 2. It's a chance to modify the culture a great deal. 3. It's close to the Blackstone principals who probably like to monitor their biggest investment 4. The CEO Chris Nassetta is reportedly from Virginia and previously ran Host Hotels that is headquartered in Bethesda, MD so it keeps him at home. 5. As mentioned in your post, there are a lot of great people to choose from in staffing the headquarters between Marriott, Choice, Host as well as Thayer, Interstate and a number of other companies. I joined one of the big brand companies shortly after they moved their headquarters one city to another city earlier in my career. The opportunity was definitely there to drastically restructure how work was done, downsize the organization, and totally change the culture. I think this sounds like a smart move from the outside. Mike Andrew,
There are probably a lot of winning elements of this.
1. It’s a chance to radically re-organize in tough times
2. It’s a chance to modify the culture a great deal.
3. It’s close to the Blackstone principals who probably like to monitor their biggest investment
4. The CEO Chris Nassetta is reportedly from Virginia and previously ran Host Hotels that is headquartered in Bethesda, MD so it keeps him at home.
5. As mentioned in your post, there are a lot of great people to choose from in staffing the headquarters between Marriott, Choice, Host as well as Thayer, Interstate and a number of other companies.

I joined one of the big brand companies shortly after they moved their headquarters one city to another city earlier in my career. The opportunity was definitely there to drastically restructure how work was done, downsize the organization, and totally change the culture. I think this sounds like a smart move from the outside.
Mike

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