2nd Annual Dixon Dub

The Second Annual Dixon Dub Lip Sync Battle at the Hilton on Friday evening, September 29th was a night filled with fun, dancing and plenty of entertainment! The Dixon Dub event helped raise an impressive $62,000 for Dixon School of the Arts. We would like to send a...

Back in Topeka: To The Moon!

By Harlan Butler, Former Innisfree President Back in Topeka, we had a General Manager at one of our hotels, years ago – and she was a lady. (We were told later that she had perhaps a bit of a cocaine habit, but we didn’t know that at the time.) She wasn’t...

Becoming an Entrepreneur

With Julian MacQueen, Founder and CEO, Innisfree Hotels There’s an idea that has always resonated with me. Entrepreneurs are not necessarily the smartest people in the room, but they learn quickly from their mistakes. It’s a ‘Ready, Shoot, Aim’ approach to life....

Everything You Put Online Lives in Perpetuity

By Alyssa Townsend, Director of Social Media “A former colleague of mine posted about how he was going to use up all his sick leave then quit. He posted it at 9 a.m., and was told he didn’t have a job at 11 a.m.” – 20 Tales of Employees Who Were Fired Because of...

What Does It Mean to Be On Stage?

With Jason Nicholson, Vice President of Hotel Operations What does it mean to be ‘on stage’ when you’re on the job? Being on stage is analogous to being an actor. When we’re at work, we project a certain message with our tone and character. What that means for us in...