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Ellsworth Milton Statler

Nora Alhamzawi

2B

September 2, 2014

Mrs. Swinnea

Work Cited (cont.)

  • "Pioneers and Leader of the Hospitality Industry" PowerPoint. 2 September 2015.
  • Turkel, S. (2006). Great hoteliers, pioneers of the hotel industry. New York, NY: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers.
  • "Types of Leaderships" Ellsworth M. Statler. Web. @ September 2015.

Achievements/Contributions (cont.)

Hotels

Background

  • 1907-Buffalo: Hotel Buffalo & Hotel Statler
  • 1912- Cleveland: Hotel Statler Cleveland
  • 1915- Detroit: Hotel Statler Detroit
  • 1956- Dallas: The Statler Hilton Dallas
  • 1986- Ithaca: Cornell School of Hotel Administration

Why was he a good leader? (cont.)

  • Ellsworth Milton Statler was born on October 26, 1863 in Pennsylvania
  • He was a young boy born in poverty.
  • After he dropped out of school at the age of 13, he began exploring the hotel industry
  • With only two years of experience as a bellboy, he became the head bellman a famous hotel in West Virginia.
  • The Statler Hotels were one of America's earliest chains of hotel catering for traveling businessmen and tourists
  • Despite the pressure he put on his employees, Statler was one of the first hotel owners to be concerned with employee relations and benefits ( Ellsworth Milton Statler Social Contributions)
  • Also, he was an authentic leader that led his people through positive moral characterization by ethical standards that guided decision making and behavior (Types of Leaders)
  • Ellsworth was a good leader because he sought the best for his guests, employees, hotels, and himself.

Achievements/ Contributions

Why was he a good leader?

  • Statler was a visionary leader, he had a clear vision of the future and inspired his people by successfully conveying that vision back to them (Types of Leadership)
  • He possessed multiple leadership characteristics and traits and was not one that was conformed to an individual leadership style (Types of Leadership)
  • Statler was well known as the Father of Modern Hotel Industry (Ellsworth Milton Statler)
  • He was was named the "Hotel Man of the Half Century" in 1950, 22 years prior to his death (Ellsworth Milton Statler)
  • In 1901, Ellsworth opened a 2,100 room hotel, named the "Outside Inn" to visitors to the Pan Americans Exposition in Buffalo, NY (Pioneers and Leaders of the Hospitality Industry)

Work Cited

Video

  • "Nobody Asked Me,...But N0. 132, Hotel History Ellsworth Milton Statler" HN HospitalityNet. 18 November 2014. Web. 2 September 2015.
  • "Ellsworth Milton Statler" Encyclopedia Britannica. 21 October 2014. Web. 2 September 2015.
  • "Pioneers of Hospitality and Tourism" Introducing International CHRIE's newest publication - Pioneers of the Hospitality Industry: Lessons from Leaders, Innovators & Visionaries. Web. 2 September 2015.

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