Sample book with community resources insert

Top: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, located at 1802 East Overland Trail in
Abilene.
Middle: Holiday Inn Express & Suites lobby in Abilene.
Bottom: Guest room at Holiday Inn & Express and Suites in Abilene.
arriving in the U.S. in 1969. His long track record of picking
undervalued assets and turning them around is bolstered by
strong leadership and mentoring skills, which motivate
Esperanto’s growing team of professionals.
Esperanto Developments provides cross-functional support,
with full service hospitality experience in a variety of
markets. The Esperanto team now encompasses a burgeoning
group of talented professionals, and this strength and diversity
is available to support its cohorts in the hospitality industry.
The team at Esperanto Developments feels the success of its
projects comes from the conceptual design of each of its properties.
The company focuses on every single detail to make
sure the team embraces the Esperanto working philosophy.
Esperanto’s centralized accounting and financial services
include assistance with budgets, accounts payable and receivable,
daily revenue reporting, general ledger reporting and
preparation of financial statements and bank reconciliation.
Food and beverage services include creating food and beverage
profits in an area that has historically sustained losses;
help with marketing and events; cost control and analysis;
and creation of partnerships with local food and beverage
market leaders. Clients benefit from such sales and marketing
skills as Esperanto’s “Pound the Pavement” campaign, where
relationships are built outside–in the community—not in the
sales office. Other sales and marketing tools provided by
Esperanto include competitive analysis, creative marketing
and regional on-site support. The human resource services
provided by Esperanto include recruiting, screening and hiring,
training and employee development programs and
benefits, risk management and insurance administration.
Esperanto is involved in hotel development offering general
contracting, interior design, PIP consultants, budget and
cost analysis, renovations and repositioning.
In addition to the three Abilene properties previously discussed,
Esperanto’s current portfolio includes five hotels in
El Paso: Best Western Plus, Comfort Inn & Suites, Hawthorn
Suites by Wyndham and Comfort Suites hotel located at the
airport; and Hotel Indigo in downtown El Paso. Other Texas
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