Michele Licurse Marks a Milestone

Michele Licurse, area director of sales and marketing at the Fairfield by Marriott New York Manhattan/Central Park, celebrated a career milestone in November: her 10th anniversary with M&R Hotel Management.

A 20-year hospitality industry veteran, Michele joined M&R as area director of sales at the Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West. She joined the Fairfield seven years ago as part of its pre-opening team.

Having worked for brands of IHG Hotels and Resorts and Marriott International, she has learned the sales approaches of two of the industry’s leading players.

She credits Yan Chung, Fairfield general manager, for “assembling a kind of dream team, with everyone working together as one with shared goals.”

As Michele begins her second decade at M&R, she commented on the current state of the business: “Bookings in New York City overall have seen steady growth and have mostly returned to pre-Covid levels.”