Comfort Inn Prospect Park– Brooklyn General Manager Kemol Dixon, right, and Sales Manager Ciera Bush, left, team up with Hope Community NYC, a local church group in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to give back to the local community. The group has stayed at the hotel numerous times over the past year doing mission work around Prospect Park. Kemol and members of his team had the opportunity to join Hope Community in serving free coffee and hot dogs at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. The hotel continues to be a good neighbor through community relations and random acts of kindness. Comfort Inn Prospect Park– Brooklyn hotel team members celebrate the hotel’s AAA Diamond designation for its quality of experience, range of amenities and an exceptional level of hospitality. From left are Ciera Bush, sales manager; Haily Rosenthal, front desk agent; Kemol Dixon, general manager; Filomena Giurbino, housekeeping supervisor; and Juan M'ugsha Cuyo, houseman. Lily Lukyanovsky, area director of sales at Holiday Inn Express Manhattan Midtown West, recently celebrated her 10-year work anniversary. “To all my mentors, colleagues and friends from M&R Hotel Management, it has been an honor to work alongside so many talented and dedicated people over the last ten years,” she said. “Thank you for the recognition, well wishes and – most of all – the journey!” Team members and guests at the Fairfield New York Manhattan/Central Park last month were treated to an old-time ice cream social. Yasmira Alcoser was master scooper for the day. Her “customers” are, from left, Jose Ubiera and Daniela Silva of the Fairfield New York Manhattan/Central Park housekeeping staff. Do you want a cherry on top? Lining up for ice cream sundaes are, from left, Anabel Acosta, Mayra Mera, Patricia Guaman, Giovanna Mera and Vivian DeLourdes of the Fairfield New York Manhattan/Central Park housekeeping staff. Yasmira Alcoser, right, made the magic happen. Davindra Persaud and Siddiq Sohrab of the Fairfield New York Manhattan/Central Park Engineering staff decide between chocolate and vanilla ice cream as Yasmira Alcoser waits to take their orders. Decisions, decisions. Yasmira Alcoser helps a guest choose a flavor. Angela Harrison, the Fairfield New York Manhattan/Central Park’s newest bartender, serves a summer signature Sangria Soiree cocktail at Bar 58. Employees and their children sample the buffet during the Tarrytown House Estate on The Hudson’s employee barbecue. Neil Genel, M&R’s talent acquisition manager, represented the People & Culture team and captured photos for M&R Team News. Sous Chef Tyrell Welch keeps the buffet line supplied. General Manager Mark Shuda switches roles with Cook Thaysmara Alarcon by working over the barbecue grill at Tarrytown House’s annual employee barbecue. Smiles tell the story at the Tarrytown House's employee barbecue. Where’s dessert? These inquiring minds want to know. Whether it’s a thumb’s up,” “V for victory” or “we’re number one,” the message boils down to the same thing: members of the property’s Engineering and Housekeeping staff loved Tarrytown House’s employee barbecue. The Tarrytown House barbecue was a fun day appreciated by the staff. Remember the game musical chairs? At the Tarrytown House’s employee barbecue, the team played musical Hula Hoops. It takes nerves of steel (or wood) to remove a block that may cause the entire structure to collapse. But that’s the challenge when playing the game of Jenga. Banquet Captain George Crowe, right, waits to try his luck (or is it skill?).