The Lifestyle Life: Andrew Casperson on Moving Into Upscale, ‘Authentic’ Hospitality
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Andrew Casperson Headshot Coury Hospitality President Andrew Casperson recently spoke withLODGINGfrom Bentonville, Arkansas, where he was visiting the AC Hotel Bentonville, a Marriott hotel, set to open in the spring of 2025. In addition to sharing details of his career path and the people who influenced it, he discussed challenges such as attracting team members—called “experience curators” at Coury—that can support the company’s mission to provide exceptional experiences for guests, and how this lifestyle-brand focused management company is now extending its services to more traditional brands through its Concert Hospitality entity.Early CareerCasperson’s career dates to high school in the mid-’80s, when his first task at a Holiday Inn in Burlington, Massachusetts,...