Meyer Jabara Hotels Encouraging Associates to Think Big

Meyer Jabara Hotels | May 14, 2019

No idea is too small: Just ask the Stamford Marriott which hosted the 42nd annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament – brainchild of the hotel's first Director of Sales [Danbury, Conn., May 14, 2019] — In 1977, Mike Dolan, director of sales for the new Stamford (Conn.) Marriott Hotel, had an idea. To help increase business on a slow winter weekend, Dolan approached Will Shortz, then editing crossword puzzles for Penny Press magazines in Stamford, with the idea of hosting a crossword tournament. Shortz, who today is best known as the "Puzzlemaster" for NPR and crossword editor of The New York Times, jumped at the offer. The...