From the Back of House to President of the HFTP: An Interview With Hospitality Leader Neil Foster

Alan Young | May 9, 2023

By Alan Young, Hospitality Industry Advisor, College Professor, and Co-Founder of Puzzle Partner At first – and even second and third glance, Neil Foster’s career in the hospitality industry gives no impression of being an accident. Instead, Foster has spent the last quarter century making a significant mark on the industry while working with hotel companies and technology vendors to uncover better ways of doing business. And yet, Foster himself would describe his introduction to the hospitality world as a happy accident. What began with washing dishes and bussing tables later evolved into a role as an electronic data processing ma...