New Beginnings

Hello! My name is Christina and I recently began my Senior Internship at the Sheraton Phoenix Airport Hotel Tempe. I am very excited to begin my career in the hospitality industry and this internship is my first step in climbing to the top!

After completing my first full week of my Senior Internship, I am very excited about the future to come for me in this position. My internship is unique in a way because I am actually a part of the management team at my property and therefore am able to participate in all management related activities such as weekly meetings. I am the Assistant Outlets Manager at this property. What this translates into is the Assistant Restaurant Manager for Fire + Spice: An Arizona Grill for lunch and dinner, the Prickly Pear for breakfast, room service, and the Starbucks on property. I recently changed positions this last week from Front Desk Supervisor and it has been a complete 180 for me.

The transition for me from the Front Desk to the Restaurant has been a very smooth one so far thanks in large part to my new manager Richard as well as the rest of the management team at my property. I have also officially transitioned from Supervisor to Manager which I believe places a lot more responsibility on my plate, which I believe will only help me to mold my management style.

I think that the one thing that has surprised me the most so far is how little I actually knew about how the restaurant runs in my hotel. I have been there for over 2 years now and never realized that the work that is done in the restaurant is never ending! I have found that between the hours of 9am and 5pm I won't ever sit down! Between the vendors who pop up (what seems like daily), beverage/liquor/supplies ordering, assisting other managers and running the restaurant, there just isn't enough time in the day! Even though it is a lot of hustle, I really feel that I am going to enjoy this position and am excited to learn and grow through it!

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