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HOTELS ’ 2016 Corporate Hotelier of the World . “ I ’ m a big believer that organizations reflect senior leadership ,” Tisch says . “ If I can lead a life like that , hopefully it filters down to how I would want our company to be viewed . Many of the same attributes that I feel I have , hopefully people say we possess at Loews Hotels .”
Tisch also believes Loews can always act as better stewards in terms of its financial responsibilities to partners and that as a leader he has a bigger responsibility to the industry at large . To that end , he has been a very active advocate in New York as well as nationally , educating legislators in
Washington , D . C . “ I try to use the various platforms that I ’ m involved with to keep delivering the message to elected officials and other business leaders of every community that our industry is vitally important to all 435 congressional districts in this country , and then extrapolate that out to obviously travel and tourism being the largest industry in the world ,” he says . “ And I get excited about being able to help deliver that message .”
While immersed in the day-to-day Loews Hotels business , Tisch has encouraged his team to place as much importance on giving back to the industry at
Jonathan Tisch describing his father , Preston Robert Tisch : “ He loved being with people . He was a lobby lizard and really enjoyed watching the guests check in , talking to them . But he also had the same ability to converse with team members and his co-workers .”
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The family has had a 50 % interest in New York ’ s football team , the Giants , for the past 25 years and has celebrated two Super Bowl championships .
Tisch is a founder of the Travel Business Roundtable , which merged with the Travel Industry Association of America to form what is today U . S . Travel , where he serves as chairman emeritus . He is also a former chair and officer of the American Hotel & Lodging Association , and a former chair of NYC & Co .
Tisch says he has no vices , other than French fries , and bikes at SoulCycle for 45 minutes starting at 6 a . m . during the week so he can enjoy those fries .
He has been conference chair of the NYU hotel investment conference for 24 years .
He is married to Lizzie , with three children .
If not a hotelier , Tisch says he would be an architect .
His advice : “ Learn how to listen because you are able to glean from almost every conversation something that could be helpful in your life … And then act accordingly based on what you ’ ve heard and trust your instincts in terms of the particular role that you have .”
32 hotelsmag . com November 2016