PERSONALITIES
GINNY TOO :
TALENT ADDICT
KIMPTON ’ S NEW SVP OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE TALKS ABOUT HER LOVE OF THE GAME .
By CHLOE RILEY , ASSOCIATE EDITOR
In April , Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants ranked number one on Fortune ’ s list of the 25 best workplaces in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017 . Two months later , the company bumped up its workplace culture game a step further by appointing a new senior vice president of its people and culture department ( aka human relations ) in Ginny Too , formerly IHG ’ s vice president of HR for the Americas .
HOTELS caught up with Too to talk successful workplace culture , biggest learns and why a sense of humor in this industry is a must .
HOTELS : You started with Kimpton in June as SVP of people and culture . How does Kimpton differentiate its workplace ?
Ginny Too : I ’ m sure everybody who is close to the Kimpton organization would say that the key
Ginny Too , Kimpton SVP of people and culture
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