Known for his entrepreneurial and intuitive management style which has created value and profitability for clients and company’s alike, John LaBruzzo brings thirty plus years of leadership experience to hospitality rooms and food and beverage operations, new project development and staff training and development in his consulting practice. With a functional speciality in food and beverage concepting and development; John has opened nine notable hotels from the ground up during his career as either General Manager or Development Team member. Among them, the Waverly in Atlanta, the Ritz Carlton in Washington, DC, The Peabody in Orlando and the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels in Orlando, Florida..
John is an expert on the dynamics of “brand in-culturation” that takes the promise of the operating brand and translating that promise into sustainable programs and techniques at the operating level .These programs and techniques are presented in either onsite training programs for staff and management or delivered via a series of direct application consulting initiatives to return properties to former product and performance levels. John’s focus in the “brand in-culturation” segment of his consulting practice is made relevant in that his platform is one of direct experience and involvement as a General Manager charged with opening new hotels or turning ailing ones around.
John has earned the coveted CHA designation of the American Hotel and Lodging Association and has presented programs on hospitality leadership at the major hotel schools around the country.

SERVICES:
•Hospitality Advisory Services /Operations, F&B Concepting and Implementation / Revenue Management / Leadership
•Asset Management / Interim Management
•Technical / Development Services for new and re furbished hospitality projects
•Training for staff and management / Seminars and Speeches
•Litigation Services
•Brand and Marketing Management


CLIENTS:
Tishman Hotel Corporation

Provident Management
Corporate Realty/ New Orleans
Mutual Benefit Life
Wafra Real Estate Advisors

Goldman Sachs

Trinity Hotel Investors

hotelAVE
Christian Broadcasting Network
The Church of Scientology
The Boeing Company
Shaner Hotel Group
Hard Rock Hotels
YPB&R Marketing and Advertising
SunTrust Bank
Fisher Island Resort and Spa
Marriott Aruba Resort and Casino
Theodore Barber and Company
Parker International Company
French Market Dessert Cafe
Jazz Cafe New Orleans
The Palace Cafe
New Orleans Hotel Motel Association
Pinellas County Florida Convention and Visitor Bureau
The Innovation Group
Educational Institute / American Hotel&Lodging Assoc.
Rip Van Winkel Gardens
Baker Leisure Group
The Scott Architecture Partnership
Forum Architecture
Urban Studio Architects
The Savery Hotel
The Goodwin Hotel
The Morrison House Hotel

Doubletree Hotel/ Atlanta Northwest
Superior Small Lodging