WHO WE ARE
Hotel Wise Man serves the hotel and resort industry by providing products and services that contribute clarity and focus to hospitality professionals. We work with individual properties, management companies, independents, and multi-national chains. Our focus is to provide you with tools that work and is based on decades of experience in hotel sales, marketing, operations, and development.
Founded by Michael Donahue, a seasoned industry marketing executive, HWM is all about moving the needle. You know what you’re doing because you know what the professionals know. It’s not easy, its work, but it’s fulfilling and satisfying to know you can make things happen. As you review our biographies, please note that our experience is hands on. We have worked our way up in this industry and have an appreciation for what it takes to be consistently successful.
Hotel Wise Man provides strategic mentoring for hotel and resort executives at the property, regional, and corporate level. We mentor through web delivered products and retained strategic consultations.
Our advisory board is a representation of forward thinkers. They have a collective experience in our industry that equates to reliable insightfulness. They’ve seen where we’ve been and have learned lessons that we’d like to share with you.
We can help you get to where you need to go and would welcome the opportunity to contribute to your success.
BIOGRAPHY / Michael R. Donahue







