Atrium Hospitality announces Joe Browning is the new General Manager of the company’s Embassy Suites by Hilton East Peoria Riverfront Hotel & Conference Center in Illinois. With 22 years of hospitality experience, including in Illinois, Joe will be responsible for day-to-day leadership of the 226-key, all-suite hotel, which is directly linked to the largest conference center in East Peoria and overlooks the Illinois River.
Most recently, Joe was General Manager of the 250-key Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville South Cool Springs. The Atrium-managed, all-suite hotel offers 24,000+ square feet of event space and is located in the Cool Springs Corporate Centre office park in Franklin, Tennessee. Joe’s hotel career journey with award-winning Atrium Hospitality also includes his serving as General Manager of the 237-key Embassy Suites by Hilton Montgomery Hotel & Conference Center in Alabama, which features 15,000 square feet of event space. Prior to joining Atrium in 2019, Joe worked in operations at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bloomington, Illinois, where he served as Director of Food and Beverage and Assistant General Manager. While attending Southern Illinois University, Joe kicked off his hospitality career as a Hotel Banquet Server. He is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA).
“I’m excited to collaborate with Joe in his new role as General Manager at the Embassy Suites by Hilton East Peoria Riverfront,” said Peter Komar, Vice President, Operational Strategies — Midwest Region, Atrium Hospitality. “With more than two decades of hospitality experience, Joe is a proven hotel leader. He inspires our hotel teams to be better through his optimism and dedication to Atrium’s core value of Perseverance.”
According to Joe Browning, he joined Atrium Hospitality more than three years ago as one of the first participants in Atrium’s Leadership in Training program and continues to grow in his hotel career journey. “It feels amazing to have the opportunity to work at the Embassy Suites by Hilton East Peoria Riverfront while also being able to bring my wife and family back to our home state,” Joe said.