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T.A. Davis & Associates, Inc.

Executive search for hospitality

Hotels, resorts, restaurant groups, private clubs and premier brands — leaders who own operational excellence and the guest experience.

What We Do Here

Our hospitality practice places executive team members who bring strategic vision, strong leadership, and a proven record of elevating brand performance. We have recruited for independent luxury properties, multi-site restaurant groups, private clubs with century-old memberships, and national management companies — and in every case the mandate was the same: find the operator who is already succeeding somewhere else.

Hospitality leadership does not answer job postings. The general manager who has lifted RevPAR three years running is not browsing a board; she is being courted quietly by the brands that know her numbers. That is the conversation we are built for.

Roles we place

  • General Manager · Managing Director
  • VP / Corporate Director of Operations
  • Director of Food & Beverage
  • Director of Sales & Marketing
  • Club General Manager / COO
  • Regional VP, Multi-site
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief People Officer

How the Search Runs

  1. Week 1

    On-property intake. We walk the asset, meet the team the hire will inherit, and agree on what a successful first year looks like in numbers.

  2. Week 2–4

    Market map of comparable properties and brands, then direct, discreet outreach into the passive market. No postings, ever.

  3. Week 5–7

    Deep vetting and reference triangulation. You receive a short slate — typically three to five — with written assessments, not résumé stacks.

  4. Close

    We manage offer structure, counteroffer risk, and the first ninety days of onboarding check-ins.

T.A. Davis has worked with us and our hotels on several key positions. Their ability to find the needle in a haystack was uncanny, even when we were well into the hiring process.
Corporate VP, Human ResourcesA major hotel company