Michelle Barnet
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Staypineapple Hotels Inc.
Kirkland, WA 98033
Founder and Chief Pineapple Officer
Phone (425) 455-5825
Founder and Chief Pineapple Officer
Property Types
Hospitality
Languages
English
Bio
Michelle Barnet is a graduate of the hospitality management program at UNLV. She started her career with Westin Hotels and its hands-on Manager Training program. After several corporate roles in Sales & Marketing, she moved into development and was responsible for feasibility studies, new construction and conversion projects. Michelle briefly left the hospitality industry to join her family’s real estate business, where she diversified the portfolio by adding hotels. In 2010 she created Staypineapple with the opening of her first hotel, The Maxwell Hotel, located in Seattle Center. Over the past 13 years, she has led the Staypineapple team to open and convert 10 total Staypineapple hotels nationwide, creating a brand of well-respected boutique hotels with an incredibly passionate and loyal following of experience-hunting travelers.
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