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Your Great Lakes Escape.
Your Great Lakes Escape.
Your Great Lakes Escape.

Our History.

Founded in 1979 by Peter R. and Carol Beukema, Suburban Inns develops, owns, and operates seven hotels in Michigan: the Hampton Inn of Holland, the Holiday Inn Express of Holland, the Holiday Inn Express of Grand Rapids SW/Grandville, the Holiday Inn of Midland, the Courtyard Marriott of Holland, Hilton Garden Inn Grand Rapids East, and Embassy Suites Grand Rapids Downtown. Suburban Inns also owns and manages Big E’s Sports Grill in Holland, Midland, and Grand Rapids as well as Sharkee’s Bar and Grill in Holland. Learn more about our team and about our Hospitality Management Expertise at Suburban Inns. We strive to empower our teammates so that all guests are receiving the best experience, no matter what location of ours they are at.

Work Inn Progres.

Suburban Inns is more than just providers of quality hospitality service, Suburban Inns’ design and construction team has decades of experience crafting the very framework of unforgettable experiences. By ideating and building the very same properties we staff, Suburban Inns ensures a start-to-finish commitment to excellence. Where others outsource ideas and hard work, we believe the best resources are found within.

A team of leaders.

Grounded in a tradition of reliability, trust, and the never-ending desire to improve and succeed, our highly-accountable leadership team and esteemed associates are driven by the vision to maximize the value of every asset. This results in premium returns on investment and phenomenal guest satisfaction. You can learn more about our teammates and accomplishments below.

Executive Team.

Brian Beukema

CEO

Jessica Babcock

Vice President of Human Resources

Bill Lucas

VP of Operations

Mark Konyndyk

CFO

Corporate.

Kassi DeGroff

Operations Administrative Assistant

Catherine Novak

Senior Accountant

John Fisher

Accounting Manager

Nathan Suchecki

Director of Hotel Operations

Grant McCastle

I.T. Technician

Corey Gilmer

Financial Analyst

Lori Varner

Corporate Director of Sales

Ken Arens

Corporate Director of Revenue Management

Brianna Wesley

Human Resources Manager

Melissa Williams

Human Resources Manager

Jackie Russ

HR Recruiter

Brogan Spaulding

Project Manager

Chris Wheeler 

Director of Facility Maintenance /IT

Kevin LeTourneau

Director of F&B Operations

Ashley Banks

Director of Communications

Megan Baker

Social Media Ambassador

At Suburban Inns, we strive to be:

Responsible

Every team member looks beyond their specific job description to consider the broader company goals. Team members own and are accountable for the company’s reputation. This way, when Suburban Inns succeeds, everyone on the team does, too.

Quality

From food presentation to the mattress in each room and the friendly response of a team member, quality is evident in all that we offer. Suburban Inns’ hotels consistently place in the top 15% of our franchise brands, based on guest surveys for taste and presentation of meals, the fit and finish of our rooms and the quality of public spaces.

Helpful

The essence of the hospitality industry is to serve others, putting service over self. A helpful spirit is infused in our company culture by everyone living our trademarked phrase “every employee is empowered to exceed your expectations!”®

Achievements

Our quality ratings are consistently among the top of our brands worldwide, and we’re proud of our team’s many accomplishments. We always push to go above and beyond to exceed guest expectations at every turn. With our staff and management team living this philosophy, together we’ve been awarded some of the top honors in our industry, including:

  • Embassy New Build of the Year 2019 (Embassy Suites Grand Rapids Downtown)
  • Courtyard Hotel of the Year 2019 (Courtyard Holland Downtown)
  • 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for 2016–2022
  • Grand Rapids Business Journal 40 Under 40 2019 (Jessica Babcock, Vice President of Human Resources, Suburban Inns)
  • Elite Award for Work Life Balance 2019 (101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in West Michigan)
  • Grand Rapids Business Journal 40 Under 40 2018 (Peter D. Beukema, Previous Chief Executive Officer, Suburban Inns)
  • 2016–2018 Holland Sentinel Bests of the Best Sports Bar (Big E’s Sports Grill)
  • 2016–2018 Holland Sentinel Bests of the Best Hotel (Courtyard by Marriott Holland Downtown)
  • Hotel Success Award (Hilton Garden Inn)
  • General Manager Merit Award (Nick Haughton, GM, Hilton Garden Inn)
  • Diamond General Manager of the Year (Grant Hirst, GM, Courtyard by Marriott Holland Downtown)
  • IHG’s Best of the Best Guest Experience Champion of the Year (Grant Hirst, GM, Holiday Inn)
  • Hotel Magazine’s “20 GMs to Watch List” (Grant Hirst, GM, Courtyard by Marriott Holland Downtown)
  • MLTA Sales and Marketing Star of the Year 2018 (Lori Varner, Corporate Director of Sales)
  • Courtyard Direct Sales Leader of the Year 2018 (Lori Varner, Corporate Director of Sales)
  • Diamond Circle Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Overall Satisfaction Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Staff Service Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Arrival Experience Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Intent to Recommend Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Room Cleanliness Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Marriott Platinum Circle Award (Courtyard by Marriott Holland)
  • Eleven Quality Excellence Awards
  • Eight Torchbearer Awards
  • One S.M.A.R.T Service Excellence Award
  • One Circle of Excellence Award (Hampton Inn)
  • Best Sports Bar voted by the Great Lakes Bay Regional CVB (Big E’s Sports Grill)
  • Number one ranked Holiday Inn (Midland) in the state of Michigan
  • Top 20 Holiday Inns in all of the Americas
  • Top five Courtyard by Marriott hotels in the brand

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