Inn & Suites General Manager

Hotel General Manager – Full-Service Hotel & Regional Conference Center | Mankato, MN

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson – Mankato, Minnesota
Full-Service Hotel | Regional Conference Center | Legends Bar & Grill | Banquets & Events

We are looking for an experienced Hotel General Manager to lead a full-service hotel, regional conference and banquet operation, and Legends Bar & Grill in Mankato, Minnesota.

Located near Minnesota State University, Mankato , this is much more than a rooms-focused hotel GM position. The property serves business travelers, university visitors, sports teams, weddings, corporate meetings, conferences, community events, and local restaurant guests.

The General Manager will have responsibility for the entire property and every major revenue stream —hotel rooms, group business, conferences, banquets, catering, and food & beverage.

We need a leader who understands how to run a successful full-service hotel while also seeing the larger opportunity:
grow the property into one of southern Minnesota's preferred destinations for conferences, meetings, banquets, weddings, group travel, and dining.

This role offers considerably more operating complexity and opportunity than a traditional select-service hotel GM position.

You will lead:

• A regional conference and event center
• Banquet, catering, wedding, meeting, and group business
• Legends Bar & Grill , an established on-site restaurant and bar
• Sales and revenue strategy across multiple revenue streams
• A multi-department leadership and operations team
• The property's presence in the Mankato and southern Minnesota business community

The opportunity is to build revenue—not simply maintain the operation.

Success will be measured across the total business, including:

• RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, and market share
• Group room revenue and booking pace
• Conference and meeting space utilization
• Banquet, wedding, catering, and event revenue
• Legends Bar & Grill revenue and profitability
• Total hotel revenue and GOP
• Labor and operating expense management
• Guest satisfaction and online reputation
• Employee engagement, accountability, and retention
• Community and corporate relationships

Provide hands-on leadership across all hotel operations, including:

• Front Office
• Maintenance and Engineering
• Revenue Management
• Food & Beverage
• Banquets and Catering
• Conference and Event Operations

Establish clear expectations for department leaders, monitor performance, and ensure consistent execution throughout the property.

Maintain brand standards while continually identifying opportunities to improve service, productivity, revenue, and profitability.

A major priority of this position is maximizing the property's conference, banquet, meeting, wedding, and group-event potential .

The General Manager will:

• Build conference and meeting business throughout southern Minnesota and the Upper Midwest
• Increase utilization of meeting and event space
• Develop corporate, association, university, sports, wedding, and community business
• Monitor group pace, leads, conversion, pricing, and future bookings
• Ensure banquet and catering events are both well executed and profitable
• Work closely with Sales and Food & Beverage leadership to increase revenue per event
• Build repeat business with meeting planners, organizations, companies, and community partners

You should be comfortable asking:
What business are we missing, why are we missing it, and what are we going to do to win it?

Legends Bar & Grill is an important part of the property's full-service experience and a revenue opportunity in its own right.

The General Manager will work closely with restaurant leadership to:

• Grow restaurant and bar traffic
• Strengthen the Legends brand in the Mankato market
• Improve food & beverage revenue and profitability
• Build connections between Legends, hotel guests, conferences, banquets, and local events
• Develop promotions and events that create additional traffic
• Maintain strong standards for food quality, service, cleanliness, and hospitality
• Ensure appropriate labor, food-cost, beverage-cost, and inventory controls

We want Legends to be a destination for local guests as well as hotel guests .