CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 17, 2025--
Vision Hospitality Group, a leading hotel developer and culture-focused operator, today announced that the company named Mary Beth Cutshall chief growth officer. In her new role, she will be responsible for helping expand the company’s portfolio of owned and operated hotels throughout the U.S.
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“With 35 years of hospitality experience across sales, marketing, acquisitions and business growth, Mary Beth is the perfect candidate to lead Vision’s growth into new markets and segments with new partners,” said Mitch I. Patel, founder & CEO of Vision Hospitality Group. “Mary Beth has worked at all levels of the industry, from property-level sales to C-suite positions with major hotel management companies, providing her with invaluable industry insights and meaningful relationships with brands, owners, operators and virtually any other hotel stakeholder. Mary Beth shares Vision’s purpose-driven mentality, and we have no doubt she will help us achieve our expansion goals.”
Most recently, Cutshall was managing partner and founder of Amara Capital Group, a consultancy/investment group focused on hospitality and multi-family real estate properties throughout the U.S. and Europe. Prior to that, she held multiple, corporate roles with Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG), culminating in EVP and chief development officer. In that role, she led the company’s expansion efforts, including all aspects of acquisitions, new development and third-party management relationships. Additionally, she was corporate director of business development for Hotel Equities, Inc., and held sales and marketing positions with Hotel Investors Trust and Marriott International. Cutshall was a founding member and vice chair of the board of directors for the Castell Project and currently serves as a council member for both Marriott’s Women Serving Women and AHLA’s ForWARD: Advancing Women in Hospitality. She received her Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality.
“I was immediately attracted to Vision’s values and goals, and having known and/or worked with many of the team members in the past, this was an obvious choice for me,” Cutshall said. “As I work to develop and foster new strategic partnerships to help Vision achieve its growth objectives, I also look forward to working with and mentoring the next generation of talent as they take their next career steps, too.”
About Vision Hospitality Group
Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Vision Hospitality Group was founded in 1997 by Mitch Patel. With a diverse portfolio encompassing over 40 hotels affiliated with esteemed brands such as Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, and InterContinental, Vision Hospitality Group continues to push the boundaries of hospitality excellence. For more information, please visit vhghotels.com.
Vision Hospitality Group, a leading hotel developer and culture-focused operator, today announced that the company named Mary Beth Cutshall (pictured) chief growth officer.
TOKYO (AP) — Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships.
They were right at home in Tokyo facing the Los Angeles Dodgers and megastar Shohei Ohtani in a two-game series to open the Major League Baseball regular season. Chicago dropped the first game 4-1, then allowed a homer by Ohtani in a 6-3 defeat in the second game.
Dodgers fans easily outnumbered Cubs fans 10 to 1 at the Tokyo Dome. On the sheer interest level, Ohtani was probably 60-70% of the draw in the sellouts, with the Cubs and Dodgers splitting the rest.
“That’s what’s great about the Cubs, we're always the come-from-behind team,” said Zach Valavanis, a Cubs fan entering a theme bar in the Tokyo Dome complex, filled with Cubs logos and memorabilia — and dozens of other Chicago fans.
“I feel like that’s been the case forever,” Valavanis added, citing the come-from-behind effort to win the 2016 World Series.
Cubs batting practice was well attended. But the Dodgers batting practice was a spectacle with hundreds of photographers, reporters and video journalists staking out Ohtani and his two Japanese teammates — pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki.
The Cubs have two Japanese players — pitchers Shota Imanaga and designated hitter Seiya Suzuki — who didn't go unnoticed. But they're not Dodgers.
“What did they (the Dodgers) spend — three, four, five billion dollars,” said Zach's brother Alex Valavanis, both wearing white Cubs jerseys. “I don’t think they can keep up that pace, but we’ll see.”
Cubs manager Craig Counsell kept it simple. He said being a very high-profile afterthought comes with the territory.
“We’re playing the world champions, you expect that from that perspective,” he said. “We’re playing against the most famous player in the world. So you expect it from that perspective as well.”
“When you’re the world champs, you get to enjoy the spoils of that — and that’s fair to me,” he added.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts kept his explanation even simpler.
“I think in totality, there’s still a few ballclubs that share that same lore of history," he said. “But baseball, a lot of it is cyclical, and so our hope is we can continue to ride this high tide as the Dodgers.
“I just think it’s more skewed because of Shohei. And nothing against the other Japanese players,” Roberts added. "But Shohei is just such a beast of this whole equation.”
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A Chicago Cubs fan makes her way to her seat before an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Fans of the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers walk around the Tokyo Dome ahead of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Fans of the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers walk around the Tokyo Dome ahed of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Chicago Cubs' fans walk around the Tokyo Dome ahed of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Fans hold up a Japanese national flag during team intorductions before an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Fans of the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers walk around the Tokyo Dome ahed of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Fans of the Chicago Cubs take selfie at the Tokyo Dome ahead of an MLB Tokyo Series baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
