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First Steps (ABCD)

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Meet George Terpilowski: General Manager, Fairmont Copley Plaza

In May, when graduates of IINE’s Hospitality Training Program proudly collected their diplomas and celebrated the end of their course, they welcomed a guest speaker who inspired dreams of the paths their careers could take. Their graduation speaker was George Terpilowski, an immigrant who worked his way from front desk clerk to his current position of Regional Vice President of the Northeast U.S. Region for AccorHotels and General Manager of the iconic Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. While attending university in his home country of England, George worked at summer camps [...]