MTM Luxury Lodging

Jim Treadway's Profile

Jim Treadway, founder, co-owner, and chairman of MTM Luxury Lodging is well known for his 23 years with Westin Hotels and Resorts prior to his successful creation of MTM Luxury Lodging in 1996.

Jim is a third generation hotelier, whose lodging roots began with Treadway Inns in New England. He attended Dartmouth College, served in the Marine Corps, and graduated from Cornell University in Hotel Administration.

Jim's career with Westin began in 1972. His managerial assignments included the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg, Hotel Scandinavia in Oslo, The Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, The Olympic (now Fairmont) in Seattle, The Westin Hotel in Seattle, The Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, and The Westin Kauai in Hawaii. In 1990, he was promoted to senior vice president of operations for Westin, and in 1991 became president of the North American Division of Westin Hotels and Resorts, a position he held until the company was sold to Starwood in mid-1995.

Jim is a respected leader in the U.S. hotel industry and has been a frequent speaker at industry events. He has guest lectured at Cornell, Florida State, Washington State, Nova University, and the University of Washington. He is a former board/executive committee member of AH&LA and the Seattle CVB as well as past president of Washington State's Hotel and Lodging Association. He is a founding member of Seattle's Lodging Roundtable. He is a past Chairman of the Board of IndeCorp, now known as the Preferred Hotel Group. Jim currently serves on the board of Merrill Gardens, L.L.C., which owns and operates 50 retirement and assisted living communities across the U.S.

Married, with three children, Jim's passions in life are time with family, Hawaii (Kauai, in particular), and sports he has played, currently plays, and now enjoys on T.V.