Airport Business

NOV 2015

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42 airportbusiness November 2015 Tiffany Morris started her career in aviation in 2004 when she was hired on as a private Jet Flight attendant for a charter company based out of New Jersey. After 18 months of jet setting around the world, she decided the ground was a more suitable place for her and returned to Phoenix where she gained employment with Atlantic Aviation. Morris worked for Atlantic at Deer Valley Airport for 4 ½ years, honing her customer service and aviation skills. During this time she not only worked at the that location but was chosen to work special events such as the Kentucky Derby at the Atlantic Louisville location and The Allen and Company Event held out of Atlantic in Sun Valley, Idaho. She was soon promoted to customer service manager at the Atlantic FBO at Will Rogers World Airport, which was the first Atlantic built from the ground up. Morris enjoyed her at time at this location for two years, seeing mostly natural energy aircraft and sports charters. Feeling the need to be closer to home, and hearing the news that Atlantic's location in Reno was building a brand new facility, she put in for a transfer to Reno and was granted the position of customer service manager there. Morris has now resided in Reno for the last two years, and plans to stay for the long haul. Working in private aviation takes a multitude of dedication as private aviation runs 24/7 365 days a year. Morris is no stranger to many early days and late nights in order to best accommodate her customers and soon to be customers. DID YOU KNOW? MORRIS met her husband at Atlantic Aviation in Phoenix. Tiffany Morris: Follows Flight Path to Reno Customer Service Manager Age: 32 Years in Aviation: 10 Senior Director, Communications & Public Relations HMSHost Corporation Age: 38 Years in Aviation: 3.5 years Memberships: ACI-NA, AAAE, AMAC Sarah Cody is senior director of Communications & Public Relations for global restaurateur HMSHost Corpo- ration, the world's leader in travel dining with operations in more than 100 airports globally. She leads the Communications department in managing communications strategy, media relations, crisis/issues manage- ment, marketing communications, internal communications and communi- ty relations. Cody collaborates directly with airport concessions and public relations teams to promote awareness of those airports' food and beverage programs, and works with restaurant brand partners on cross-promotional activities as they enter into and operate in the airport environment. Dining in airports has changed significantly over the last several years and Cody and her team lead efforts to engage with and inform the traveling public on new and innovative restaurants and culinary experiences travelers can now find at many airports. She develops outreach strategies and oversees media relations activities such as grand opening events, media tours, and industry events, to introduce media to airport food and beverage offerings. She also promotes airport-related initiatives such as the first-of-its-kind Airport Restaurant Month and Channel Your Inner Chef culinary competition, and leads participation in community efforts such as the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative Partnership with Starbucks, to hire youth between the ages of 18 and 24 who are out of school and not working. Cody also coordinates HMSHost's community relations initiatives, and spearheaded the recent creation of HMSHost Foundation, whose mission is to fight poverty in the local community with food, shelter, education and occupations. Sarah Cody: Takes Airport Food and Beverage to New Heights DID YOU KNOW? CODY loves to travel internationally and tries to visit at least three countries every year.

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