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Hotel: Little America Hotel
Textures, forms and colors of the west fill the guest reception area at Little America Hotel.
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Little America Hotel | 2515 E. Butler Ave.
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Planning an event during a pandemic is not ideal or easy by any means.
Amber Mansfield, Marketing Coordinator of Little America Flagstaff, knew this to be true, but somehow she and her team still managed to pull it off. The challenges arose one after the other – from short-staffed teams and rapidly-evolving CDC guidelines to turning indoor events into outdoor affairs and so much more.
Despite all this, Little America still won Best Hotel and Best Evening Planning in the
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2021 Best of Flag – with a little struggle, teamwork and putting their head together to find creative solutions, of course.
Mansfield attributes this to the training the Little America team went through where many learned to take on roles that weren’t even their own.
“2021 has been one of the
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most interesting and challenging years we have experienced in almost 50 years of business,” Mansfield said. “Amid the COVID pandemic, many of our departments were shortstaffed. Our employees jumped head-first into other departments and roles to help keep our business going and guests happy. Everyone on the property has been cross-trained in different departments, and we all have learned to wear many hats. Little America has always strived to put guests first, and 2021 was no exception to that creed.”
COVID-19 brought along CDC guidelines that changed the way all businesses functioned. Safety was at the forefront of Little America’s actions, Mansfield said.
“We made a lot of changes very quickly to follow CDC guidelines,” Mansfield said. “Our employees needed all
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