MICHAEL HARPER
MICHAEL HARPER, Director of Talent Development at InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa

Michael Harper, Director of Talent Development, directs all talent acquisition, development and training, benefits management and all manner of human resource and human relations needs for the resort.  Harper brings to his role more than 18 years of extensive, varied and high-level human resource experience including serving most recently as Area Champion Human Resources Director for the Northeast America region for InterContinental Hotels Group, where Harper has been employed in progressively senior positions since 1999.

Prior to his employment with InterContinental Hotels Group, Harper was a Benefit Planning Analyst and served in various human resources and benefits roles in and around Atlanta, Georgia. Harper served the United States Department of Defense in the US Army as a Captain in the 82nd Airborne division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for five years before being honorably discharged and beginning his extensive and notable work in human resources in varied capacities.

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Q:  What was the number one reason you decided to join our team at InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa?

A:                There is no one reason, but a combination of several.  Everyone wants to be number one, in this case the first Resort & Spa in North America managed by InterContinental Hotels & Resorts. Everyone wants to have an opportunity to create something beautiful, meaningful, and long-lasting.  What attracted me most was the vision and the passion of Valeriano Antonioli’s leadership. 

 

Q:  Where did you grow up?

A:                I was born in Japan and lived there until I was four years old.  I lived in Germany for the part of the third and fourth grades.  I attended eight elementary schools between first and sixth grade.  As you can guess, I’m a military brat.

 

Q:  If you could live a double life, what would the other “you” be doing?

A:                The other ‘me’ would be in the Special Forces or Special Operations.  I would love to take the fastest jet to the edge of space and look down. 

 

Q:  How did you get started in the hotel industry? What was your first job?A:                My first job was working as a dishwasher at the Holiday Inn. 

 

Q:  What’s one thing you’ll never do again?

A:                I would never again race a corvette with a motorcycle!