Linda Skinner

Linda Skinner is a Vice-President for Kinseth Hospitality responsible for the overall direction and management of hotels located across Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, and Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City and Columbia, Missouri. Linda oversees hotels and restaurants with brands and franchises for Marriott, Hilton, and IHG on a daily basis. In her role, Linda also oversees interior design for new hotels and ongoing renovations for the portfolio. Linda is passionate about design and transforming any space no matter its condition with current interior design trends.

Her educational background includes over 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry. She has led the initial takeover, start-up and conversion for many hotels in the Kinseth Hospitality portfolio, ranging in size from a 78-room Holiday Inn Express to a 300-room, full-service Holiday Inn featuring 15,000 square feet of banquet space. Linda launched her career in 1981 when she became the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Best Western Crossroads in Council Bluffs. There she supervised all food and beverage aspects of the hotel. In 1985 she became General Manager of the hotel. She continued her efforts in Council Bluffs with the startup of the first Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB). She was appointed President of the CVB and eventually as Ambassador for Council Bluffs. In 1992 Linda was designated as a Certified Hotel Administrator. She then became heavily involved with the interior design of Kinseth Hospitality properties, becoming a Director of Operations in 1997.

Linda’s hotels have won many franchise awards including the Torch Bearer Award from Holiday Inn for the Council Bluffs - Holiday Inn, and from Marriott for the Columbia, Missouri-Courtyard by Marriott (Diamond Award winner for the #1 ranked Courtyard in the Central United States region for Quality and Guest Service).