Jenny's View
Friends,
Last month, La Fonda on the Plaza’s Hollywood-themed staff holiday party celebrated the milestones of many of our valued employees. We recognized five-year anniversaries of Deatrice Calabaza, Veronica Sosa, Michael Schmitt, Wendy Calabaza, Jose Gervasio Gonzales, Felisardo Dominguez, Christopher Bentley, Javier Lemus, Wenona Nutima and Atocha Bojorquez.
Noteworthy were those team members who celebrated ten and twenty-year anniversaries with us. Jose T. Garcia, Isela Gallegos, Olga Juarez, Mirella Mercado and Mario Hernandez all collected 10-year awards. And with two decades of service, Victor Serna, Jose Cruz Perez, Saul Dominguez received ovations from their compadres.
If that weren’t amazing enough, one employee has been with La Fonda since 1979 – that’s forty years! John Nuanez, our chief engineer, has been faithfully keeping our systems in top condition since the year Pink Floyd released The Wall, Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister of the UK and Sony released the Walkman. Time does fly! We also crowned Jose T. Garcia employee of the year, and Karen Severson manager of the year. Congratulations to our stellar crew – they are the reason that La Fonda on the Plaza is consistently rated a top Santa Fe hotel.
As we look to the future, you’ll want to make plans now to a attend conference we’re hosting. Dent is a conference that helps you find new perspectives on tired problems, connect with extraordinary people you would never ordinarily meet, and drive your thinking forward in a productive way. The experience, named for a quote attributed to Steve Jobs about “making a dent in the future,” is for anyone who wants to make a change in themselves or in the world.
Filled with what Pulitzer Prize winner David Horsey calls “an eclectic mix of generally brilliant human beings,” Dent pushes the boundaries of your thinking and helps you harness the tools needed to put your own dent in the universe. The conference is now in its eighth year and second year at La Fonda on the Plaza. This year’s conference will be held March 22-25, 2020. I know from last year’s event that you’ll find inspiration, insights and ideas to help you make the changes you feel called to make. The theme this year is “reinvention,” and no matter whether you’re looking to reinvent yourself, your business, or the larger society, at Dent you’ll find the resources and inspiration to do it.
Dent is designed to bring creative people together to find support through a time of transition, or to power through a challenge that requires new perspectives or lateral thinking. Entrepreneur Magazine called it the #1 conference worth your time and money because the most creative and impactful leaps in every field today come from people who are able to draw on experiences and knowledge from many different domains.
The conference seems to have found the perfect home in Santa Fe because its intersection of art, business, experiences and people mirrors Santa Fe’s rich history as a crossroads of creativity, culture and history.
We’re really excited to be part of Dent 2020. We hope you’ll join us!
Make a dent in your own 2020, friends. See you there!
Jenny
