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v M _ ü OCTOBER 7, 2011 ---------profile- W W W .J U S T O U T .C O M Out Of This World Jupiter Hotel GM AI Munguia puts PDX hospitality on the map BY RYAN J. PRADO IV U H Red Hills ,3, M ortgage ** CALL TODAY 503.781.4181 www.RedHillsMortgage.com R o b e rt H o « « M L O ! »9103 • Red H ilk M o iiq o q e N M LS 8 I3 9 S Phone: ( 503 ) 286-129 WESTON KIA \ ,, BUY SELL TRADE REFINANCE ASK FOR BATMAN @ WESTON KIA Voice or Text: DaBatPhone 5 • DAY O L D CHICKS • POULTRY SUPPLIES • 360 . 931.3736 • ORGANIC FEED • GARDENING SUPPLIES • Batman@westonkia.com • ORGANIC FERTILIZERS • BEDDING PLANTS • 22309 SE Stark Street (at 223rd & Stark) • HARDWARE • FENCING • PLUMBING • Antiques & C o llectib les 1 .0 0 0 BOOTHS F e a tu r in g ' I t e m s F r o m 1 8 8 0 ’s to I 9 7 0 ’s F urniture * V * in t a g e l ig h t in g T oys 1800 H 9 7 0 VINTAGE CLOTHING * ESTATE JEWF.LRY ★ C H IN A ★ GI.ASS ★ POP C U I TU R F. ★ C O S T (J M F . J f - W M R Y * TOY POTTERY S T E R L IN G I RAINS ^ y treasures for verbal evaluation by cx ; r experts . $ 5 . 0 0 hr object v it h a ll I’RCX.IEDS B r in o your ia TO TH f PORTLAND POLICE SUNS! «M DIVISION PORTLAND EXPO CENTER ^ S A T . O CT. 2 V SUN. OCT.3Q It’s hard to imagine Portland’s hospitality “Most of my experience has been nothing industry without the Jupiter Hotel. For more like this,” Munguia says of his time with the than six years the former motor inn has at Jupiter. “That’s one o f the reasons why I enjoy tracted exceedingly diverse clientele to this so much. W ith traditional corporate Southeast, trading in the baiting o f corporate properties, it’s all recipes that you follow with executives, so synonymous with big box hotel very little regard to thinking outside the box. chains, to instead welcome— sometimes with Jupiter was just opening up, and speaking to a Bear hug— an inclusive guest list. the owners I realized that there was this mass It’s likewise difficult to flexibility that was going think that any of it might to allow me to really chal- have happened without ¿T lenge myself from a cre Jupiter general manager ative standpoint.” A1 Munguia. For Munguia, the vari Munguia, 49, relocated ety has been there since the beginning. Just a few to the Rose City following days after accepting the a distinguished run work ing for corporate hotels job, Munguia got a taste along the West Coast. o f this freedom with his Originally a student o f first hooking: Darklady’s political science and inter annual M asturbate-a- national relations, M un “We just don’t care whether Thon charity event. guia had global ambi “That m om ent to me you’re gay or straight, black tions— namely to work for was really [one of], ‘I or white, hipster or busi the United Nations. But entered a whole new di during college, he accepted ness suit-by-day. We want m ension,’’’M unguia says. a position as a telephone “We would never touch people to be able to come operator at a hotel— a de this— excuse the pun— and feel accepted and free cision that would change at M arriott.” the trajectory o f his career. to be whoever it is that they As a gay man, Munguia “It was a way of paying set to ensuring that the may be and however it is the rent, and it just sort of Jupiter’s marketing efforts they define themselves.” got in my blood,” M un would welcome the LG- -AL MUNGUIA, JUPITER HOTEL BTQjxaveler. One of the guia explains. After climbing the cor first phases o f that ap porate ladder at hotel chains like Marriott, proach was to connect with Community Holiday Inn and Starwood, Munguia sought Marketing, Inc. to begin the company’s to further his resume— and creativity, and di Travel Alternatives Group (TAG) training. versify the hotel experience for guests. For the For a hotel to become TAG certified, staff former high school disco dancing champion— and management undergo diversity training, yes, really—the general manager position at specifically as it applies to the LGBTQ_ the Jupiter couldn’t have come at a better time. community. The Jupiter Hotel became Port- 9 TO IQ XO 5 D o n 't G a m b le W ith Y ou r R ig h ts ! • Free Consultation • No Obligation • No Fee, No Recovery GIBUS McVEA A Personal Injury & Criminal Defense Firm Earlg Admission during set-up - Eridaij.Oct. 2 8 $ 3 0 (8am-0pm) Regular Adult admission (Sat Sun ) $7 0 0 Parking: Expo $8, Portland Meadows (shuttle provided) $3. www.palmerwirls.com 3 0 3 - 2 8 2 - 0 8 7 7 Call Us Now 503 . 223.1708 Josh Gibbs John McVea Member: Oregon Bar, OTIA, OCDLA, MBA The Broadway Plaza • 2X21 SW Broadway, Suite 130 Visit o u r w e bsite fo r m ore tnf o r n a tio n w w w . w w w . g ib b s m c v e a . c o m
