College - White Lodging

Your Next Career Move

White Lodging believes in the power of higher education and its ability to create the best hospitality workforce that enables its people to thrive. You’ve made the investment and we’ll help make it grow into a fulfilling career. We’ve tailored our College Intern and College Graduate Placement Programs to put your hard-earned education to work and learn to be the best leader you can be – A Hospitalitarian.

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College Graduate Placement

Are you about to graduate or recently graduated from college? That means you’re ready to pursue your leadership career and start working for one of the top hospitality companies in the country. You’re ready to find a place where you can grow a diverse career and inspire others to do great things.

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Developer, Owner, Operator

Because of our size and our history, we maintain deep relationships with Marriott, IHG (Kimpton), Hyatt, and Hilton brands. This provides our associates with unique opportunities to grow their careers across multiple brands in the same markets and across the country. And, since we are also a developer and owner of hotels, associates have a full 360-degree view of the industry.

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Culinary Leadership

We operate more than 40 independently branded restaurants and 10 market-leading rooftop bars. If you’re looking to thrive in a diverse and creative culinary environment, look no further. If you don’t believe us, Cosmopolitan Magazine and Thrillist rated our rooftops the top in Austin. Far and Wide rated one of our steakhouses within the top 45 in the country. The Bourbon Review named one of our bars among the Best Bourbon Bars and Wine Spectator issued the Best Of Award of Excellence to several of our restaurants.

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Commitment to Higher Education, Lifelong Learning.

White Lodging enhanced its commitment to higher education when Purdue University launched the White Lodging – J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality Management and the Dean V. White School of Real Estate Finance. White Lodging also operates the only student-run luxury Autograph Collection hotel in the world, The Union Club Hotel at Purdue, which is used as a learning lab for the next generation of hospitality leaders.

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Latest News

Jean-Luc Barone Joins AHLA Board of Directors

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) introduced its 2025 officers, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors, a list encompassing some of the most respected names in the hotel industry – including White Lodging CEO Jean-Luc Barone, who will now serve on the AHLA Board of Directors.

Conner White Named White Lodging’s Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

White Lodging is pleased to announce that Conner White will take on a new role as Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer.

AUSTINPLACE BECOMES LARGEST SINGLE COLLECTION OF MARRIOTT HOTELS IN TEXAS

10-hotel collection with more than 220,000 square feet of meeting space and more than 3,300 guest rooms band together to create convention center destination

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