Linda Chin has over 18 years of experience in the luxury hospitality industry. She currently serves as the City Director of Operations for Kimpton Hotels in New York City, overseeing four hotels, and is the general manager of Ink48, A Kimpton Hotel in Manhattan. Chin has held various management roles for Kimpton hotels in New York, Boston and Vancouver. She began her career with Kimpton in Vancouver, where she helped open a hotel and was later promoted to hotel manager. Beyond her work responsibilities, Chin is an active volunteer supporting charities like Dress for Success and has helped develop Kimpton women's groups.

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Linda Chin
Kimpton Hotels NYC & Ink48
Linda Chin has more than 18 years in the hospitality industry, specializing in the upscale and luxury
hospitalitymarket. Chin currently serves at the City Director of Operations for Kimpton Hotels of New
York City – Ink48, Eventi,The Muse and 70 ParkAvenue and general managerof Ink48, A Kimpton Hotel
in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood.
Already a successful member of the Kimpton family, Chin, was previously the general manager of the
company’s Onyx Hotel in Boston. Her distinguished career in the hospitality industry with Kimpton,
includes holding the position of hotel manager at the Muse Hotel in New York’s Theatre District, and
interim general manager at The Nine Zero Hotel in Boston.
Priorto movingto the UnitedStates,ChinKimpton careerbegan inhernative townof Vancouverwhere
she was hired to open the Pacific Palisades Hotel for the brand as the Director of Sales, Marketing and
PublicRelationsrepresentative. She was later promoted to hotel manager where she was responsible
for all hotel departmentsreportingdirectlytoRegional Directorof Operationsforthe PacificNorthwest.
In 2007, Chinbecame the interimgeneral manageratSummitLodge & Spa. She was also the Director of
Sales, Sales Manager, Catering Manager at Listel Vancouver, a 130 room, full service, 4-diamond
Independent Hotel located in the city’s downtown area.
BeyondChin’sKimptonduties,she hasbeenanactive volunteerandsupporterof the company’scharity,
Dressfor SuccessChaptersinVancouver(BoardMember), New York and Boston. Chin has also assisted
inthe developmentof the BostonChapterof the Kimpton Women’s Group, spearheaded philanthropic
and social activities; and is an active participant in the Kimpton Mentor Program. During her time at
Ink48, Chin also forged a strong partnership with New York’s Hartley House community center where
she was honored at the organization’s 2015 Spring Benefit Gala for ‘Philanthropic Excellence’ and has
since joinedtheirBoardof Trustees. Chinalsoassistedinthe developmentof the Boston Chapter of the
Kimpton Women’s Group and is an active participant in the Kimpton Mentor Program.
Chinwas borninVancouver,Canadaand receivedadegree inHospitalityManagement from Vancouver
College. Other accolades include a Certificate in Internet Marketing from the University of British
Columbia, Diploma in Tourism Marketing Management from the British Columbia Institute of
Technology and recipient of an Intermediate Certificate, Wine & Spirit Educational Trust.
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