Ray Patel

Ray Patel

Construction Purchasing Specialist

Ray Patel serves Paragon Hotel Company as a Construction Purchasing Specialist in the New Hotel Purchasing Department. Ray works closely with our Vice President of Construction and Development to provide the materials and resources needed to facilitate the corporate engineering plan for each new project.

In Ray’s path to Paragon Hotel Company, he has owned and operated an independent hotel from 1984 to 1991. He then constructed and opened a Holiday Inn Express & Suites in 1995, 2001 and a Country Inn & Suites in 2009. Ray also managed a Holiday Inn Express & Suites from 1995 to 2009 and then operated a Days Inn from 2009 to 2015. Ray’s brand experience also includes Wyndham, Carlson and IHG brands.

In his free time, he loves watching movies, cricket, and enjoying a variety of cuisines.