Preferred Corporate Housing, a global leader in creating personalized corporate lodging solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Rolince to the team. Jason, a 20+ year corporate housing industry veteran, comes to PCH from previous leadership roles in Business Development and Operations within the industry.
Throughout 2020, Preferred Corporate Housing experienced exponential growth despite the unprecedented events and impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic. This growth along with the launch and quick scale of PCH’s partnership with Airbnb has provided opportunities to grow the team as well.
“We have known Jason as a colleague and a friend since we began attending CHPA conferences in the early 2000s. When the opportunity to add to our leadership team came, he was a natural first choice. His reputation of exceptional service standards and relationship-building abilities made him the perfect fit for our team,” said Jon Lanclos, Founder of Preferred Corporate Housing.
“We have our sights set on really big things for PCH in the coming months. Bringing Jason on with our team will help us navigate our future and scale in ways that ensure our current and future clients continue to receive the exceptional service we promise to deliver,” said Samantha Elliott, PCH President.
PCH was recently named as the Corporate Housing Providers Association “Company of the Year – Large Provider” for the second consecutive year, and also received the CHPA “Innovation of the Year” award for its partnership with Airbnb. “This is an amazing opportunity to join a team that has consistently shown inspirational leadership, a team-centric culture while being focused quality of service, industry innovation and exponential growth,” said Rolince. “PCH has empowered me to bring my experience, knowledge and forward-thinking mentality to seamlessly join forces with what I have revered as one of the best corporate housing teams in the industry.”
About Preferred Corporate Housing (PCH):
Preferred Corporate Housing, a global leader in creating personalized corporate lodging solutions, has serviced over 16.4 million room nights, provided housing solutions in more than 82,000 cities across North America, and housed employees from 6,000+ national and global companies, including 427 Fortune 100/500 companies. PCH offers the largest selection of furnished housing solutions, including long and short-term furnished apartments, hotels and extended-stay options in major markets, remote destinations and all the cities in-between! PCH maintains ultimate quality control as the direct lodging source, and creates personalized guest experiences for each unique housing request. With the best team in temporary housing, PCH will ensure your employees are matched with solutions that fit their specific needs as they get settled in to their home away from home! PCH is ‘Your Permanent Solution for Temporary Housing Nationwide!”
The Corporate Housing Providers Association held its highly-anticipated annual awards event last month to recognize and honor companies who have achieved marked industry success throughout the past year. This year’s event was held in a virtual ceremony where more than 250 corporate housing professionals gathered online for the award announcements.
For the second consecutive year, Preferred Corporate Housing was named as the Corporate Housing Providers Association “Company of the Year – Large Provider.” Samantha Elliott, President of PCH accepted the award and later shared the following comments. “This was such an unexpected win!” Said Elliott. “It is extremely rare for the same company to receive this honor two years in a row, and with the unprecedented events of 2020, this award truly validates all the amazing work our team put in to ensuring our service never waivered.”
As the award presentation continued, PCH was honored once again by receiving “Innovation of the Year” recognition, the pinnacle award of the event.
This award is given to one provider company to recognize significant progress in innovative advancements related to the corporate housing industry. This often includes new products, technology, process improvements, software or other innovations which solve current industry challenges.
Referencing Preferred Corporate Housing’s partnership with Airbnb, this “Innovation of the Year” Award highlighted the forward-thinking opportunities that allowed PCH to capture demand and create solutions for a new segment of travelers who had previously not sourced corporate apartments for their lodging needs. By building a program in partnership with the world’s largest online lodging marketplace, PCH was able to create a more agile and instantaneous solution for booking furnished apartments, ensuring future relevency for PCH and the corporate housing industry.
“Thousands of hours of design-thinking, implementation, re-design and collaboration have gone into this program,” said Michelle Velasquez, Director of Client Services for PCH. “We had a vision for the direction we thought future travelers would be going, and we worked as a team to steer our program solutions in that same direction. Receiving the ‘Innovation of the Year Award’ from CHPA is truly one of the highlights of my career,” said Velasquez.
About Preferred Corporate Housing (PCH):
Preferred Corporate Housing, a global leader in creating personalized corporate lodging solutions, has serviced over 16.4 million room nights, provided housing solutions in more than 75,000 cities across North America, and housed employees from 6,000+ national and global companies, including 427 Fortune 100/500 companies. PCH offers the largest selection of furnished housing solutions, including long and short-term furnished apartments, hotels and extended-stay options in major markets, remote destinations and all the cities in-between! PCH maintains ultimate quality control as the direct lodging source, and creates personalized guest experiences for each unique housing request. With the best team in temporary housing, PCH will ensure your employees are matched with solutions that fit their specific needs as they get settled in to their home away from home! PCH is ‘Your Permanent Solution for Temporary Housing Nationwide!”
About Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA):
The Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) is a professional trade association exclusively dedicated to supporting corporate housing providers around the world. With more than 300 member companies worldwide, CHPA is where corporate housing companies and professionals succeed. Members include providers and industry vendors that are invaluable partners to the industry’s success.
Michelle Velasquez, PCH’s Director of Client Services, was a guest on the widely popular ‘Love + Relo’ podcast hosted by Ben Cross. The hour-long conversation covered topics including how PCH is responding to COVID19, how the temporary housing industry is being impacted overall, changes to best practices and protocols, the new normal, and personal growth/motivation tips to keep positive during this stressful time.
“Ben is a great friend and he is amazing at connecting people within the industry to discuss the most-relevant topics,” said Michelle. “It was an honor to be a guest on his show, and I loved every second of it!”
ARC Relocation, an industry leader for global employee relocation management services, hosted its first annual client and supplier forum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This conference, a first of its kind, sought to ‘Transform Perspectives’ of the attendees in many different ways.
Bill Mulholland, Director of ARC Relocation explained the conference theme this way. “Our Mission Statement and theme of this event of ‘Transforming Perspectives’ can mean many different things. Our goal for this event was to transform the perspective people have about Puerto Rico, about ARC Relocation and about how relocation conferences should be” said Mulholland.
The three-day learning and collaboration event concluded with the ARC Relocation Supplier Awards black-tie gala, where suppliers were honored in the following ARC Core Value categories: Innovation, Inspiration, Accountability, Team Work and Transforming Perspectives.
Preferred Corporate Housing was honored as the winner of the Transforming Perspectives award. “Our highest award is our Mission Statement Award – Transforming Perspectives,” said Bill Mulholland. “PCH received an overwhelming amount of votes for this award from the ARC Team because they consistently transform our perspectives about temporary housing and personalized service for our clients,” said Mulholland.
“The ARC Team have always been fantastic partners with PCH because they see client relationships and service from the same lens we do,” said Samantha Elliott, President of Preferred Corporate Housing. “In today’s experience-based culture, transferees are looking for personalized service with solutions that are custom-designed for their specific needs. The ARC Team always helps us provide those solutions in the way they communicate their clients’ needs and expectations throughout the relocation process,” said Elliott.
“The thing I appreciate most about working with the ARC Team is the genuine value they place on partnerships with their suppliers,” said Michelle Velasquez, Director of Client Services for PCH. “The standards for success are clearly outlined by the ARC Team, and there is a true collaboration for the best ways to achieve that success together. We are so honored to receive this award from their team,” said Velasquez.
About Preferred Corporate Housing:
Preferred Corporate Housing has been providing furnished temporary housing services for relocating employees, corporate travel programs and Relocation Management Companies for more than 20 years. With service to more than 75,000 destinations, PCH has become a go-to employee lodging resource for more than 8,000 local, national and global clients including 413 companies on the Fortune 500 list.
About ARC Relocation:
At ARC we pride ourselves on our VIP customer service to both the relocating employee and the employer. Through both our extensive in-house employee-training program and our performance with the industry’s top service providers, ARC has raised the bar on customer satisfaction. ARC is the recipient of numerous awards and is known in the relocation industry as the “best of the best!”
ARC Relocation, an industry leader for Employee Relocation Management Services, released the shortlist of finalists for their annual ARC Awards. The ARC Awards include finalists in five categories including Innovation, Inspiration, Accountability, Team Work and Transforming Perspectives.
Bill Mulholland, Director of ARC Relocation described the ARC Awards with the following statement: “Like most Relocation Management Companies, ARC Relocation tracks a number of metrics in an effort to measure “performance”. However at ARC we realize that we are only able to offer our clients and transferee’s the best pricing and the best service in the relocation industry if we are able to partner with the best service providers in each market. These metrics are important but the intangibles are what separates a good service provider from an amazing service provider. The intangibles cannot be measured through metrics. As with all things that we do at ARC we have a commitment to take the examination of service providers deeper than the industry norm. As such, the categories for awards at ARC are not just based on statistics but rather the very core values and mission that ARC embraces.”
Preferred Corporate Housing has been named as a finalist in two award categories; Team Work and Transforming Perspectives. The Team Work category finalists include companies who embrace a positive culture and are here to support one another both personally and professionally. The Transforming Perspectives category is extra special because it is also the theme for the upcoming ARC Client Forum taking place in Puerto Rico on November 12 – 15.
Preferred Corporate Housing is honored to be included in this shortlist of finalists with other amazing service providers representing all facets of the relocation industry. “Much of the success of our partnership with ARC can be attributed back to the amazing people on their team,” said Michelle Velasquez, Director of Client Services with PCH. “The ARC Team keeps the human side of what we do on the forefront of every interaction, and they ensure their partners are set up for success with their clients. We all win together,” said Velasquez.
Award winners from all categories will be announced at the black tie Gala Event and Awards Ceremony on November 14th at the close their Transforming Perspectives Client Forum event.
About Preferred Corporate Housing:
Preferred Corporate Housing has been providing furnished temporary housing services across North America for more than 20 years. With service to more than 75,000 destinations, PCH has become a go-to resource for more than 8,000 local, national and global clients including 413 companies on the Fortune 500 list.
About ARC Relocation:
At ARC we pride ourselves on our VIP customer service to both the relocating employee and the employer. Through both our extensive in-house employee-training program and our performance with the industry’s top service providers, ARC has raised the bar on customer satisfaction. ARC is the recipient of numerous awards and is known in the relocation industry as the “best of the best!”
