{"id":10527,"date":"2023-10-16T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10527"},"modified":"2023-11-04T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:39:44","slug":"will-guidara","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/will-guidara\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Guidara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">Will Guidara is the author of the national bestsell<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">ing book,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"> <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">Unreasonable Hospitality,<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"> which chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he has learned over the course of his career in restaurants. <span>\u00a0He is also the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thankyou.nyc\/\">Thank You<\/a>, a hospitality company that develops world-class destinations and helps leaders across industries transform their approach to customer service.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">He is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which under his leadership received four stars from the New York Times, three Michelin stars and in 2017 was named number one on the list of the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants. Will serves as<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">\u00a0the host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thewelcomeconference\">Welcome Conference<\/a>, an annual hospitality symposium, co-authored four cookbooks, was named Crain\u2019s New York Business 40 Under 40 and is the recipient of the W<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\">all Street Journal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62621521 BCX0\"> Magazine\u2019s Innovator Award.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW62621521 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/willguidara\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10707,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10527\/revisions\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}