Pratik Trivedi earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Northeastern Illinois University and another in marketing from the Loyola University of Chicago. Since 2010, he has served as chief marketing and technical officer at Trivedi Hospitality, a midwestern firm that operates seven hotels in the Chicago area, and has three additional projects under development. In December 2020, Pratik Trivedi announced the firm’s Front-line Healthcare Worker Program.
The hospitality industry across the United States was especially hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic because people generally stopped traveling and staying overnight in hotels and motels. Nevertheless, Trivedi Hospitality took the initiative to offer its program to front line healthcare workers involved in the fight against the pandemic.
The program consisted of two elements. The first was a Stress Relief Night, a complimentary one-night stay at either of the two properties offering the program, the Comfort Inn in Des Plains, and the Four Points by Sheraton in Schaumburg. The Stress Relief Night was a single night at either location, including a complimentary beverage from the bar, where workers can just go and unwind.
The second element was Quarantine Stays, which provided stays of up to seven nights for healthcare workers who needed to quarantine. Each property had a special floor dedicated solely to quarantining guests, and those properties also instituted special cleaning and disinfecting protocols to supplement their existing standards. Being able to quarantine in a dedicated facility like the hotels gave healthcare workers peace of mind because they didn’t run the risk of infecting family members by quarantining at home.
