{"id":2712,"date":"2026-10-07T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/?page_id=2712"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:53:55","slug":"kbailey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/kbailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Kefren Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2680 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Kefren-Bailey-image1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kefren Bailey\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Kefren-Bailey-image1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Kefren-Bailey-image1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/Kefren-Bailey-image1.jpg?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Kefren Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I&#8217;ve been working for Hyatt Hotels for 25 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I joined the Hyatt Regency Austin team in 2006, and have had the opportunity to see the hospitality industry explode in our market.\u00a0 During this time, I worked on the acquisition of The Driskill, into the Hyatt portfolio, and have seen 5 other full-service Hyatt properties open.\u00a0 In recent years, as an HR Specialist, I now support the HR function in both the Austin and San Antonio markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have my Masters in Social Work from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.\u00a0 I hold a SHRM &#8211; SCP and SPHR; both HR certifications.\u00a0 Most recently, I am working on obtaining my coaching credentials through the International Coaching Foundation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I absolutely love fostering and developing talent; helping people achieve new levels!\u00a0 I hope you enjoy your exciting career ahead, in hospitality, as much as I have!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kefren Bailey I&#8217;ve been working for Hyatt Hotels for 25 years.\u00a0 I joined the Hyatt Regency Austin team in 2006, and have had the opportunity to see the hospitality industry explode in our market.\u00a0 During this time, I worked on the acquisition of The Driskill, into the Hyatt portfolio, and have seen 5 other full-service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":false,"hero_content":false,"sidekick":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2724,"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2712\/revisions\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cht.austincc.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}