Jennifer Freitag of Sumner has been hired as the General Manager of the new Fairfield Inn and Suites in Decorah.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she has previous experience as a general manager at Candlewood Suites in Cedar Falls, Sleep Inn and Suites in North Liberty, Country Inn and Suites in Independence and Super 8 in Decorah.
The new hotel will open this fall, but Freitag is already working on controlling costs, business development and hotel sales.
Freitag and her husband own and operate a farrow-to-finish hog operation near Sumner. Her parents live in the Decorah area.