Dream Chaser: Davonne Reaves owns multiple hotels, and wants to show you how

Reaves (above), 36, is a graduate of Georgia State University and purchased her first hotel in Oklahoma in 2020. She now owns three hotels in two states and sits on the Georgia State University Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration Board of Advisors.Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice The lobby of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta was buzzing with activity when Davonne Reaves entered through the massive glass revolving doors. She stopped to say hello to familiar faces, hugging some, and joking with others. Reaves, 36, was once one of them. At heart she still is. She started working at the 1,260-room Hyatt Regency in 2007 and a dream of wanting to one day own a hotel began. During her six-and-a-half years as an employee at the Hyatt Regency, primarily assisting guests at the front desk, Reaves picked up the necessary knowledge and insight to one day make that dream come true.& “I just wanted to always have the top position no matter what I was going to do,” Reaves told The Atlanta Voice during a recent interview. “What’s the top position at a hotel? The owner.”& Today Reaves owns three hotels, two in Indiana; a 145-room Staybridge Suites in...