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Michael Tavares and Neil Hisgen, your Innkeepers, emigrated from the United States in 1999. Michael, a restoration and adaptive reuse developer has been saving historic buildings for over 20 years. Neil, a hotelier, has worked in the industry for 25 years in capacities from guest services to hotel general manager. Combining both talents has created a team with both vision and creativity, a welcome addition to the historic seaport town of Yarmouth. Michael, a native of Boston, spent most of his early career in Boston’s Historic South End and played an active role in the revitalization of one of America’s largest historic districts. As the principle real estate broker of his Boston real estate firm, the stage was set for a productive career in saving historic landmark buildings. Eight projects later his calling led him to Key West, Florida, to expand his trade to include landscape design. Michael found Nova Scotia in the late 1980’s when he and a group of friends purchased a large historic homestead in Glenwood, Nova Scotia, 12 miles from Yarmouth. Hence began a 10 year summer vacation destination. Neil, a native of Racine Wisconsin, entered the US Navy in the mid 1970’s. He was commissioned on the Air Craft Carrier; USS Kitty Hawk, and serviced as the Assistant to the Captain. After his tour he left the service and moved to Ft. Lauderdale Florida where he entered the hospitality industry. His career brought him through all levels of hotel services and eventually directed him into management.
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