Prince A Sanders

Park Lane Hotel New York/Managing Director/Alumni 1996

A former professional ballet dancer with Albano Ballet and Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Prince fell into a career in hospitality. After an injury decommissioned him as a dancer in New York City, he had to restructure his life goals. As fate would have it Prince was offered and accepted a position with The W Hotel brand. After successfully working in a variety of positions within hotel operations, Prince became a trainer for W Hotels. He was later recruited as a member of the opening  task force team for four new W Hotels opening across the country. After seven years at W, Prince A. Sanders was recruited to The Ritz Carlton. At The Ritz Carlton, Prince took his training to the next level. In less than a year with the Hotel, he was asked to undergo training to be certified as a speaker with The Ritz Carlton Leadership Center, which upon certification  he immediately went into training staff on property and in non-hospitality industries such as finance, and medical. Because of his hospitality success, Prince assisted in creating training manuals for the EDITION Hotel brand, Marriott’s lifestyle brand in partnership with Ian Schrager. Prince later opened the first three EDITION hotels in Hawaii, Istanbul, and London. From there, Prince moved into the role of Hotel Manager at Trump International Hotel & Tower, which would eventually lead him to a position as the General Manager, earning him the title of “Prince of the City” in a recent article by Forbes. In his current  position as Managing Director at the Park Lane Hotel, Prince and the team will embark on a multi-million dollar renovation. They intend to reinstate the hotel as one of the most unique and iconic properties in NYC.  It’s enough that the success story of a former professional dancer turned into a business success story. But Prince A. Sanders, wasn’t quite satisfied with the legacy he would leave behind. He created a book based on a childhood experiences and The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Prince was born. His first book, “Which Fork’s First?”  helps teach children about table etiquette. 

Although Prince left the stage, he never turned his back on the world of dance. From 2017 to 2019 Prince served as Chair for American Ballet Theater’s Young Patron’s Council where he oversaw an Executive Committee of five and a larger committee of 200. Dance, it seems, won’t leave Prince that easily, and he’s happy to keep a foot in a world that, seems a lifetime ago, and is just as beautiful as it once was- if not even more so.