Joshua Levine has joined The Oread, The Eldridge and The Eldridge Extended hotels as director of rooms.

Levine comes to Lawrence from the Hilton Hotels Management Development Program at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel system. He had a concentration on front office management while acting as the assistant front office manager, as well as the hotel night manager at the 1,623-room Hilton hotel.

An Omaha, Neb. native, Levine is a 2006 graduate of Kansas University, earning a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. He started his career in the hotel business at the Hilton in Omaha.

Levine will be responsible for all the room reservations, front office operations, guest services, concierge services and valet parking at The Oread, The Eldridge and The Eldridge Extended.