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business. My parents started the company in 1980 with one restaurant. Interesting fact, I was the first employee of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival in 2009 with Jeff and Cara Squires. So, for several years, I wasn’t working directly with the family business. I’d work with the CBMF in the summer and would travel during winter and did that for a number of years. Then in 2014, I decided to come back to the restaurants as part of MHG and ran our restaurant division for seven or eight years, before taking over as CEO when my father, Kevin Murphy, semi-retired in December of 2021. As CEO of Murphy Hospi- tality Group, I am essentially responsible for all four divisions of our businesses. This includes the operation of our 16 restaurants, three hotels, the Nordic Spa, the PEI Brewing Company, and of course, Whitecap Entertainment, which does
Spotlight on Business: The Murphy Hospitali- ty Group is a leader in the hospitality industry that started 40 years ago with one restaurant and now has multiple world-class restaurants, a catering division, hotels, a brewing company, and an entertainment company with now two major annual festivals. Why is it important to occupy all these sectors of the industry when most only focus on one? BM: It all comes down to our motto for MHG, which has been the same for over forty years and that is to always be trying to create mem- orable experiences. So that’s what all four divi- sions throughout the company try to do every day. I don’t think there’s anything more memora-
ble than us bringing world-class talent to PEI, where people have the opportunity to see some major music superstars and world-class acts, but also give up-and-coming artists and local talent the opportunity to showcase their talents with festival goers and share the stage and brush shoulders with some of the best in the industry to learn from the experience as they develop as artists and performers.
“I was the first employee of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival in 2009”
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VOL 23 ISSUE 2 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • VOL 23 ISSUE 2
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