Katie Purrington
Conference Sales Manager at Visit Anchorage- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Visit Anchorage
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United States
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Travel Arrangements
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1 - 100 Employee
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Conference Sales Manager
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Sep 2023 - Present
I get to promote one of the most beautiful places on Earth for conference destinations. Can you even call that work?
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Convention Sales Manager
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Sep 2023 - Present
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Anchorage Marriott Downtown
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Anchorage, Alaska Area
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Sr. Sales Manager
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May 2014 - Sep 2023
Responsible for group rooms sales in the Alaska Market. This also includes contracting conferences that require guest rooms. Booking Local Negotiated Rates, Tour and Travel Groups. Inventory management. Responsible for group rooms sales in the Alaska Market. This also includes contracting conferences that require guest rooms. Booking Local Negotiated Rates, Tour and Travel Groups. Inventory management.
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Director of Sales
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Nov 2019 - Aug 2023
Manage contracted airlines. Contract guest rooms and meeting space for conferences Manage contracted airlines. Contract guest rooms and meeting space for conferences
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Hilton Anchorage
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Anchorage, Alaska Area
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Catering Manager
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May 2013 - May 2014
Selling event space, and executing banquet event orders for clients. Writing custom menus and revising existing menus to fit our client's unique needs. Ensuring the function space and audio visual equipment is setup correctly, as specified on banquet event orders. Selling event space, and executing banquet event orders for clients. Writing custom menus and revising existing menus to fit our client's unique needs. Ensuring the function space and audio visual equipment is setup correctly, as specified on banquet event orders.
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Anchorage Marriott Downtown
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Anchorage, Alaska Area
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Catering Coordinator
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Feb 2011 - May 2013
Responsibilities included selling function space, building banquet event orders for the client's approval, writing and recommending menus, running reports for upcoming events, forecasting of sales, managing inventory of meeting space. Responsibilities included selling function space, building banquet event orders for the client's approval, writing and recommending menus, running reports for upcoming events, forecasting of sales, managing inventory of meeting space.
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