Experience

Visit Greater Palm Springs

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Midwest National Sales Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Present



Visit KC

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buisness Development Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2016

  * Responsible for developing and defining a new position for Visit KC. * Main responsibility; to locate and secure new accounts and new city-wide business for Kansas City. Lead generator for city-wide business * Successfully focused and achieved booking large hotel business for need dates and shoulder season for the KC hotel community. * Responsible for developing and defining a new position for Visit KC. * Main responsibility; to locate and secure new accounts and new city-wide business for Kansas City. Lead generator for city-wide business * Successfully focused and achieved booking large hotel business for need dates and shoulder season for the KC hotel community.



KCCVA

• Convention Sales

  • Jul 2006 - Oct 2016

  Responsible for booking meeting and conventions (200 – 2000 rooms +) for the Kansas City metropolitan area. * Focused on the National Association Market with emphasis on Chicago and Washington DC associations * Successfully completed yearly Sales Blitz with the KC hotel community and convention center for the Washington DC and Chicago markets. * Complied bids for Kansas City working as the key liaison between the client and the hotel community and convention center in negotiations and presentations Show less



Natl Senior Sales Manager

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

  • Jan 2001 - Jul 2006

  Responsible for leading and motivating a four-person sales team. Reviewed and negotiated contracts, approved group business and room rates. * Responsible for managing Corporate and Association business booked to ensure a delicate balance of limited groups on the books during peak season and focusing sales efforts to uncover valuable group business during shoulder seasons. * Responsible for solicitation and development of Corporate and Association markets through personal prospecting calls, sales trips, trade shows and sales presentations Show less



The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Catering Sales Manager

  • Sep 1997 - Jan 2001

  Responsible for soliciting, booking, finalizing details and follow through on functions for corporate meetings, weddings and black tie social events. Achieving annual budget of 2.5 million dollars Responsible for soliciting, booking, finalizing details and follow through on functions for corporate meetings, weddings and black tie social events. Achieving annual budget of 2.5 million dollars



Hallbrook Country Club

• United States
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Catering

  • 1995 - 1997

  Responsibilities included soliciting, booking and detailing high profile social events and philanthropic functions in an upscale country club * Successfully organizing and executing multiple golf tournaments, tennis invitational and swim championships. * Responsible for timely and accurate completion of monthly reports and presentation of yearly catering budget to Board Members Responsibilities included soliciting, booking and detailing high profile social events and philanthropic functions in an upscale country club * Successfully organizing and executing multiple golf tournaments, tennis invitational and swim championships. * Responsible for timely and accurate completion of monthly reports and presentation of yearly catering budget to Board Members