Experience

Holiday Inn City Center

• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Sales

  • Jul 2009 - Present



HPN Global

• United States
• Hospitality
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

  Hospitality Performance Network is a no-cost International Hotel Sourcing & Consulting firm and will save you time in your site searches. We are able to expand your searches, lower your hotel room rates, and assist in negotiating the contract, all at no cost to you. By placing over 250 meetings per month for our clients (and over 750,000 room nights in ’08), HPN is able to obtain significant volume discounts on room rates, concessions, and extra protection on contractual terms which may be otherwise difficult to obtain as a single organization. Searches are confidential, giving you more time to concentrate on the logistics of your program. • There are no out-of-pocket costs. • Risk-free – we do not require you to sign a contract for our services Call me or check us out at www.hperformance.com Show less



Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Convention Sales Director

  • May 2002 - Jun 2009

  Work closely with convention and meeting professionals to save them time and money when securing their hotel room blocks, negotiationg contracts and adding value to their events with professional conferences services such as registration, housing and providing additional services in all areas of conference implementations. Responsible for: • Convention / meeting / event marketing plan as well as short and long term goal development. • Soliciting and attracting convention / meeting / event business from professional industry associations at the national, regional, state and local levels. • Works within all market segments from associations to sports to identify, cultivate and develop potential groups with emphasis on multiple / hotel and citywide business. • Develop and maintain cohesive working relationships with convention / meeting planners; event producers, media, venue managers, academic officials, local, regional and national sports organizations. Show less



Cedar Rapids Convention & Visitors Bureau

• Director of Convention Services

  • Oct 1989 - Feb 1996

  Developed the convention services department in scope and duties to include housing bureau and both convention pre-registration and on-site processes. Developed the annual convention services marketing plan. Serviced an annual average of 155 conventions with an 85% annual average rate of repeat business. Responsible for member services and membership drive from 1989 through 1993 when a membership director was hired on a contract basis. Developed the convention services department in scope and duties to include housing bureau and both convention pre-registration and on-site processes. Developed the annual convention services marketing plan. Serviced an annual average of 155 conventions with an 85% annual average rate of repeat business. Responsible for member services and membership drive from 1989 through 1993 when a membership director was hired on a contract basis.