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Robert Bushman

President at Define and Refine
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Seasoned hospitality executive with 40+ years of experience in sales, marketing, and event management.
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Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, US
Languages
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
Skills
  • Hospitality
  • Trade Shows
  • Meeting Planning
  • Hotels
  • Hospitality Industry
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Robert Bushman is a seasoned hospitality professional with over 40 years of experience in sales, marketing, and event management. He has held various leadership positions in the industry, including President at Define and Refine, Sales Manager at Greater Cincinnati Conv. and Visitors Bureau, and Founder of Hyatt Hotels Happy Days Beginning. He has expertise in hospitality management, event planning, and trade shows.

Experience

  • Define and Refine
    • Northern VA
    • President
      • May 2009 - Present
      • Northern VA

      Assist organizations on how to define and then refine their selling and marketing objectives

  • Greater Cincinnati Conv. and Visitors Bureau
    • Washington DC
    • Sales Manager Eastern Region
      • 2007 - 2009
      • Washington DC

      Promoted Cincinnati to Associations and Corporations to assist them in buying our destination for meetings and conventions.

  • Adam's Mark Hotels & Resorts
    • Eastern director of Sales
      • 2001 - 2007

      Solicited associations and corporate groups for the 22 US hotels till 2007 When all but two facialities were sold.

  • Greater Houston Conv & Visitor Bureau
    • Washington/Houston Texas
    • VP Sales, Service, Tourism, Marketing, DOS and Reg sales Wash DC
      • May 1993 - Jan 2000
      • Washington/Houston Texas

      Regional sales in Wash for four years then to Houston till 2000.

  • Seattle King County Conv & Visitors bureau
    • Seattle, WA
    • Executive VP
      • May 1982 - May 1986
      • Seattle, WA

      Managed the SKKCB with 42 employees selling, marketing, promoting Seattle, King County and Washington State.

  • Hyatt Hotels Happy Days Beginning (1962) to 1982
    • United States
    • Hospitality
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Founder HHHD's Alumni and Associate to 2013
      • Jan 1974 - Jun 1983

      Group of former 375 Hyatt Hotels sales and operation bunch of rascals, dudes and dudettes who worked for Hyatt during the "Happy Days" of the hospitality Industry. For Website info please contact me 703 232 0912 or halumni.com. 400 photos taken fro 1962-1982. directory, Those that sadley have left us. For those want to join our adventure our site is halumni.com to be an associate of a fun rewarding company of those who had a great time. Our moto......what happened in Hyatt stays in Hyatt.

    • DOS Regional and Corporate
      • 1975 - 1982

      Hyatt Corp Office in Burlingame/SF CA& Chicago/Rosemont, IL 1974-1978. DOS WASHNSO -1982.

  • Western Intl Hotels
    • Seattle, Atlanta, DC, KC, San
    • Sales and Operations
      • Jan 1962 - Feb 1974
      • Seattle, Atlanta, DC, KC, San

      Formally Western Hotels and after WIH changed to WESTIN.Sales and operations at seven locations.

Education

  • 1959 - 1963
    Univ. Washington

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