 Taken ownership of all weekly forecasting reports and monthly catering PACE reports Develop and maintain meaningful relationships with clients to ensure repeat business Utilize HIS Readerboards to identify and develop new opportunities  Consistently improving company ShopTalk  Ability to think outside the box to implement creative promotions and solutions  Participated in monthly ownership calls, budget presentations and strategy meetings Implement strategic plans and actions that support goals of the market with the heavy focus on outside sales including new business development

Responsible for Soliciting, negotiating and booking new business through demonstrated sales efforts (outside sales call, telemarketing & networking). Maintaining current knowledge of competitive landscape including incentives, discounts, etc. Analyze sales reports interpret trends & accurately forecast sales volumes Assist in selling approximately 22,000 square feet of meeting space & 164 sleeping rooms  Secured & maintained accounts

Generated profitable catering functions through identifying and developing new business opportunities, cultivating leads, building relationships and providing exceptional service to existing accounts. Prepared goals, sales objectives, and sales strategies.Fostered an environment which guests had the benefit of high levels of service. Inspired employees to deliver top performance.  Conduct weekly sales and banquet event order meetings  Worked closely with Executive Chef & Food & Beverage Manager to determine pricing, menus & service standards Sold approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting space & area Hotels for traveling clients Worked varied schedules to accommodate business needs Transformed operation that was posting annual losses to achieve profits in one year

Responsible for Soliciting, negotiating and booking new business through demonstrated sales efforts (outside sales call, telemarketing & networking). Maintaining current knowledge of competitive landscape including incentives, discounts, etc.  Assisted in selling approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting space and 179 sleeping rooms Detail BEOs with all program specs including food, beverage and audio visual needs Worked varied schedules to accommodate business needs Answer calls to qualify business, inform of pricing, send proposals, catering agreement and estimated charges

Responsible for Soliciting, negotiating and booking new business through demonstrated sales efforts (outside sales call, telemarketing & networking). Maintaining current knowledge of competitive landscape including incentives, discounts, etc.  Assisted in selling approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting space and 179 sleeping rooms Detail BEOs with all program specs including food, beverage and audio visual needs Worked varied schedules to accommodate business needs Answer calls to qualify business, inform of pricing, send proposals, catering agreement and estimated charges

Responsible for Soliciting, negotiating and booking new business through demonstrated sales efforts (outside sales call, telemarketing & networking). Maintaining current knowledge of competitive landscape including incentives, discounts, etc.  Assisted in selling approximately 35,000 square feet of meeting space and 258 sleeping rooms Detail BEOs with all program specs including food, beverage and audio visual needs Worked varied schedules to accommodate business needs Answer calls to qualify business, inform of pricing, send proposals, catering agreement and estimated charges

Responsible for gathering details for events and guest rooms to create a memorable experience for clients. Created, dispersed and relayed detailed documentation for the staff to assemble the ideal function. Continued support of Event Managers, prepared, attended & participated in forecast & banquet event order meetings weekly. Reviewed & accepted all Turnovers from the Regional Sales office and also ensured actual revenue & room nights are posted in the appropriate systems