~ Main duties included developing and managing client relationships, and building successful partnerships with clients and vendors.~ Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing.~ Manage all onsite activities, including but not limited to, pre-con with hotel staff, registration, speaker management.

• Primary job duties involve soliciting new catering accounts in order to exceed organizational revenue goals and oversee customer functions to ensure timeliness and customer satisfaction.• Closed 2016 at 116% to food and beverage, room rental and audio visual goals. • Possess creative negotiating and closing skills.• Consistently uncovering new accounts and maintains excellent relationships with existing accounts.• Managed hundreds of weddings and client events involving the planning, coordination of personnel and catering, and communicating wedding/event details to all hotel departments in a clear and timely manner.

• Managed logistics and onsite facilitation for advisor board meetings. Additionally, managed oncology market research events for 100+ attendees dealing with budgets of over $100,000.00.• Working closely with the Convention Service Manager, conducted on-site assessment of meeting facilities in order to coordinate hotel banquet teams and audio-visual suppliers while adhering to pricing guidelines.• Finalized vendor bills, managed speaker honoraria and expenses, and communicated with client to meet all needs and execute successful on site meetings.

• Sourced hotels for all client projects and events. Performed extensive hotel analysis and research to include compiling, analyzing, and documenting research results.• Assisted in virtually all aspects of hotel contracting including reconciling client bills and disputed bill discrepancies resulting in cost savings.• Maintained reporting for all event activities including savings cost analysis, commissions, event reconciliations and hotel billing. Contacted external accounting departments to ensure timely payment of hotel commissions.