David Strang Email & Phone Number

Connecticut, United States

Greater New York City Area

ConferenceDirect is one of the world’s leading event management and hospitality services firms.We help clients save time and money by securing the best hotel accommodations, meeting space, conference venues, and hospitality services available… at the most favorable terms possible. For more than 15 years, we’ve been passionate about achieving better results.

Seabrook, New Hampshire

Greater New York City Area

Global Sales Director representing over 275 luxury member hotels and resorts, and more than Destinations with our DMC Collection worldwide. Work to create effective solutions by matching client’s meeting needs with the perfect Teneo member hotel. Over 20 years of deep industry knowledge, negotiating expertise and a relentless commitment to making sure your.

Greater New York City Area

• Global Sales Director for Jumeirah Hotels Worldwide. Direct all Group Sales efforts from the Americas outbound to a distinctive portfolio of 22 international Jumeirah hotels that includes Rome, Mallorca, Frankfurt.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with key buyers of international programs covering all market segments.
• Actively promote the new Jumeirah brand’s initiatives by strategically designing and implementing
• Effective liaison between clients and Jumeirah hotels by being a trusted resource on destinations, international contracting processes, timely communications, and hotel product that ensures that the sales function is.
• In charge of developing key relationships with key industry partners for each international destination including airlines, DMC’s, and Tourism & Convention Bureaus.

• Director of Group Sales, Fairmont Bermuda
• Directed group sales team of 13 (on property and 3 satellite sales offices) for both Fairmont Southampton and Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
• Team won the prestigious 2007 Sales Team of the Year award for all of Fairnont/Raffles/Swiss Hotels.
• Directed, motivated and effectively challenged team to achieve annual goals in excess of 104,000 room nights for the two luxury hotels with a total inventory of 1,003 guestrooms.
• Maximized room night revenues by redeploying sales force against key verticle and geographic markets.
• Established 2008 group quotas aligned to global sales territories.

Omni Berkshire Place - New York City; Omni Shoreham Hotel

• Achieved 166% of annual sales revenue goal in 2000 and nominated for Sales Manager of the Year.
• Integral Member of Omni Sales Team of the Year in 1999 achieving 138% of quota.

Bs, Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Hotel & Hospitality Management