David Lowe Email & Phone Number

Mandemar, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Its an absolute pleasure to work at the #1 hotel in Australia & NZ (Conde Nast Global Readers Choice 2023), and an even bigger pleasure to head up the brilliant sales team at such a magnificent property.

Rosebery, Nsw, Au

South Morang, Victoria, Au

Head up new home sales for the West Region in Melbourne

New Homes Consultant

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Elanor Investors Group assets included Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge, Mantra Bell City, BreakFree Bell City, ibis Styles Canberra, Best Western Tall Trees Canberra, Mantra Wollongong, BreakFree on Clarence, Best Western Port Macquarie, Mantra Pavilion Wagga Wagga, Parklands Resort Mudgee and Ibis Styles Albany, Featherdale wildlife park and John Cootes Furniture.As the head of Sales & Marketing for the Hotels and Leisure division, my role was varied and had many facets. My role was to manage my team and to work closely with the management companies and the sales & marketing and public relations teams to drive the performance of the hotels in their care. For the franchise or non-managed hotels (including Featherdale Wildlife Park) a direct and hands-on management style was required. This entailed managing any staffing of sales and marketing teams at each property, the oversight of the public relations and events at a property level, media management and advertising. Brochures, sales kits, photography, social media, promotions, sponsorships and VIP management was also part of my duties. From time to time, I was sent to manage special projects at any given property or asset, such as managing visits by Heads of State, press conferences, upgrades to hotels facilities or on-site renovation planning. I regularly ran staff training sessions at the hotels, creating a program called “Presentation, Passion & Performance”, which was a cross-departmental program, focussing on grooming standards, guest interaction and team motivation. As the portfolio grew, our roles became more specialised, meaning that during my tenure at Elanor, I had several titles “Group Sales Manager”, Group Director of Sales & Marketing” and “Head of Public Relations & Events”.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

This was a new & exciting group role in which i led all Sales & Public Relations aspects of the group, in order to assist our assets maximise their productivity and thereby the investors returns on our portfolio. Elanor Investors Group (ASX: ENN) is an investment and funds management business focused on generating strong absolute and risk-adjusted returns through investment in assets and operating businesses that deliver sustainable cash flows with potential for capital growth and Management of third party owned investment funds and syndicates. The strategy of Elanor is to acquire and unlock value in assets that provide attractive cash flows and capital growth potential, and grow investments under management through establishing new managed investment funds. Elanor’s business strategy will be implemented by a management team with experience in the identification of high‐value investment assets and funds management opportunities.

Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Paris Region, Fr

An exciting and challenging role based at the Accor Regional office at Sydney Olympic Park. Essentially engaged to promote and advance the image and public and corporate standing of the Olympic Park properties and the Accor hotels throughout New South Wales to the travelling public and the business sector. This incorporates media and P.R. events for the precinct as well as specific hotel activities for the Accor portfolio in NSW. The greater aim is to ensure that the Accor portfolio is presented in a professional and accessible way while also spruiking the vast array of advantages that staying in an Accor hotel offers the market. My day to day responsibilities include looking for P.R. opportunities for our hotels, the management of media famils, implementation of P.R. events and representing the hotels in media interviews. With a solid background in public speaking, and a well established and refreshing ability to host events with professional standing whilst ensuring a unique, engaging and effective delivery of message.

I managed the entire Sales & Marketing team and C&E team (7 direct reports in total) for both hotels, with a focus on the conference, leisure & corporate market segments. I was responsible for all aspects of hotel marketing and public relations, with the responsibility of increasing the profile of the hotel and to oversee the provision of market leading customer service, to both external & internal clients. Arranging media famils and hosting events to ensure the hotels had a premium place in the market. Promotions on social media and industry publications were also part of my responsibilities. I worked daily with the Yield Manager to drive REVPAR and to ensure that occupancy and rate grew accordingly. Staff management and progression assessment along with performance reviews were also part of my responsibilities. During my tenure at Pier One, the hotel added new function rooms and suites. I implemented a very successful launch event for the new conference rooms and ran a 5-month promotion “Business With Class”, targeting the C&E market. During this time, the Harbour Rocks Hotel was totally redeveloped into 4.5-star boutique property., for which I created and managed the gala launch event. The social and industry media, along with the strategic corporate guest list resulted in excellent market awareness, positioning and traction.

My role as Director of Business Development for The Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach was focused on client relationships and developing the Conference & Business Events segment for the hotel. I implemented strategies to secure new clients as well as retaining incumbent clients. The role involved sales presentations, client entertaining in Sydney and on the Gold Coast as well as arranging client famils to the property and coordinating / conducting site inspections. I regular hosted large events for the hotel as M.C. and represented the hotel group at international exhibitions and events such as AIME.

Supported each Director of Sales & Marketing over the 4 year period and regularly took on the DOSM role during the intervals between the posts being occupied. My day to day responsibilities included account management, sales strategy and implementation, management of the sales team, hosting client & media famils.

BDM with a focus on the Corporate accounts from the Pharma, Medical & I.T. segments.

Performed in many professional musicals and operas: Les Mis (National Tour Australia & New Zealand), Miss Saigon (Sydney), Wizard of Oz (Australian Tour), Me & My Girl (Australian Tour), West Side Story (QLD), Anything Goes (W.A. Theatre Company), Sweeny Todd (QLD Theatre Company), Aspects of Love (Sydney & Melbourne) plus many others.