Devra Glynn Email & Phone Number

Park City, Utah, United States

Vail, Co

Ski.com is the largest provider of ski vacations in North America. Based in Aspen, Colorado and founded in 1971, Ski.com customizes complete vacations at more than 120 destinations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and South America. As Director of Travel Agency Sales at Ski.com, my essential role is to oversee all sales & marketing efforts of the travel agency sales channel. In my role, I develop and implement sales and marketing strategies with key travel agency partners and travel consortium, which include Virtuoso, Signature, American Express and Travel Leaders, to increase sales. In 2019, I helped establish a preferred partnership between Ski.com & Virtuoso Travel Network and so far in 2020 have grown that channel year over year in a global pandemic year. I am responsible for cultivating relationships with new travel partners as well as strengthening relationships with Ski.com’s top travel agencies to grow a loyal network of travel partners. I have implemented a data-based sales and marketing strategy around key partnerships including top producing agencies and agencies with high growth potential. Planning and conducting sales missions with vendor partners in key markets across the U.S. is an essential part of my role. In terms of marketing, I strategize with travel consortia account managers to finalize cooperative marketing plans and manage these plans throughout the year. I also work with Ski.com marketing team to sell and implement cooperative marketing plans with vendor partners across the globe. Another significant part of my job is focused internally, with the Ski.com sales team, marketing team and leadership.

Avon, Co

Vail Beaver Creek Resort Properties is known for consistently offering the finest hotels and vacation rental properties in Vail & Beaver Creek, CO. From luxury hotels, condominiums and townhomes to spacious private homes they offer a wide variety of accommodations. As the Leisure Sales Manager for VBCRP, I was responsible for the leisure sales channel of a collection of 24 hotel & condominium properties in Vail & Beaver Creek. I managed domestic travel advisor and wholesale relationships for this collection which represented approximately $4 million in annual revenue. This collection included The Arrabelle at Vail Square, a luxury hotel at the base of Vail Mountain. The Arrabelle has affiliations with Virtuoso, Signature, American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts and Ensemble and was a primary focus in this role. I managed the partnerships with the travel consortia including setting the sales & marketing strategies, contracting, managing the online presence, resolving conflicts and cultivating key relationships. I was also responsible for educating reservations and operations staff on the value of these partnerships. I set and executed a sales strategy for trade shows and sales missions where I created and conducted comprehensive presentations and trainings to top travel partners in key domestic markets. In this roles I worked alongside hotel and residential property operations staff, reservations teams, marketing and revenue management teams to set strategy and improve guest experiences. I played a leadership role in managing a sales coordinator. Leadership responsibilities included but were not limited to goal setting, career building, mentoring, managing payroll and ensuring effective time management ad completion of tasks.

Denver, Co

LeisureLink offered a distribution platform for small property management companies to list their vacation rental properties on leading sites like Expedia, Booking.com, AirBnb and VRBO dynamically managed their pricing and availability through sophisticated revenue management tools. The Company also helped lodging suppliers generate bookings through its call center reservations services, online booking engines and technology tools.As an account manager for Leisure Link, I was responsible for the management and growth of approx. 150-200 regional lodging properties representing over $1.5million in annual revenue. I acted as a liaison between partners and partner facing systems and services we offered like reservation and online booking systems and distribution channels. I worked with OTA market influencers to leverage merchandising opportunities and marketing campaigns to support growth. I provide expert advisory services to partners by understanding key partner objectives, need periods, ADR, yield management, technology constraints and opportunities as well as provided meaningful monthly and quarterly performance reporting from which we collaboratively set strategies.

Broomfield, Co

Vail Resorts, Inc. is the premier mountain resort company in the world and a leader in luxury, destination-based travel at iconic locations.In my role as Travel Industry Sales Coordinator, I supported the Travel Industry Sales team including the Director of Sales and two Sales Managers in their day to day account management of wholesale accounts and strategic partners. I created and distributed weekly/daily updates, lodging promotions and contract addendums to wholesale tour operators. I organized and hosted major department events including familiarization tours, annual sales meetings and appreciation events. I was responsible for managing an accurate, up to date budget of $500k+, organizing purchase orders and maintaining client shwag inventory. I was relied up to resolve wholesale issues and communicate as needed across various departments including hospitality divisions, revenue teams, lift ticket offices, ski schools, accounting and other internal entities

Keystone, Co

Canton, Ma