Jonathan Young Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Helping organizations save time and money when looking for the perfect hotel or venue for their meetings or groups thru Site Selection and Hotel Contract Negotiation Services at no cost to them.

San Francisco Bay Area

Krisam Group and Global Event Partners (GEP) was a global collection of 250+ fabulous member hotels & resorts as well as an international network of 65 DMC’s through GEP. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with seven regional offices, Krisam Group offered personalized service to meeting and event professionals. Over the course of more than 38 years Krisam has developed long lasting relationships with special hotels and resorts. Krisam group closed in November 2013.I was responsible for business development with customers based in Northern California to select the right destination from some of the most distinctive properties the world has to offer. And through our sister company, Global Events Partners (GEP), and our partner, PRG and GoWest Creative (GWC), I offered destination management, production & experiential marketing services of the highest quality. Combined, Krisam, GEP, PRG and GWC offered everything meeting planners need to create any type of event.Specialties: Destination, Hotel & Resort Referral, Recommendation & Site Selection. Contract Negotiation, Destination Management Company referral and coordination.

Regionally located in San Francisco and responsible for business development from key accounts based in the California Bay Area, Oregon and Washington looking to hold meetings & events at the Las Vegas properties. The Venetian & The Palazzo is a 7,100, 5-diamond, all-suite property with 2.25 million square foot meeting and convention space.

Managed and lead a team of sales people to produce suite and F&B revenue from domestic Corporate and Association markets for the worlds largest convention complex with 7,100, 5-Diamond suites and 2.25 million sq. ft. of meeting and convention space.

Responsible for large group (250-4000 rooms on peak) business development from Key corporate accounts within the Northeast territory, focusing on the Pharmaceutical, Financial and IT markets for a 4,049 all-suite, 4-diamond resort encompassing 1.9-million square feet of meeting and exhibit space focusing on groups of 251 suites and above on peak.

Responsible for small group (50-250 rooms on peak) business development from Key corporate accounts within the Northeast territory, focusing on the Pharmaceutical, Financial and IT markets for a 4,049 all-suite, 4-diamond resort encompassing 1.9-million square feet of meeting and exhibit space focusing on groups of 251 suites and above on peak.Awarded "Sales Manager of the Year" in 2002.Part of 60 person sales team selling over 1.7 million square feet of meeting and convention space at 4-diamond, 4-star, 3,036 all-suite hotel averaging an annual occupancy near 99% and an annual group sales booking goal of $120 million

Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

Hospitality