June Picken Email & Phone Number

Coventry

I am a seasoned Hospitality Sales guru with an invaluable 'black book' or in my case 'purple book’ of contacts, who has set up a specialised consultancy primarily offering sales support to Hotels, Venues and Agencies.Having worked for some of the most prestigious brands including No Ordinary Hotels, De Vere Hotels, Village Hotels and the Hospitality division of the award winning Warwick Conferences, a commercial arm of the University of Warwick, this has given me invaluable expertise in both Hotel and Academic Hospitality sales.

Birmingham

Supporting Conference Aston Hotel and Conference Centre with Business Development of their venue. Conference Aston is a central venue in Birmingham with exceptional meeting spaces, 4 star hotel accommodation and an outstanding food offering all within one self contained purpose built conference hotel. We offer 163 stylish bedrooms and a range of meeting spaces for up to 220 theatre style/120 cabaret style all with breakout rooms close by and equipped with the latest technology and sustainable LED lighting. For peace of mind our venue is triple accredited for a safe return to meetings and events by Visit Britain, the MIA and Safe-to-Trade. The Aston campus is built for big events with everything you need no more than a few footsteps away. Event spaces up to 650 delegates with impressive tiered lecture theatres, flat floored meeting, teaching and syndicate rooms as well as large halls perfect for exhibitions.http://www.conferenceaston.co.uk/

Coventry

Strategic responsibility for Sales and Revenue generation across Conferences and Events, Accommodation and Food and Beverage. Coombe Abbey Hotel is an Award winning independent 4 star hotel offering a unique experience to both business and leisure guests situated in a stunning Warwickshire location.

Warwick Conferences offers 3 all year round purpose built residential training and conference centres and a conference park trading for 17 weeks of the year. Turnover of £22m. Responsible for managing a portfolio of key accounts and agents plus generation of new business.

Village - Coventry. 1999 - 2002. Recruited 6 months prior to the opening of a brand new hotel with responsibility for raising the profile and generating sales of this new build within the local area.Village - Nottingham. 1997 - 1999. Responsible for overall sales.

Responsible for Account Management and generation of new business working with a portfolio of clients and agents within the Midlands area cross selling De Vere, Village and Premier Lodge brands. Support and coaching role to the Managers and Reception teams within Premier Lodge properties.

1991 - 1993. De Vere Hotel, Coventry. Responsible for accommodation sales. 1993 - 1995 - De Montfort Hotel, Kenilworth. Responsible for overall sales.

City & Guilds, Hotel Management

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