Kerry V. Ranson Email & Phone Number

Florence, Sc, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

Hotel Development and Management company; Own and operate over 38 hotels with 12 more hotels in development. Helped start Hotel Management and Consulting Company of 4 hotels that has grown to 11 hotels in 8 months; (Brands include ­ Hampton Inn & Suites; Developed detailed Sales & Marketing program for company. Program was initiated to have an immediate top line revenue impact on hotels that were struggling in markets hit by economic downturn. Designed company wide Housekeeping training program that increased department productivity as well as employee retention and increased Quality Evaluation Scores Trained General Managers as well as Owners on day to day Revenue Management routines that made systems management and sales an easy day to day program that initiated complete team participation by everyone involved in a hotel. Brokered bulk Corporate Group Sales promotion with Travel Agents, Consortia's and National Corporations for management companies portfolio.

Managed and consulted a portfolio of 52 Hotel properties that consisted of Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express & Suites Increased portfolio's RevPar by $2.15 over previous year Developed programs to assist portfolio in increasing Guest Satisfaction scores by 6 points over previous year Completed presentations that trained over 89 hotels per year in managing basic revenue systems, building revenue programs and developing guest service plans Worked with multiple owners to assist in making the brand name a more marketable entity as well as making it a driving revenue factor for their portfolio's Finalized decision on hotel sites for brand and application approval for future development

Moved Guest Satisfaction and Quality score for hotel from last to first in Geogroup Increased hotel occupancy by over 10% from previous year Started mentor program for hotels that reduced turnover rate by 60% Implemented programs in each department of hotels to facilitate productivity and increase customer satisfaction Devised incentive programs to generate job satisfaction and improve employee morale Improved bottom line revenue by 8% over previous year

Created 6 Restaurant and Lounge concepts for 1800 room resort Generated employee and purchasing compendium for all six concepts by analyzing surrounding market Composed training manuals for each concept that consisted of 7 different positions Assembled a management team of 6 that was empowered with hiring a staff of 400 Organized a recruiting campaign to increase applicant base by interacting with 100 plus civil service departments

Supervised 8 stores that generated over $50,000 each in sales per week Sparked sales program that increased sales over previous year by 18% Implemented programs that reduced food, labor and bar costs Administered systems to develop and promote management team

Displayed great leadership potential by supervising eight salesman Formulated a suggestive selling seminar for clients and team that increased sales of product by 30% Conducted sales seminars for in-house team and for major hotel and restaurant chains Designed marketing package for salesmanComputer Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Windows 95-2000-XP, Microsoft Works, ACT sales program, HolidexSkills Reservation and Management program, HIRO Revenue program

Bachelor'S Degree, Communications

Business, Administration