- Attend many trade shows, community events, and international conventions topromote and gain new business.- Responsible for tradeshow design, budget, coordination, participation, and timely follow up.Encouraging partner involvement and supported cooperative opportunities resulting in a moresignificant presence at tradeshows to retain more leads.- Collaborated monthly with Public Relations Director and Online Marketing Manager to strategizeGoogle Adwords campaigns, trade publications, film, and photo projects. Geo-targeted around theworld based on the travel schedule resulting in increased awareness prior to.- Managed LinkedIn & meet at Twitter editorial calendars and collaborated with Social Media Manager for Instagram and Facebook accounts with geo-targeting based on tradeshow locations.- Curated and distributed a monthly e-newsletter that gained meeting planner subscribersand a quarterly e-newsletter distributed to over 5,000 travel trade industry subscribers focusing onInternational travel, which led to an immediate increase in leads monthly.- Provide monthly sales and marketing activity report to CEO, and present to the VSCC board twiceannually the reports on production for Group Sales and Tour & Travel markets per VSCC efforts.- Liaise with the state, regional, and neighboring tourism boards for the development and expansion ofinternational market efforts.

Responsible for developing sales opportunities and performing sales activities to secure group business and event bookings for the hotel. Developing new accounts and maintain existing accounts so as to maximize profits of the hotel while maintaining customer satisfaction. Manage and record sales activity.

Market event facility for weddings and private events. Manage all aspects of event department from receiving and processing all inquiries to guidance in planning all events. Overseeing facility and staffing before, during and after all events. Making sure brand is represented in a positive and respectable way throughout all networking and facility events.