Marshall Thompson Email & Phone Number

5500 Hilton Avenue

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

The Louisiana Office of Tourism (LOT) is the destination marketing organization for the state of Louisiana. It is charged with the sales, marketing and promotion of the state as a travel destination for potential visitors, both domestic and international. LOT’s objective is to increase the number of visitors annually, enhance visitor experiences, generate.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Recruited to oversee all sales platforms and public relations developments, resulting in $30+ M in group room, food, and beverage revenues. Created and directed innovative promotional and social media marketing campaigns aimed at capturing and generating new leads and increased business.  Established a hotel base of (30,000 annual group room nights).

Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida Area

Increased hotel revenue through a combination of prospecting, outside sales calls, management of key business accounts, site tours, and telemarketing for the Alabama Corporate, Midwest markets in all group segments. 2014 - Increased corporate group bookings by 10%. Increase corporate group ADR for my market by 7%. Creator of powerful brand strategies..

Orlando, Florida Area

Combined empowering sales and business service talents to drive gains in revenue, market share, and profit performance. Increased total sales/revenue objectives - strategically focusing on inspiring sales managers, yield management, revenue strategy, marketing/PR, leisure, group and catering sales.  Improved six-person sales team’s direct contribution to.

Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida Area

Directed sales and marketing efforts for a 600 room resort destination and convention hotel. Developed and executed successful sales and marketing programs to strengthen national and regional Hilton brand image. Expanded target audiences through client contact, relationship building and achieving guest expectations. Increased hotel room revenue by 10%..

Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida Area

Designed and executed sales campaigns resulting in over $25M in group room revenues, banquet food, and beverage revenues annually. Established the property as the largest Hilton in the Southeast for convention meetings (80,000 annual group room nights). Managed the day-to-day operational integrity of seven (7) sales team members. Increased ADR and RevPAR.

Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida Area

Increased sales, marketing, and operational initiatives while executing territory-specific strategies to expand business and revenue throughout MS, LA, AR, TX, CA, and FL. Established strategies to expand customer base while enhancing long-term relationships with customers for multi-year repeat bookings. Five-year average sales production of group room.