Navigate hotel sales resources and brand tools along with championing hotel brand’s sales culture and customize specific strategies to boost your hotel’s revenues and rankings.

• Increasing REVPAR and gaining market share versus our competitive set through an aggressive direct sales effort and strategic e-commerce sales and marketing efforts • Utilizing revenue management techniques by profitably negotiating room rates and function space commitments in order to enhance the hotel's financial performance. • Creating and implementing promotions to attract new accounts and stimulate repeat business. • Preparing effective correspondence and rate agreements with clients and maintaining internal booking reports. • Analyzing and solicit RFP's ensuring the hotel meets/exceeds management and owner revenue/profit goals and expectations.

Hire and train all sales and services team members.Generate monthly and annual sales reports, tracking KPI's in sales, marketing and services showing steady growth in all categories. Brief Board members at monthly meetings about sales strategies, goals and results. Set a plan and goals for industry trade shows to include prospecting, face to face appointment, lead generation and follow up in all markets.Created new revenue stream with innovative ideas in housing.​Create and direct sales & services team training, development programs and SOP's.Successfully plan and manage sales budget of $1.1 million, staying consistently on target. Create new service strategies which better provide assistance to our clients and attendees.Lead a team of 5 full-time employees.Provide performance evaluations and constructive feedback to sales and services team members.Public speaking at industry shows, showcasing Overland Park.Innovated new tracking mechanisms for room night production and pick-up reporting resulting in 100% reporting in 2016.Increased lead flow by 10% with leading edge strategies to include sponsorships and digital marketing efforts.Accountable for goal, 30,000 RN, repeat business, in all markets.Responsible for production of 100,000 room nights generated into the market with an economic impact of over $30 million.

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Received Perseverance Award for team leadership through staff transitions.Manage sales and catering team.Ensured customer satisfaction for meetings and events held on property and at offsite venues.

Managed sales office. Site tours of hotel guest rooms and ballrooms. Client management and relations.