Thad Carlson Email & Phone Number

Denver

Senior Director of Sales for a highly regarded and environmentally friendly year-round ranch resort and spa offering rustically upscale accommodations, fine dining and an array of winter and summer outdoor and wilderness recreation activities located on 6000 acres at the foot of the Continental Divide in the beautiful Ranch Creek Valley of Grand County Colorado. Lead property sales team and marketing manager. Sales strategy and alignment with all lines of business. Work with budgets and business plans to meet and exceed sales goals. Hiring and onboarding of team members. Managing state and national accounts within the Corporate, Association, SMERF and Media market segments for numerous function spaces and rustically upscale accommodations including 15 Deluxe Cabins, a 35-room High Lonesome Lodge, a 52-room Main Lodge, a 13-room budget conscious self-service lodge and a 15-room hotel.Responsibilities include prospecting and securing new leads, maintaining relationships with past and repeat clients, managing inventory, group revenue and sales budget, RFP's, contract negotiations, sales presentation, property tours, market research, industry trends and hotel comparisons, attending industry events, national conferences and continued education opportunities, utilizing community involvement including local FAM Trips, Chamber Mixers and various local organization presentations to help generate business, training a successful sales team and overall sales team achievement.In addition to my current role with Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa and Vasquez Creek Inn, I currently sit on the board for Destination Colorado.

Tabernash, Colorado

Director of Corporate Sales for a highly regarded and environmentally friendly year-round ranch resort and spa offering rustically upscale accommodations, fine dining and an array of winter and summer outdoor and wilderness recreation activities located on 6000 acres at the foot of the Continental Divide in the beautiful Ranch Creek Valley of Grand County Colorado. Managing state and national accounts within the Corporate, Association, SMERF and Media market segments for numerous function spaces and rustically upscale accommodations including 15 Deluxe Cabins, a 35-room High Lonesome Lodge, a 52-room Main Lodge, a 13-room budget conscious self-service lodge and a 15 room hotel.Responsibilities include prospecting and securing new leads, maintaining relationships with past and repeat clients, managing inventory, group revenue and sales budget, market research, industry trends and hotel comparisons, attending industry events, national conferences and continued education opportunities, utilizing community involvement including local FAM Trips, Chamber Mixers and various local organization presentations to help generate business, training a successful sales team and overall sales team achievement.In addition to my current role with Devil's Thumb Ranch Resort & Spa, I currently sit on the board for Destination Colorado.

Tabernash, Colorado

Tabernash, Colorado

Denver, Colorado, United States

Destination Colorado is a nonprofit organization designed to provide resources and information for meeting and event planners. Among our more than 130 members, you’ll discover the solutions to every requirement and planning challenge.Our members represent the very best in amenities, activities and service that Colorado has to offer. Our mission — since Destination Colorado’s creation in 1993 — is to make the site selection and planning experience convenient and straightforward.By combining our member resources through Destination Colorado, we can efficiently inform and update meeting planners and incentive buyers about one of America’s most beloved and desirable destinations. We accomplish this through our web site, major trade shows, a meeting planners guide, cooperative advertising programs, lead referrals, and strategic partnerships.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Destination Colorado is a nonprofit organization designed to provide resources and information for meeting and event planners. Among our more than 130 members, you’ll discover the solutions to every requirement and planning challenge.Our members represent the very best in amenities, activities and service that Colorado has to offer. Our mission — since Destination Colorado’s creation in 1993 — is to make the site selection and planning experience convenient and straightforward.By combining our member resources through Destination Colorado, we can efficiently inform and update meeting planners and incentive buyers about one of America’s most beloved and desirable destinations. We accomplish this through our web site, major trade shows, a meeting planners guide, cooperative advertising programs, lead referrals, and strategic partnerships.