| SALISBURY,
Md., June 8, 2009 –
Officials of Marshall
Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a leading, Maryland-based hotel management
and
services company, today announced that it added four experienced
regional
directors to its management team to enhance both operations and sales
and marketing
efforts. The new directors include:
·
Jeff Day, regional director of
operations
·
Carol Bullock-Walter, regional
director of sales
and marketing
·
Scott Becque, regional
director of sales and
marketing
·
Pennie Oliver, regional
director of sales and
marketing
“We
continue to increase our bench strength to optimize returns for our
hotel
owners,” said Michael Marshall, president and CEO
of Marshall Hotels & Resorts, Inc. “We
have added seven hotels to our portfolio in the past
six months and
continue to build infrastructure to support that growth, as well as
maintain
the appropriate depth to continue adding to our management portfolio
without
reducing service to our existing owners. Our
planned growth strategy has paid off with our
portfolio maintaining
its RevPAR market share as compared to its competitive set even in this
tightened economy.
“We
believe we are at or are approaching the bottom of the hotel real
estate
cycle,” he noted. “These four
professionals, who combined have more than 106 years hotel expertise,
each will
oversee approximately 10 to 12 properties to provide the personal
attention of
a senior operator. We not only expect
them to give us immediate support for our hotels, but better position
us to
accelerate the upturn at our properties more quickly when the industry
begins
to turn around.
“There
is more great talent available today than at any time during my 20-plus
years
in the industry,” Marshall
said. “Because we are one of the few
companies that continue to expand in this down market, we offer
significant
personal growth opportunities for our associates, which allow us to
attract
‘A-list’ players like these four directors to our management team.”
Jeff Day has more than 30 years experience with major
full-service hotels, ocean-front resorts and convention center
properties for such
brands as InterContinental Hotels Group, Hilton Hotels International
and
Radisson Hotels & Resorts. Previously,
he was a regional director of operations for a
number of
limited-service and extended-stay hotels, primarily <>overseeing
Marriott- and
Choice-branded properties.
Day served as treasurer and as
chairperson for the
Finance and Human Resource Committees for the Greater Philadelphia
Hotel
Association. He received his certified
hotel administrator (CHA) and certified financial business executive
(CFBE)
accreditations from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel and
Lodging
Association, and his undergraduate degree from Johnson
& Wales University in Rhode Island.
As regional director of sales and
marketing, Carol Bullock-Walter
is responsible for the company’s growing New York City portfolio and the
surrounding region. Prior to joining Marshall, she
led a sales strategy and
operations team for Starwood Hotels as well as managed revenue projects
which overhauled
the company’s corporate transient benefits programs. She
holds a Master’s of Business Administration
degree from Simmons College and a bachelor’s degree from St. Michaels
College.
Scott Becque is responsible for
overseeing sales, revenue
development and marketing in his new role as regional director of sales
and marketing. Prior to joining Marshall, Becque
was regional director of
sales and marketing for Columbia Sussex Co. where he oversaw 17 hotels
in the
Northeast, including Sheraton-, Westin-, and Marriott-branded hotels. He served with Interstate Hotels Corporation
as director of sales and marketing and received the company’s
Significant Achievement
Award for booking more than $1 million in new business at The Island
Resorts of
Massachusetts–Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Becque holds a bachelor’s degree in
psychology from Ithaca
College.
Pennie Oliver has held various sales & marketing
positions in her more than 20 years of hospitality industry
experience. She has overseen new hotel openings and
orchestrated pre-opening marketing and sales strategies for leading
brands. Oliver has in-depth knowledge in the day-to-day
operations of hotel sales and strong experience in turn-around
situations.
She attended Rochester Institute of
Technology for business management and accounting and earned her
certified
hotel sales professional (CHSP) designation from American Hotel and
Lodging
Association’s Educational Institute.<>
About
Marshall
Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Salisbury,
Md.-based Marshall Hotels & Resorts, Inc., founded in 1980, has
special
expertise in operating three- and four-star branded hotels and resorts,
averaging 100 to 500 rooms, in urban and central business districts,
suburban/drive-to and resort locations. In
addition, the company has a proven track record
managing independent
resort and unique urban properties. The
company has managed a wide array of leading hotel brands, including
Hilton,
Starwood, InterContinental Hotel Group, Hyatt, Choice and Wyndham. Additional information about Marshall
Management may be found at the company's Web site: www.marshallhotels.com. |
