Hotel Industry Veteran to Introduce New Hotel Connected to Palm Beach Convention Center
McLean, Va. – April 16, 2015 – Edd Karlan has been appointed director of sales and marketing of Hilton West Palm Beach, a 400-room hotel currently under construction and expected to open spring 2016. The hotel, located within the epicenter of downtown Palm Beach, Florida and connected to the Palm Beach County Convention Center, will offer over 24,000 square feet of refined meeting space, two restaurants, fitness center and an expansive pool deck.
An accomplished sales executive, Karlan most recently led the sales team at the 1242-room Hilton Atlanta, a position he held since 2007 and where he mentored the team of thirteen as well as contributed to the hotels success including Hilton Sales Team of the Year and Hotel of the Year in 2014. He began his career with Hilton in 1989 as sales and event manager at Hilton Westchester. From 1994 to 1999, Karlan was assistant director of sales at the 2,020 room- Hilton New York, in Midtown Manhattan, where he was awarded Hilton’s Excellence in Sales Award in 1997. In 1999, Karlan joined the team at Hilton Anaheim as the director of sales and marketing where he remained until joining the team at Hilton Atlanta.
Karlan is a member of PCMA, MPI and HSMAI and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hospitality management from Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
Hilton West Palm Beach is suitably located minutes from Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida. The 400-room hotel is connected to the Palm Beach Convention Center and is steps away from CityPlace, a premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination and less than a mile from Norton Museum of Art and Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
