Jesse Suglia Joins Kimpton as Director of Hotel Sales
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 28, 2007. Jesse Suglia joins Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants as the new director of hotel sales. In this position, Suglia is responsible for strategic oversight and management of the national sales team. Additionally, Suglia oversees room revenue performance, monitors and capitalizes on industry sales trends and identifies areas of opportunity to ensure Kimpton's maximization of revenue and market share for the brand as a whole, as well as individual hotels.
Suglia joins Kimpton from Omni Hotels where his most recent position was Global Director of Business Travel Sales for the New York Global Sales Office. In addition to his award-winning success in generating revenues for the brand, he played an integral role in the creation and execution of key sales development programs.
Suglia is an active member within the hotel industry community through affiliations with National Business Travel Association and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives Global Hotel Think Tank. Suglia's experience is supplemented by his ongoing education. In 2004, he completed the Global Leadership Program at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
A graduate of University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Suglia holds a bachelor's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. He and his wife Shakira enjoy spending time traveling, playing golf and running.
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