Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) Adds Lisa Kaplan as Director of Sales in the Northeast U.S., and Michelle Lauer as Director of Sales in the Midwest U.S.

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. April 01, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC (March 2016) - Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded its Global Sales team in the Northeast U.S. region and Midwest U.S. region. Lisa Kaplan has joined as Director of Sales in ALHI's Boston Global Sales office, and Michelle Lauer has joined as Director of Sales in ALHI's Chicago Global Sales office. In their new positions they are responsible for assisting meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists, business executives and convention specialists in their respective regions with ALHI Global Sales Organization (GSO) services and professional sales support for its distinguished portfolio of more than 250 luxury-level Meeting & Incentive focused hotels and resorts around the world, plus distinctive Alliance members to assist planners. The announcement of the appointments was made by ALHI President Jim Schultenover.

Prior to joining ALHI's Northeast U.S. Global Sales team as Director of Sales, Lisa Kaplan served for 15 years in Boston as Key Account Director for the Financial, Banking & Insurance markets for InterContinental Hotels Group. Previous to that, she served for 10 years as Director of Global Accounts for Westin Hotels & Resorts, also based in Boston. In her new position at ALHI, she is responsible for serving the M.I.C.E. (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions/Conferences and Exhibitions/Events) marketplace in the Northeast U.S., with a focus on New England and New York City, and also a focus on serving the meeting needs of the Financial, Banking & Insurance sectors in the region. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, she may be reached in ALHI's Boston Global Sales office at (781) 631-1704 and [email protected] .

Michelle Lauer joins ALHI's Global Sales office in Chicago with extensive hospitality sales experience. Most recently she served for three years as Senior Sales Manager for Hyatt Regency Chicago. Previous positions include several years of serving Midwest clients in various property-level and regional sales positions with Hyatt and Marriott. In her new position as Director of Sales at ALHI, she is responsible for serving the meetings, conventions and incentive marketplace in the Midwest U.S. region, with a focus on Accounts in Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. She is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP), and holds a Bachelor of Science in Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management from Purdue University. She may be reached in ALHI's Global Sales office in Chicago at (312) 819-4671 and [email protected] .

“Lisa and Michelle are great additions to our ALHI Global Sales team,” said Schultenover. “Both bring tremendous experience and are dedicated sales professionals committed to serving their Accounts and ALHI's distinguished Member hotels and resorts. They are very valuable advocates for meeting, convention, incentive travel, and business professionals in their regions, and we are very proud that they are now part of our team.”

ALHI (alhi.com), the leading independent Global Sales Organization serving the North American Meetings & Incentive marketplace, provides one-call local access for its distinguished Membership of over 250 luxury-level hotels and resorts, plus an Alliance including 23 luxury cruise ships and Destination Management Companies (DMCs) in over 100 locations worldwide.

ALHI serves its clientele with an impressive variety of Meeting & Incentive solutions around the globe. ALHI is a member dues-funded Global Sales Organization, so there is no cost to the planning organization to access the ALHI GSO network with local professionals throughout the United States and Canada, providing valuable expertise, and ease of discussing viable options for programs.

Collectively ALHI is prepared to assist Accounts in the U.S. and Canada with their programs in the U.S.A. and over 90 other countries worldwide. ALHI provides a team of experienced and knowledgeable sales professionals for Account advocacy with full market one-call professional GSO sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels, resorts, and venue resources for M&I programs of any size and scope worldwide. ALHI helps Accounts best achieve their objectives and budgets, with distinctive venues, vital insights, and responsible service to enhance the ease and success of their programs.

For more information about ALHI, to inquire about any of the ALHI portfolio properties and Alliance partners, and/or to acquire a free copy of ALHI's “2016 Meeting Facilities Guide” or the ALHI app, contact your nearest of 20 ALHI Global Sales Offices located coast-to-coast in North America, or call the “ALHI Group Desk” toll-free at 866-303-ALHI (2544), and visit alhi.com .