HSMAI Washington DC Chapter, which serves hospitality professionals all through the Washington metropolitan space, introduced the appointment of Christopher Zindash, Amadeus Hospitality regional vice chairman, as chapter president.
He succeeds Sheila Hession, government director of gross sales at MGM Nationwide Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, who served as president for 4 years and continues as a board member.
Different board members are J.J. Abuelhawa, director of gross sales and advertising on the Hyatt Regency Dulles in Virginia; Jake de Boer, space supervisor at Reserving.com in Washington; Linda Caruso, director of gross sales & advertising on the Hyatt Centric Arlington at Key Bridge in Virginia; Jennifer Hill, vice chairman, business technique, at Kalibri Labs, Washington; Bernard “Bernie” Howe, assistant director of gross sales at The Royal Sonesta Washington DC Dupont Circle; and Jeremy Huvard, space director of gross sales and advertising on the Hyatt Place Washington DC Nationwide Mall.
Further board members are Tina Meredith, vice chairman of income administration at PM Resort Group, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Jennifer Phillips, senior director of income administration assist, U.S. and Canada, for Marriott Worldwide in Bethesda, Maryland; Jeff Spaccio, senior vice chairman, enterprise/manufacturers, for Tambourine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Vanessa Wilson, director of gross sales & advertising on the Hilton Washington DC Nationwide Mall The Wharf in Alexandria, Virginia.
The next chapter board members serve in committee assignments: Hill, vice chairman of the Collegiate Expertise Committee; Phillips, vice chairman of the Training Committee; Spaccio, vice chairman of the Advertising & Communications Committee; and Wilson, vice chairman of the Membership Committee.
“Christopher Zindash is a proficient and completed gross sales chief with an intensive resume within the resort trade,” mentioned Ellen Wilson, managing director of the HSMAI Washington DC Chapter. “We’re lucky to have his perception and imaginative and prescient as board president.”
Primarily based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Zindash oversees gross sales and complete account administration for Amadeus within the Northeast and japanese Canada by six gross sales executives and is answerable for over $40 million in annual gross sales. He leads a crew that assesses purchasers’ wants and matches services to assist motels drive revenues and bookings.
He previously was director of gross sales for TravelClick in Washington; director of gross sales and advertising for motels managed by Crescent Lodges & Resorts, Fairfax, Virginia; regional basic supervisor for IHG Lodges & Resorts in Washington; and basic supervisor of quite a few motels within the larger Washington metropolitan space.
About HSMAI Washington DC Chapter
HSMAI Washington DC Chapter is an affiliate of the Hospitality Gross sales and Advertising Affiliation Worldwide, a person membership group primarily based in McLean, Virginia, composed of greater than 5,000 members worldwide, with 40 chapters within the Americas Area.
HSMAI is dedicated to rising enterprise for motels and their companions and is the trade’s main advocate for clever, sustainable resort income progress. The affiliation gives resort professionals and their companions with instruments, insights and experience to gas gross sales, encourage advertising and optimize income by applications together with the Adrian Awards, Advertising Technique Convention, HSMAI ROC income optimization conferences and Gross sales Chief Discussion board.
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