PebbleBrook Hotel Trust (PEB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurayne Croke to Complex Director of Sales & Marketing for the Southernmost Beach Resort and The Marker Key West Harbor Resort, both located in Key West, FL. In this role, Croke will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts in addition to managing all public relations and social media efforts. Both resorts are managed by Highgate.
Croke is an accomplished hospitality executive with 20 years of experience in the industry. Prior to starting this new role she served as Complex Director of Sales & Marketing for SBE Group in Miami where she oversaw all direct sales, marketing and catering efforts for three of the hospitality brand s units, including the SLS Hotel & Residence, SLS Lux Hotel & Residences and Hyde Resort & Residences. Prior to her time in Miami, she held numerous leadership and management positions at hotels in New York and New Jersey, working for brands such as W Hotels, Marriott Hotels, The
Consultant for Strategic Solution Partners and Owner & Founder of Duke Consulting LLC
Paige Duke, a hospitality consultant for Strategic Solution Partners is also the founder of Duke Consulting, LLC and has a 30-year career in sales and marketing, destination marketing company and conference service. While her main goal is to get results, she finds the most excellent satisfaction in providing resources, positively influencing the sales culture, and providing a roadmap to execute to the teams she advises. Her expertise includes distressed asset sales support, productivity evaluations and sales deployment assessments. Duke previously was a ground floor Director at a privately owned destination management company and grew revenues plus opened offices to become the second largest DMC in the State of Hawaii. Afterwards, she climbed the ranks throughout the Islands to become the Complex Director of Sales and Marketing for four Starwood Hotels in Waikiki plus held area roles with Marriott
A web-based technology called Porter is powering up a new digital era of food service at hotels, starting in Los Angeles but with its sights set on growth across the United States.
A web-based technology called
Porter is powering up a new digital era of food service at hotels, starting in Los Angeles but with its sights set on growth across the United States.
Porter, a business transformation platform that fundamentally changes hospitality, is now operational at the H Hotel Los Angeles from the Curio Collection by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton LAX and the Courtyard by Marriott Los Angeles LAX/Century Boulevard. Together with seven limited-service hotels near the company s headquarters in Oregon, these properties are the first in the United States to integrate Porter technology into their food and beverage operations and demonstrate how its success can be replicated nationwide and eventually globally.
Strategic Solution Partners continues to expand its hospitality consulting division with experts in key fields that can bring innovation and change to hotel owners, management companies and restaurants.