For more information, contact: Lori Van Handel, Willems Marketing, 920-831-6580 ext. 20; lori@willemsmarketing.com
APPLETON, WIS. (Feb. 19, 2013) – The Radisson Paper Valley Hotel has hired Linda M. Garvey as its new Area Director of Sales and Marketing.
In her new role, Garvey is responsible for catering and group event sales, corporate travel program sales and the marketing of hotel restaurants, bars and convention space at the Radisson Paper Valley, as well as oversight of sales and marketing operations for the Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk and Country Inn & Suites in Appleton.
A Neenah native, Garvey brings 25 years of collective experience in hotel operations and sales to the position. Prior to joining the Radisson Paper Valley team, Garvey worked for Tharaldson Lodging, a Fargo, North Dakota-based hotel franchise company for 12 years. Throughout her tenure with the company, Garvey was responsible for top-line revenue, oversight of 50 hotels in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, as well as successful openings for 49 new hotels for the franchise.
In addition to her years of sales and management experience, Garvey holds a Certified Sales Trainer designation from Marriott International.
Garvey notes that her return to the Fox Cities has brought her experience in the hotel and hospitality industry full circle, as she first began her career at age 16 as a hostess at the Valley Inn in Neenah.
“It was an easy decision to leave a regional position to come home to the hotel and this area, which has always held a special place in my heart,” Garvey said. “It is also very exciting for me to work with such an experienced team and successful hotel group.”
About the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel:
The Radisson Paper Valley Hotel is the Fox Valley’s premier full-service hotel and conference facility with 390 rooms and 40,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space, including a Grand Ballroom. The hotel is located in the center of downtown Appleton and hosts 1000’s of business meetings of all sizes each year, from major conventions to smaller sales huddles, along with special events ranging from grand weddings to nonprofit galas and fundraisers.
The hotel is operated by Hostmark Hospitality Group, and has a sales/marketing and client services staff of 14 professionals who help recruit, plan and facilitate meetings and events for clients.
Hostmark Hospitality Group manages 47 properties with more than 8,900 rooms in 14 U.S. states and Egypt. The company also operates stand-alone concept restaurants and maintains a strong presence in this business segment.
As a preferred, award-winning hotel management company, Hostmark Hospitality Group consistently delivers superior results to institutional real estate owners, non-institutional ownership groups, publicly traded companies, joint ventures and privately held companies by providing hotel management, asset management, project management and lender consulting services.
With over 45 years of experience managing hotels, resorts, conference centers, boutique concept hotels, condominium hotels and restaurants, the company has a proven longstanding reputation for delivering superior results through forward-focused ingenuity and exceptional asset management.
Headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, the company maintains satellite offices in Denver, Colorado, Miami, Florida, and Cairo, Egypt.
