Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) expanded its global sales team with the addition of Marnie Hock as director of sales for the Northeast U.S. region.
Based in ALHI’s Global Sales office in New York City, Hock is responsible for assisting meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists, business executives and convention specialists within the Northeast region with ALHI’s Global Sales Organization (GSO) services and professional sales support for its portfolio of more than 250 meeting, convention & incentive focused hotels and resorts worldwide, plus distinctive “Alliance” members to assist planners.
“Marnie is an outstanding and welcomed addition to our growing Global Sales team in the Northeast,” said ALHI CEO David Gabri. “Her extensive domestic and international sales experience with luxury hotels and resorts makes her a very valuable resource for meeting and incentive professionals throughout the region. She will be a great advocate for our valued clients in the Northeast, and a terrific asset for our worldwide portfolio of member hotels, resorts and our Alliance members. She is eager to assist planners and executives in the region, by guiding them through our incredible options to identify and match the right site-specific solutions for their various meetings, conventions and incentive programs.”
Hock brings more than 30 years of extensive luxury hospitality sales experience to her new position at ALHI. Prior to joining ALHI, Hock was the director of national accounts, Northeast for Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Fla., a member resort served by ALHI. Previous to that, she served as regional director of national accounts for Destination Hotels; and director of group sales, North America for Kempinski Hotels.
Her experience also includes serving with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company as director of sales for The Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead, Ga.; associate director of sales for The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen, Colo.; national sales manager for The Ritz-Carlton National Sales Office in Chicago; and director of sales for The Ritz-Carlton, New York.
ALHI 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 appropriate for M&I programs, and Destination Management Companies in over 100 locations worldwide. The membership-based, dues-funded ALHI GSO has been serving its clientele with a variety of meeting and incentive solutions around the globe for over 30 years.
