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2024 List of Influential Women in Hospitality Announced by Questex’s Hotel Management

NEW YORK, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Hotel Management announces the seventh annual “Influential Women in Hospitality” list, honoring 25 innovative, leading women in the hotel industry. 

The 2024 honorees were selected by the Hotel Management staff for their strong leadership and dedication to excellence in hospitality. This influential group’s list of accomplishments is as long as it is impressive, and Hotel Management is proud to feature these talented, inspiring women.

Hotel Management’s 2024 Influential Women in Hospitality are:

Adrienne Kautzman Andrews, Managing Director, JLL Capital Markets, Hotels & HospitalityMarissa Ballan, Head of Development, Radisson Blu, Choice Hotels InternationalDina Belon-Sayre, President, Staypineapple HotelsFarah Bhayani, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, G6 HospitalityPriya Chandnani, Senior Vice President, Sales, Revenue and Distribution Strategy, Sage Hospitality GroupKrishna Deva, CEO, Maya HotelsTiffany Leadbetter Donato, Chief Investment Officer, Marcus Hotels & ResortsGarine Ferejian-Mayo, Chief Commercial Officer, Sonesta HotelsDawn Gallagher, President of Hospitality, Crescent Hotels & ResortsAllison Handy, Executive Vice President, Commercial, Aimbridge HospitalityLeanne Harwood, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Luxury & Lifestyle Americas, IHG Hotels & ResortsDana Jacobsohn, Chief Development Officer, North America Luxury Brands & Global Mixed-Use, Marriott InternationalMiranda Kitterlin-Lynch, Professor, Florida International UniversityMonica Melancon, Chief Human Resource Officer, Wyndham Hotels & ResortsBarbara Muckermann, Group CEO, Kempinski HotelsColleen O’Shea, Director, Development, Northeast Region, HiltonJoelle Park, Chief Marketing Officer, BWH HotelsLibby Sims Patrick, Founder and CEO, Sims Patrick StudioKelly Poling, Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial and Brand Officer, Extended Stay AmericaLeticia Proctor, Executive Vice President, Donohoe Hospitality ServicesDavonne Reaves, CEO and Founder, VestrrSusan Santiago, President, U.S. & Canada, Hyatt HotelsVanessa Stanley, Vice President, New Builds + Portfolio Strategies, PM Hotel GroupMelinda Griffith Wiles, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Concord HospitalityDina Winder, SVP, Asset Management, Highgate Hotels

“It is Hotel Management’s honor to recognize and celebrate the 25 hospitality professionals who make up this year’s 2024 Influential Women in Hospitality list,” said Jennifer Glatt, Hotel Management editor-in-chief and content director with Questex Hospitality. “These phenomenal women are developers and designers, collaborators, innovators, teachers and entrepreneurs reshaping and redefining the global hospitality industry. We are inspired by them and congratulate them on jobs exceedingly well done.”

The 2024 Influential Women in Hospitality honorees are featured online and in the September issue of Hotel Management. Visit https://www.hotelmanagement.net/operate/hotel-managements-2024-influential-women-hospitality to learn more.

About Hotel Management, a Division of Questex Hospitality Group
Hotel Management media and events creates content for the hospitality ecosystem with one shared goal of operating hotels efficiently and profitably. Hotel Management is a leading B2B centralized source for the latest news, trends and analysis across the hospitality industry. Stay up to date on breaking news in global and local development, technology, investment, operations, food & beverage, design and more.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy—connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contacts
Jennifer Glatt
Editor-in-Chief
212-895-8201
jglatt@questex.com

Alexandra Aldridge
Marketing Director
212-895-8284
aaldridge@questex.com

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