Brandon Romero

Brandon Romero

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Hotel Expert | Innovative Hotel Leader | Trusted Partner
Houston, Texas, United States

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  • PA Hospitality
    Regional Director Of Operations
    PA Hospitality
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 10 months)
    Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston Memorial CityCentre - 123 rooms
    Home2 Suites/Tru by Hilton Houston Downtown Convention Centre - 221 rooms
    AC by Marriott Houston CityCentre - 152 rooms
    Home2 Suites by Hilton Austin Downtown @ University of Texas - 174 rooms
  • PA Hospitality
    Area General Manager
    PA Hospitality
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 (10 months)
  • PA Hospitality
    Area Director of Sales, Marketing & Operations
    PA Hospitality
    Mar 2021 - Apr 2021 (2 months)
    Brandon.Romero@pahospitality.com
    Leading Sales & Operations for all PA hospitality hotels.
    Holiday Inn Express Memorial City - Opened February 2021

    Total Number of Rooms: 123
    Number of Suites: 27
    2,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, large prefunction space overlooking outdoor pool


    Comfort Suites Near Westchase On Beltway 8
    Total Number of Rooms: 74

    Future projects:
    Home2 / Tru by Hilton 221 key dual branded property Downtown Houston next to Toyota Center 2021
    Downtown Austin
  • PA Hospitality
    Area Director of Sales
    PA Hospitality
    May 2020 - Apr 2021 (1 year)
    Brandon.Romero@pahospitality.com
    Leading Sales for all PA hospitality hotels.
    Holiday Inn Express Memorial City - Opened February 2021

    Total Number of Rooms: 123
    Number of Suites: 27
    2,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, large prefunction space overlooking outdoor pool


    Comfort Suites Near Westchase On Beltway 8
    Total Number of Rooms: 74

    Future projects:
    Home2 / Tru by Hilton dual branded property Downtown Houston next to Toyota Center 2021
    Downtown Austin - Dual Brand
  • Raymond Management Company
    Director of Sales and Marketing
    Raymond Management Company
    Nov 2017 - May 2020 (2 years 7 months)
    Hilton Garden Inn North Houston Spring
    151 Guest Rooms
    3,300 sq. ft. of meeting space
    Full service restaurant and bar on-site

    PRESENT - Number 2 on TripAdvisor (behind our sister property on the same campus)
    ●2016 - Hotel ranked #1 in Guest Satisfaction
    ●2017 - Hotel ranked #2 of all 680 HGI's in North America, received Pride Merit Award
    ●2018 - January - Quality Assurance Score of 99.6%
    ●2018 - Q1 - Surpassed Budget, Rooms 36%, F&B 87% (Super Bowl same time last year, no large event this year)
    ●2018 - Q2 - Surpassed Budget, Rooms 40%, F&B 80% (Super Bowl same time last year, no large event this year)
    ●2018 - Q3 - Surpassed Budget with strong YOY growth (Hurricane Harvey STLY)
  • Island Hospitality Management
    Area Director Of Sales Marketing
    Island Hospitality Management
    Aug 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 4 months)
    Area Director of Sales
    Meeting and exceeding total annual revenue goal of $25 million.
    Responsible for total revenue and yield strategies, implementation and results including group and transient rooms, group food and beverage, meeting room rental, local catering, outlet, and other revenues. Strategies will include market mix, pricing, status, direct sales, marketing, and acquisition status and results. Maximize profitability for the hotel and outstanding quality service for the customers. Accountable to market performance and potential performance as well as budget, forecast, and target goals. Manage a sales team of 2. Proficient in HotelSales Pro, MarRFP, & Access Edge Certified. Access Edge Coach.

    Q1 2017: Surpassed
  • Interstate Hotels  Resorts
    Director Of Sales & Marketing
    Interstate Hotels Resorts
    Dec 2013 - Aug 2015 (1 year 9 months)
    Responsible for total revenue and yield strategies, implementation and results including group and transient rooms, group food and beverage, meeting room rental, local catering, outlet, and other revenues. Strategies will include market mix, pricing, status, direct sales, marketing, and acquisition status and results. Maximize profitability for the hotel and outstanding quality service for the customers. Accountable to market performance and potential performance as well as budget, forecast, and target goals.

    Success in 2014 included a 9.6% occupancy increase, 10.8% ADR increase, 21.4% RevPAR increase, and total revenue by $760,000. Top 5% of sales force within the Interstate Portfolio. Proficient in HotelSales Pro, MarRFP, & Acc
  • Divi Hospitality
    Area General Manager
    Divi Hospitality
    Apr 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 9 months)
    Opening General Manager of Hampton Inn & General Manager of La Quinta Inn & Suites. Coordinate and actively manage housekeeping, maintenance, food and beverage, and guest reception departments to ensure a consistent, high quality guest experience. Monitor guest satisfaction scores on a daily basis. Respond to guest complaints and resolve issues to satisfactory resolutions. Supervise weekly, monthly, and quarterly deep cleaning and preventative maintenance initiatives. Exceed brand and ownership standards of performance and excellence. Ensure that all daily, weekly, and monthly reporting is complete and up to ownership standards. Carefully monitor employee labor hours and ensure they do not exceed budget. Ensure that all department heads are
  • Divi Hospitality
    Area General Manager
    Divi Hospitality
    Apr 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 9 months)
    Opening General Manager of Hampton Inn & General Manager of La Quinta Inn & Suites. Coordinate and actively manage housekeeping, maintenance, food and beverage, and guest reception departments to ensure a consistent, high quality guest experience. Monitor guest satisfaction scores on a daily basis. Respond to guest complaints and resolve issues to satisfactory resolutions. Supervise weekly, monthly, and quarterly deep cleaning and preventative maintenance initiatives. Exceed brand and ownership standards of performance and excellence. Ensure that all daily, weekly, and monthly reporting is complete and up to ownership standards. Carefully monitor employee labor hours and ensure they do not exceed budget. Ensure that all department heads are
  • Wyndham Destinations
    Area Director of Sales and Marketing
    Wyndham Destinations
    Apr 2008 - Apr 2011 (3 years 1 month)
    Senior Sales Executive for two properties with same owners. Maintained current accounts while increasing new corporate accounts and group business. Successfully promoted event packages and organized accommodations. Increased occupancy 17%.
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  • University of Louisiana Monroe
    Master of Business Administration (MBA, Marketing/Marketing Management, General
    University of Louisiana Monroe
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2014 (6 years 1 month)
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    High School Diploma, Secondary Education
    Westgate High School
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008 (4 years 1 month)
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    Vision 2020 / Moving Youngsville Forward
    Vision 2020 is a vision created for the Youngsville Chamber of Commerce. ADWORX has created a seven year strategic plan that encompasses the growth of the community, supporting local businesses and a vision to promote prosperity, while moving Youngsville forward.
    Vision 2020 was created to keep the Chamber’s vision of growing a community that is prosperous in business, as well as continuing to establish a wonderful quality of family life…the best of both worlds.

    Talking Points and Focus Areas for this project include:
    Creating a vision for our Chamber enables us to stay true to our mission, which is to cultivate an environment that encourages Youngsville residents and business owners to create relationships to deve
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  • Interstate Hotels  Resorts
    Sales Excellence Cruise
    Interstate Hotels Resorts
    Exceeded Total Revenue with a 15% YOY increase. Top 20 in company portfolio and was awarded an all expenses paid trip for two to San Juan which we left for a 7-day cruise from.
  • IHG Hotels  Resorts
    Spirit of True Hospitality Excellence Award 2023
    IHG Hotels Resorts
    THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO HOTELS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED ELITE LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE. Hotel is in the top 0.5% of all Holiday Inn Express Hotels in North America.
  • Hilton Worldwide
    Conrad Achievement Award
    Hilton Worldwide
    Number 7 Hilton Garden Inn North America
  • Hilton Worldwide
    Pride Merit Award
    Hilton Worldwide
    Number 2 Hilton Garden Inn in North America