Hotel Committee 


Mission

The Hotel Committee’s Mission is to provide strategic direction on business travel issues to the hotel industry. The committee provides leadership to members and the global business travel community through education, strategic direction and universal standards, as it relates to the hotel industry.

 

Objectives

  • To improve the understanding and professional relationships between corporate travel managers, procurement professionals, business travelers, and related hotel industry suppliers
  • To engage in projects that will assist GBTA members in developing, implementing, and marketing corporate hotel programs
  • To act as a resource for GBTA members seeking information on the hotel industry; publish hotel committee standard documents and research material
  • To provide strategic direction to streamline contracting, communication, and other process efficiencies

 

Questions

Please send all inquiries directly to the appropriate committee member listed below.

 

 

Members

Heather Young 
Chair
Travel and Expense Manager 
Capital One Financial 

 

Matthew Ronk, CCTE 
Vice-Chair
Director, Global Sales - Corporate
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group


Susan Beadle
Director Americas Regional Sales Center
IHG-InterContinental Hotels Group

 

Hillary Dallas, CCTE

Senior Manager, Global Travel & Sourcing
Booz & Company (N.A.) Inc.

 

Nancy Doormann

Travel Manager
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

 

Glenn Erickson 
Director of Business Development & Support 
Nexus World Services, Inc.

 

Sharon Garner

Pricing and Account Services Manager
Marriott International, Inc.

 

Gina Grobel
VP Strategic Sourcing

Jody Jannisse

Director, Global Travel and Corporate Aviation

Gap, Inc.  

 

Jonathan Kaplan
Managing Director
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

 

Christine Kerr

Senior Director, Corporate Travel
Accor Hotels & Resorts

 

Susan Mays
Principal
Corporate Hotel Network

 

Holly McTague

North America Travel Manager
Hallibuton

 

Priyanka Poddar
Global Hotel Program Manager
Ernst & Young LLP

 

Deborah Ryan-Pelletier
Manager, Global Hotel Program and Strategic Sourcing
ADP Travel

 

Lynda Senclair
Director, Worldwide Business Travel Sales
Hilton Worldwide 

 

Steve Sitto 
Genentech 
Corporate Travel Manager 

 

Shelley Strickfaden
Director of Account Mgmt and Training
Uversa International Inc., a Lanyon Company
 

Laura Thompson, CCTE
Hotel Automation Consultant
Sabre Hospitality Solutions


 

GBTA Staff Liaison
Wendy Santantonio, CTE
Director of Convention & Brand Marketing
GBTA

 

Resources

NBTA Modular Hotel RFP
Hotel Resources and RFP Assistance

Committee Application
Hotel Committee Feedback and Information Request Form