NEW ORLEANS – November 12, 2018 – The President and CEO of New Orleans & Company, Stephen Perry, announced today that Stephen R. Hahn, a 29-year hospitality industry veteran, will become Senior Vice President of Convention Sales and Strategies for New Orleans & Company effective early in December.
“Our board of directors and I conducted a national search with the most highly regarded executive search firm in our industry to ensure that we considered a wide and diverse range of talents and experience. We had an overwhelming response from highly qualified candidates from across the country and from all facets of the hospitality industry,” said Stephen Perry, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company. “It was simply the finest field of candidates we have ever seen interested in one of our senior leadership positions. That says a lot about our company, its reputation, and our destination. After considerable and lengthy due diligence on seven finalists, and multiple visits to New Orleans, we decided that Stephen Hahn was the finest and best choice among a sterling field of national candidates. We are confident that he will excel in continuing the momentum that our current and prior teams have built before him.”
A three-decade Marriott veteran, Hahn most recently served as Regional Vice President for Brighton Management, LLC managing a multi-brand portfolio of full and select service properties at Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Hyatt and Wyndham. While in the capacity of regional vice president he led executive management teams for each property.
Prior to his service at Brighton Management, LLC, Hahn spent nearly 30 years working for Marriott International. From 2011 – 2018, he was Market Sales Leader for Marriott International’s Southwest Area Sales Organization, Western Region. As Market Sales Leader, Hahn’s responsibilities included managing a portfolio of hotels (39) ranging from luxury, soft brand, full, select and extended stay properties. Aggregate sales exceeded $676 million across Southern California under his management. As leader of the Area Sales Account Organization, Hahn managed teams within the Greater Los Angeles/Anaheim market driving revenue and share across accounts, segments and channels at these properties.
In addition to Hahn’s experience, he has also earned several industry awards for outstanding performance, including:
- 2015 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2014 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2013 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2014 Stephen G Marriott Culture Award – Southwest Area & Group Sales Teams
- 2013 Market Sales Leader of the Year – NALO and Western Region
- 2008 Market Sales Team of the Year – NALO and Western Region
- 2007 Market Sales Team of the Year – Western Region
- 2003 Global Team Award – Segment Sales Organization
Hahn has distinguished himself as a leader in the hospitality industry by serving in several capacities, including:
- Breakthrough Leadership, Wildly Important Goals Champion, Southwest Sales Organization 2011 – 2017
- Global Customer Appreciation Week Champion, Southwest Sales Organization 2011 – 2017
- Western Region Leadership Council
- Intermediary Strategy Task Force 2005 – 2006 HQ
- Sales Force Transformation Planning Committee
- Sales 200 Policy and Procedure Task Force 1998 – 2000 HQ
- Established Marriott’s first Cluster Sales Office (Event Booking Center) – Chicago O’Hare Area
- National Sales School Facilitator
- Created and facilitated Special Markets Training 2001 – 2007, Marriott International Inc.
Despite all his professional accomplishments, Hahn’s involvement in the community in which he works is important to him. His community service contributions are many fold and include the Children’s Miracle Network, Habitat for Humanity and many others.
“Stephen Hahn is a national symbol of sales excellence and a proven leader in the highly competitive industry of convention sales, strategies and service and an expert in hospitality management and execution. We are excited to have him join our talented team of leaders with Robert Reso, Sallee Pavlovich and more than forty other sales professionals as we focus on goals for 2019,” said Stephen Perry, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company.
“We are also very proud to announce that after more than two decades with Hilton, five years as our Director of Convention Sales, and six months as Acting Vice President, Robert Reso has been named Vice President of Convention Sales and will continue his critically important role leading and developing our sales and services team on a daily basis in partnership with Stephen.” Perry continued “We now have the finest and deepest convention sales team in the United States and Robert is an integral part of our having achieved that excellence. The combination of Stephen Hahn, Robert Reso and Sallee Pavlovich illustrates the incredible depth of our national award-winning organization.
Click here for Stephen Hahn’s headshot, available for download.
New Orleans & Company is a nationally accredited, 1,100-member destination marketing organization and the largest and most successful private economic development corporation in Louisiana. New Orleans & Company and its members and partners influence thousands of decision-makers and millions of visitors to choose New Orleans through direct sales, marketing, public relations, branding, visitor services and local advocacy initiatives at our New Orleans headquarters and offices in Chicago, Columbia, SC, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Brazil and China. Consistently recognized as one of the top five destination marketing organizations in the country, New Orleans & Company celebrates its 58th anniversary in 2018. For more information, please visit NewOrleans.com/about.
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NEW ORLEANS – November 12, 2018 – The President and CEO of New Orleans & Company, Stephen Perry, announced today that Stephen R. Hahn, a 29-year hospitality industry veteran, will become Senior Vice President of Convention Sales and Strategies for New Orleans & Company effective early in December.
“Our board of directors and I conducted a national search with the most highly regarded executive search firm in our industry to ensure that we considered a wide and diverse range of talents and experience. We had an overwhelming response from highly qualified candidates from across the country and from all facets of the hospitality industry,” said Stephen Perry, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company. “It was simply the finest field of candidates we have ever seen interested in one of our senior leadership positions. That says a lot about our company, its reputation, and our destination. After considerable and lengthy due diligence on seven finalists, and multiple visits to New Orleans, we decided that Stephen Hahn was the finest and best choice among a sterling field of national candidates. We are confident that he will excel in continuing the momentum that our current and prior teams have built before him.”
A three-decade Marriott veteran, Hahn most recently served as Regional Vice President for Brighton Management, LLC managing a multi-brand portfolio of full and select service properties at Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Hyatt and Wyndham. While in the capacity of regional vice president he led executive management teams for each property.
Prior to his service at Brighton Management, LLC, Hahn spent nearly 30 years working for Marriott International. From 2011 – 2018, he was Market Sales Leader for Marriott International’s Southwest Area Sales Organization, Western Region. As Market Sales Leader, Hahn’s responsibilities included managing a portfolio of hotels (39) ranging from luxury, soft brand, full, select and extended stay properties. Aggregate sales exceeded $676 million across Southern California under his management. As leader of the Area Sales Account Organization, Hahn managed teams within the Greater Los Angeles/Anaheim market driving revenue and share across accounts, segments and channels at these properties.
In addition to Hahn’s experience, he has also earned several industry awards for outstanding performance, including:
- 2015 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2014 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2013 Chairman’s Circle Winner – Top 1% of Leaders
- 2014 Stephen G Marriott Culture Award – Southwest Area & Group Sales Teams
- 2013 Market Sales Leader of the Year – NALO and Western Region
- 2008 Market Sales Team of the Year – NALO and Western Region
- 2007 Market Sales Team of the Year – Western Region
- 2003 Global Team Award – Segment Sales Organization
Hahn has distinguished himself as a leader in the hospitality industry by serving in several capacities, including:
- Breakthrough Leadership, Wildly Important Goals Champion, Southwest Sales Organization 2011 – 2017
- Global Customer Appreciation Week Champion, Southwest Sales Organization 2011 – 2017
- Western Region Leadership Council
- Intermediary Strategy Task Force 2005 – 2006 HQ
- Sales Force Transformation Planning Committee
- Sales 200 Policy and Procedure Task Force 1998 – 2000 HQ
- Established Marriott’s first Cluster Sales Office (Event Booking Center) – Chicago O’Hare Area
- National Sales School Facilitator
- Created and facilitated Special Markets Training 2001 – 2007, Marriott International Inc.
Despite all his professional accomplishments, Hahn’s involvement in the community in which he works is important to him. His community service contributions are many fold and include the Children’s Miracle Network, Habitat for Humanity and many others.
“Stephen Hahn is a national symbol of sales excellence and a proven leader in the highly competitive industry of convention sales, strategies and service and an expert in hospitality management and execution. We are excited to have him join our talented team of leaders with Robert Reso, Sallee Pavlovich and more than forty other sales professionals as we focus on goals for 2019,” said Stephen Perry, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company.
“We are also very proud to announce that after more than two decades with Hilton, five years as our Director of Convention Sales, and six months as Acting Vice President, Robert Reso has been named Vice President of Convention Sales and will continue his critically important role leading and developing our sales and services team on a daily basis ion partnership with Stephen.” Perry continued “We now have the finest and deepest convention sales team in the United States and Robert is an integral part of our having achieved that excellence. The combination of Stephen Hahn, Robert Reso and Sallee Pavlovich illustrates the incredible depth of our national award-winning organization.
Click here for Stephen Hahn’s headshot, available for download.
New Orleans & Company is a nationally accredited, 1,100-member destination marketing organization and the largest and most successful private economic development corporation in Louisiana. New Orleans & Company and its members and partners influence thousands of decision-makers and millions of visitors to choose New Orleans through direct sales, marketing, public relations, branding, visitor services and local advocacy initiatives at our New Orleans headquarters and offices in Chicago, Columbia, SC, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Brazil and China. Consistently recognized as one of the top five destination marketing organizations in the country, New Orleans & Company celebrates its 58th anniversary in 2018. For more information, please visit NewOrleans.com/about.
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Media Contact:
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New Orleans & Company
504-481-7933
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