Kirk Rose, President of Marcus Hotels & Resorts
Kirk A. Rose joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts as president in 2013. Prior to that, he held various positions with Global Hyatt Corporation for nine years, including serving as senior vice president and chief financial officer for six years. Most recently, he was a partner in Salt Creek Hospitality, LLC, a private equity group focused on hospitality real estate that he co-founded with the former president of Global Hyatt....
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Chris Anderson, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Brand Development
Chris Anderson joined Marcus Hotels and Resorts in October 2007 as Vice President of Sales. Anderson is responsible for ensuring the Marcus sales strategy and philosophies are in line with overall growth and profit objectives...
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Peter Engel, Chief Technology Officer
Peter manages strategy and implementation of hotel, food & beverage, electronic distribution, and guest experience technologies. In addition, Peter is responsible for technology evaluations of acquisition candidates, IT support of hotel openings, and business opportunity development...
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Steve Magnuson, Vice President of Operations
Magnuson oversees all aspects of the 1300-acre Grand Geneva Resort & Spa complex, including all hotel and resort operations. He also manages the operations for other Marcus Hotels and Resort properties. As a Vice President of Operations, he is a member of Marcus Hotels & Resorts executive committee...
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Scott Shoenberger, Vice President of Operations
Scott Shoenberger joined Marcus Hotels and Resorts in November of 2005 as the Vice President of Operations. Shoenberger is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the hotel operations for many of the Marcus Hotels & Resorts properties...
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Keith Halfmann, Vice President of Operations
Keith Halfmann serves in the capacity of our Corporate Director of Restaurants & Hotel Operations Support. In addition to leading the growth of our destination restaurants and bars, he will manage various corporate initiatives, and serve as operational liaison for new developments and acquisitions...
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Kent Duncan, Vice President, Sales and Revenue Strategy
Kent joined Marcus in August 2008 as Corporate Director of Revenue Strategy and provides overall revenue management leadership and strategic guidance for our properties.
Kent brings over 19 years of hotel experience from Marriott International...
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Christine Beuchert, Senior Director, Marketing and Ecommerce Strategy
Beuchert brings 15 years of travel marketing experience to Marcus Hotels and Resorts. She is responsible for electronic distribution strategies, development of hotel and restaurant websites, management of online intermediary channels, as well as online advertising and email marketing...
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Peggy Williams-Smith, Senior Director, Catering and Event Operations
Peggy Williams Smith is responsible for leading banquet and catering operations as well as convention and event services activities. Williams-Smith has been with the Marcus Hotels & Resorts for 14 years. She is responsible for overseeing 17 hotel catering departments as well as supervising catering budgets totaling over $17 million...
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Brian Burton, Senior Director of Sales
Burton is responsible for leading the revenue management strategies for Marcus Hotels & Resort entire portfolio of 18 properties across the U.S.
Burton joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts in 2008 where he was active in strategically identifying procedural and process...
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Bill Klingsporn, Senior Director of Accounting
Bill Klingsporn joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts in 2012 as Senior Director of Accounting. Both a CPA and MBA, Klingsporn is responsible for overseeing accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial planning for the company. Klingsporn started his career at Ernst & Young and brings over 18 years of accounting and finance experience, including roles at Kohl’s Corporation, Baymont Inns & Suites and FIS....
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Will Geissel, Corporate Director of Procurement
Will Geissel joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts in September 2012 to direct the centralized procurement function for our division. Will brings with him a thorough knowledge and passion for the hospitality industry. His oversight includes standardizing and measuring company wide F&B, OS&E, and Contract Services program....
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Kevin Gallagher, Operations Project Manager
Kevin joined Marcus Hotels & Resorts in January, 2004 as Resort Manager and then promoted to General Manager of the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa where he was involved in several large capital projects, including the building of the Grand Entry and the Grand Geneva conference center. In July, 2007 Kevin was promoted to ...
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