About Us
K. Ann Palermo, Executive Director of Sales and Business Development
Ann Palermo has been a successful and a well known hospitality veteran on the southern and east coasts for 15+ years. Her sales and marketing career spans over 20+ years having a extensive background in advertising, direct B2B sales to fortune 5000 companies across the United States and then pursued a career in the Hospitality industry.
She started her successful hospitality career with Drury Hotels. Ann's hospitality sales career then blossom into an Area Director of Sales position with Noble Hotels out of Atlanta. She managed the sales and marketing efforts for several hotels under the Noble management umbrella. The brands included Marriott's Springhill Suites, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Holiday Inn Express. Ann's career then grew to Regional Sales Manager for Sholodge Inc. the Shoney's Inn brand. She had hotels in Virginia and Georgia. She also spent time with LaQuinta Corporation as a Regional Sales Manager.
Ann Palermo joined the USFSI / Microtel Inn & Suites family in July of 2005 as a Regional Manager of Sales and Operations. She traveled extensively managing the operations of 43 hotels located in the south east United States for 4 years after which time Wyndham Hotel Group acquired the Microtel Inns & Suites brand. At Wyndham, she was Director of Operation and Support for the Southeast providing support in operations, quality assurance, sales and marketing.
In 2010 Ann was approached to design and head up the sales and marketing division for Essex Hotel Management. She successfully managed and mentored the sales and marketing for their portfolio of 7 hotels located in New York, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama.
In January of 2011 Ann decided to join the team of RCT Hospitality Consultants based out of Atlanta, GA as their Executive Director of Sales and Business Development.
