Saun LightbourneLightbourne began his career with Interstate Hotels & Resorts (Omni and Hilton) and later promoted to key sales role at the Eden Roc Resort Renaissance Resort & Spa where is spent his last five years spearheading the marketing and sales initiatives in support of the hotel’s multi-million dollars expansion, re-launch and repositioning. As the director of marketing for Morgan’s Hotel Group, Lightbourne handled sales and marketing initiatives for Clift, a Morgan’s Original hotel in San Francisco, who manage hotels in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and London, among others. Most recently, Lightbourne was the area director of sales and marketing for Menin Hotel Group in Miami Beach where he contributed to increased revenue growth and surpassed sales goals, as well as managed the sales & marketing initiatives for the re-launch of the Shelborne South Beach and efforts to increase their group and special events business. In addition, he played a key role in the launch of the Menin Hotels as an upscale hotel brand.