Dawn McGowan has been promoted VP Channel Sales and Market Sales at WoodSpring Suites LLC
WoodSpring Hotels, the nation’s fastest-growing value extended-stay hotel company, today announced that it has promoted Dawn McGowan to vice president of channel sales and market sales. In her new role, McGowan will be responsible for planning, developing and growing business-to-business, third-party customer partnerships and leading the brand’s regional directors of field sales to increase profitable hotel revenue. Prior to her promotion, McGowan was director of channel sales with WoodSpring Hotels. Previously, she was regional director of global/national accounts for La Quinta Inn & Suites. McGowan also successfully led the start-up and development of JADE Event Management, Inc., whose clients included numerous Fortune 500 leaders. She led sales efforts for such prestigious hotels and resorts as the Greenleaf Golf & Tennis Resort and the Hilton Tampa Airport, both in Tampa Bay, Fla., and the Bayfront Hilton in St. Petersburg, Fla. McGowan is a Certified Travel Executive (CTE) and former chairperson of the Sales and Marketing Tampa Bay Chapter. She also served a decade as a board member of the MPI Tampa Bay Chapter.
