Kathleen Robb KostkaKimpton Nine Zero Hotel is pleased to announce the appointment of Kathleen Robb Kostka as Director of Sales and Marketing for the award-winning, 190-guestroom boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Boston. In this role, Kostka will develop and implement Nine Zero’s marketing and sales strategies, while also overseeing group, catering and banquet sales planning. In addition, she’ll work closely with the hotel’s revenue team to forecast and achieve hotel sales goals. Kostka joins Kimpton Nine Zero with nearly twenty-five years of luxury hotel industry experience, most recently serving as Director of Business and Leisure Travel at the Boston Harbor Hotel. She also held previous roles as Director of Sales and Sales Manager at XV Beacon Hotel, and Business Travel Coordinator at The Ritz-Carlton, Boston. Kostka earned a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management from New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology where, fun fact, she was selected from thousands of applicants to intern in Walt Disney World’s College Program. When she isn’t leading Nine Zero’s sales and marketing teams, she enjoys golfing, cheering on Boston’s championship sports teams and traveling. Personal and business travel has taken her across the U.S. and internationally to Italy, Hong Kong, Belgium, Ireland, London, France, Amsterdam, Germany and Austria. She’s active with the New England Business Travel Association and also sits on their Board of Directors. She resides in Milton, MA with her husband and Wheaten Terrier, Tully.