David Almond

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded its Global Sales team with the addition of David Almond as Regional Vice President of Sales – Midwest U.S. & Canada. Based in ALHI's Global Sales office in Chicago, Illinois, he now leads and oversees ALHI's Global Sales teams located in Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ALHI Global Luxury Sales assists meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists and business executives who are interested in conducting meetings, conventions and/or incentive programs at any of ALHI's 250+ luxury and upper-upscale member hotels and resorts worldwide, which are either independent or are with an independent hotel brand. The announcement of Almond's appointment was made by ALHI's Chief Sales Officer Mark Sergot.

Prior to joining ALHI, Almond served as the Director of Sales & Marketing for the 792-room InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, a member of ALHI's distinguished portfolio. Previous to that he served as Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Starwood Hotels of Downtown Chicago, with area responsibility for the Sheraton Chicago, Westin River North, Westin Michigan Avenue, W Chicago Lakeshore, W Chicago City Center and the Tremont Hotel. His extensive experience also includes serving as Director of Sales for Hiltons of Chicago, where he represented Hilton Chicago, Palmer House Hilton, Hilton O'Hare, Conrad Chicago, Drake and Embassy Suites Lakefront. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from The Pennsylvania State University, and may be reached at (630) 880-1175 or [email protected] .