Keith Kirsten has been appointed as Director of Sales at Sierra Nevada Resort, an Outbound Hotel
Leading hospitality management company Springboard Hospitality is pleased to announce the appointment of Keith Kirsten as the inaugural director of sales at the newly reimagined Sierra Nevada Resort, an Outbound Hotel in Mammoth Lakes, California. Kirsten joins the team during the resort's final preparation stages leading up to its grand opening on November 1, 2022.
Kirsten began his hospitality career with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, where he managed sales for Fairmont Dallas and played a key role in the opening of Fairmont San Jose. Kirsten then joined Marriott International and spent 20 years managing national accounts from coast to coast. After serving as the brand's director of global sales in Los Angeles, Kirsten accepted the role of director of sales and marketing at Wyndham Puerto Rico. He later earned destination experience with leadership positions at the Reno-Tahoe Convention and Visitors Authority, Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Greater Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau, where Kirsten produced multi-million-dollar revenues in highly competitive markets. Kirsten earned a bachelor's degree from Ashland University in Ohio and received specialty training in hospitality at Marriott National Sales School and Cal State University in Long Beach, California.