Questex

NEW YORK (Feb. 18, 2015) ─ Questex Hospitality + Travel has named veteran journalist Jennifer Y. Brown managing editor of its Hotel Management and Hotel Design print and digital publications, responsible for editorial content and production, reporting to David Eisen, editor-in-chief.

During the last seven years, Brown was senior writer and editor at Brown Enterprises in New York, where she conceptualized, developed, researched, reported, wrote and edited a full range of business and financial content.

Earlier in her career, Brown was equity research editor at Sanford C. Bernstein, senior editor at KPMG LLP, regional editor at The Economist Newspaper Group, a reporter for Time Inc. and credit analyst for Republic National Bank of New York, all in New York. She also was assistant editor at M. Shanken Communications in London, where she reported, wrote, assigned and edited news and features for Impact International.

"Jennifer's broad industry knowledge gained as a marketing communications professional, equity research editor, journalist and credit analyst will be a huge asset to Questex's publications," said Eisen. "Her expertise in financial and business writing will bring the type of insightful daily reporting we feel our readers are looking for, and I could not be happier to welcome her to our editorial team."

Brown, who will be based in Questex's New York office, joins the team as Hotel Management celebrates its 140th anniversary this year. Established in 1875, Hotel Management is one of America's longest-running, business-to-business publications delivering relevant hotel news and analysis to more than 46,000 readers. Hotel Design chronicles the design excellence of hotels, resorts, lodges and destination spas.

Brown is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French, Italian and Portuguese languages. She earned a bachelor of business administration degree in economics at Pace University, New York, in 1987. She can be reached at [email protected].

In addition to Hotel Management and Hotel Design, Questex Hospitality + Travel's Hospitality Group publishes the IHIF Hotel Investment News and Destination Develop digital newsletters.

The Questex Hospitality + Travel Group of Questex LLC serves the worldwide hospitality, travel and related industries that together contribute over $6 trillion to the global gross domestic product. Through an innovative platform of targeted solutions, the group serves the sector's entire ecosystem, from tourism and hotel development and investment to hotel design, purchasing, management and operations.

The Questex Hospitality + Travel Group serves every B2B segment of the industry, from investment and development to management operations, sales and marketing of hospitality and travel products to destination development and marketing, via proven demand generation, learning, loyalty and rewards solutions as well as a network of live events. This division of Questex is aligned around three broad market segments – hospitality, travel and meetings – and supported by its Digital Media staff.

Additional information is available at questex.com/markets/hospitality-travel.

Evy Apostolatos
RDR PR LLC
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