Embassy by Hilton Seattle-Bellevue, a Hilton Worldwide all-suite hotel near Downtown Seattle currently undergoing a property-wide renovation, boasts Laurelle Whiteley as new senior sales manager. An industry veteran with proven sales and leadership success, Whiteley will maximize revenue through prospective sales opportunities with a focus on business transient and corporate group sales.
“I look forward to working closely with all of the Embassy Suites associates during this exciting hotel transformation,” says Laurelle Whiteley, senior sales manager at Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle-Bellevue. “I’m eager to acquaint longtime clients with the exciting new offers and programs that are to come with this hotel’s renovation.”
Most recently Whiteley served as global membership manager for Club Quarters in San Francisco. Returning to the Hilton Hotels and Resorts brand, Whiteley worked for Embassy Suites by Hilton in San Francisco as senior corporate sales manager, where she worked directly with local and national corporate accounts to produce group revenue. Under the management of InnVentures IVI, LLC, Whiteley served as director of sales for Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Airport North in San Francisco and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Boise ParkCenter in Boise, Idaho.
“Laurelle’s ambitious work ethic and unwavering drive has made her a valued member of our team,” says General Manager of Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle-Bellevue, Louis Haslett. “I am confident that she will do an excellent job in elevating our new product with appropriate sales efforts.
A big proponent of giving back to the community, Whiteley is a founding board member of The First Tee of Idaho, a nationally recognized youth development platform working to teach life skills and leadership through golf. Whitely will continue her volunteer efforts with The First Tee of Greater Seattle. Whiteley also served as chairman for Great Strides San Francisco, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraising event to raise money and awareness in support of Cystic Fibrosis treatment.
