Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is pleased to announce Director of Sales and Marketing Jennifer Lewis to the executive team at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore Inner Harbor.
A hospitality industry veteran, Lewis brings over 25 years of experience to the hotel’s senior leadership team. Housed in the historic former B&O Railroad headquarters, Kimpton’s 202-room Hotel Monaco Baltimore is a boutique hotel located in the city’s business district, minutes from the Inner Harbor and three blocks from the Baltimore Convention Center.
In her new role with Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore, Lewis will supervise all sales and marketing activities, including leading the hotel’s dedicated sales team and providing strategic planning for all group and leisure sales, revenue, digital marketing, advertising and public relations efforts. She will also oversee the hotel’s catering team which arranges meetings, weddings and events of up to 300 guests throughout the hotel’s 10,000 square feet of function space with cuisine from adjacent restaurant, B&O American Brasserie.
Lewis joins the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore team from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was most recently the area director of sales and marketing for Hilton Hotels, overseeing two hotels with just under 700 guest rooms and more than 15 employees under her care.
Lewis brings extensive hotel experience to Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore after working on teams in both front and back of house, before discovering her penchant for sales. Lewis quickly rose through the ranks to a director role and maintains the best part of her position is challenging her team to surpass their goals.
A Southern California native and long time Michigan resident, Lewis currently resides in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood. Lewis enjoys traveling with her husband, spending time with her family and is quick to note she’s both a proud mother and grandmother. Lewis also enjoys being a frequent guest speaker for university students pursuing careers in hospitality. As a former Board of Directors member for United Way, the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation Women’s Initiative and past Rotary Club President Lewis brings a strong appreciation for community into her new role at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore and is looking forward to becoming a fixture in Baltimore.
