The core of our mission at Women Leading Travel & Hospitality is to build community. As such, we seek to feature content that helps you get to know our fabulous members by learning about their career paths, ambitions, leadership styles and more. Through Q&A interviews, videos and more, this page is designed to highlight our members.
Michele Marsee is the director of sales at Embassy Suites Convention Center Las Vegas. Previously, she was the director of sales and marketing at Springhill Suites by Marriott Las Vegas Convention Center, a senior sales manager for Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel, and director of sales at Playlv Gaming Investments. Michele is a board director for...
Meetings and events have swung from all in person to all virtual rapidly over the past year, and now rest in a hybrid space as the world comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic. To get a better idea of what changes we can expect for meetings and events going forward, we sat down with Canvas...
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member spotlight, you’ll hear from Laima Bashir, former vice president of operations, finance and capital planning at Amtrak. She is also a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality alumni board member. We asked Laima a series of questions about herself and her career so you could get to know...
Samantha Jones is senior vice president, hotel programs at TRAVELSAVERS, an international travel marketing organization. Previously, she has worked at Radisson Hotel Group, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, and InterContinental Hotels Group. Samantha is a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member! We asked her a series of questions so you can get to know her better....
JetBlue announced July 1 that Amy Burr has been named president of the company’s wholly owned venture capital subsidiary, JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV). Burr has been with JetBlue since 2018 as JTV’s managing director of operations and partnerships, where she built an ecosystem of partners and deployment opportunities for the many technologies of JTV’s portfolio...
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member spotlight, you’ll hear from Miranda Scott, director of business development at Lyft. She is also a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality board member! We asked Miranda a series of questions about herself, including her career, so you could get to know her better. If you would like...
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member spotlight, you’ll hear from Bonnie Allen, senior director of marketing at Soul Community Planet (SCP) Hotels. We asked Bonnie a series of questions about herself and her career so you could get to know her better. If you would like to become a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality...
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member spotlight, you’ll hear from Andria Godfrey, vice president of Longwoods International. We asked Andria a series of questions about herself and her career so you could get to know her better. If you would like to become a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member or need additional...
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality member spotlight, you’ll hear from Amy Burr, managing director of operations and partnerships at JetBlue Technology Ventures. Amy is also a Women Leading Travel & Hospitality board member! We asked Amy a series of questions about herself, including her career, so you could get to know her better....
In this Women Leading Travel & Hospitality spotlight, you’ll hear from Linda Rutherford, senior vice president and chief communications officer at Southwest Airlines. We asked Linda a series of questions about herself and her career so you could get to know her better.
