LodgeNet Adds Experience, Proven Performance to Hospitality Sales Team
Newly Hired Positions Include Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West Regional Managers And Company’s First-Ever Las Vegas Based Gaming Specialist
SIOUX FS, S.D., March 14, 2011 - LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LNET), the leading provider of media and connectivity solutions to hospitality and healthcare businesses, today announced the addition of three sales veterans as part of the recent restructuring of its Hospitality Solutions Sales organization:
— Michael Bennett, Director of Sales, comes to LodgeNet from Hospitality
Network, where he headed up major account sales and led the development
and launch of sales and product initiatives focused on gaming properties
in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and the Bahamas. While with Hospitality
Network, Mr. Bennett oversaw that company’s significant growth in gaming
markets. As LodgeNet’s first ever Las Vegas based sales executive, Mr.
Bennett will be responsible for growing the company’s presence in gaming
markets.
— John Froland, Regional Sales Manager, was most recently with the
Hospitality Sales division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, where he
helped secure over 50% of that company’s Hospitality Market base. Before
Sharp, Mr. Froland spent 15 years with On Command Corporation, during
which he was a nine-time top annual sales performer and was instrumental
in securing long-term agreements with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts,
DoubleTree Hotels, and Starwood Lodging Corporation. Mr. Froland is
based in Memphis and is in charge of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
— Tom Hart, Regional Sales Manager, also joins LodgeNet from Sharp
Electronics Corporation, where his efforts in the Hospitality Sales
division drove a nearly 20% increase in sales revenues for the Western
Region. Prior to his tenure with Sharp, Mr. Hart spent more than six
years with On Command Corporation, where he managed relationships with
nearly 60 clients representing 100,000 guest rooms while contributing to
product initiatives in digital television, HDTV and Internet services.
Mr. Hart is based in Denver and is in charge of the Mid-West Region.
“The addition of these proven professionals brings LodgeNet a unique blend of hospitality and technology expertise unsurpassed by any company in our space,” said David Goldstone, Vice President Sales & Hotel Relations for LodgeNet. “The breadth of knowledge and perspective now represented by our Hospitality Solutions team is truly exceptional, and will help us provide more responsive service and better targeted solutions to our customers.”
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