Experient Welcomes Newest National Account Managers

Oct. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- Twinsburg, OH – Experient, the source for integrated meeting and event solutions, announces the expansion of its sales team by four to the Experient Sales Network (ESN). The ESN is a team of independent business development specialists known as Experient National Account Managers (ENAMs) located in primary customer markets throughout the world.

The newest ENAMs joining the ESN are Lynn Armstrong, Bryan Earley, Ron Owens and Bob Wentworth.

Armstrong comes to Experient from the Hyatt Regency Dallas where she was senior sales manager for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets of corporate and national associations, government agencies and sports groups. Prior to Hyatt, she was sales manager for Meristar Hotels and Resorts, responsible for two hotels—the Sheraton Dallas Brookhollow and the Radisson Hotel Dallas. Armstrong is a member of SGMP and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Earley comes to Experient with over 23 years of industry experience. He joins Experient from Globus family of brands where he was national group sales manager, Emerging Markets Group. Prior to that, he was owner-operator at Vacation Values and business development manager at Collette Vacations. Earley’s experience includes working with large revenue/passenger producing groups outside of the traditional travel trade channel of business including national associations, fraternal, incentive/meeting planners, bank and financial institutions, religious, non-profits and other prominent membership-based organizations. Earley is based in the Twinsburg, Ohio area.

Owens began his hospitality career at the Sheraton Gateway, Los Angeles in 1996. He has worked for a number of hotels and casino properties including the Disneyland Resort, Harrah’s Casino and Resort, and the Temecula Creek Inn. Most recently, he was vice president, sales and marketing with the Temecula CVB. Owens is a member of the Southern California Chapter of MPI and is based in Temecula, Calif.

Wentworth joins the ESN from the Huntington Beach Marketing & Visitors Bureau where he was Vice president & COO. He started in the hospitality business in 1983 at the Hyatt Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo., and made many Hyatts his “home” during his career. He was on property in Phoenix, Grand Cayman, San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Century Plaza and Huntington Beach before becoming director of worldwide sales. Wentworth is based in Long Beach, Calif.

ABOUT EXPERIENT: Experient, a Maritz Travel Company, leads the industry as one of the best known and most respected brands in the event management world. Its core services include providing registration, housing, event planning and management, site sourcing/contract negotiation, and lead retrieval services for association, tradeshow and government clients. Experient employs professionals dedicated to fulfilling its vision of perfecting the event experience to deliver leading-edge thinking, experience and technology solutions for meetings, conventions and expositions around the world. Visit http://www.experient-inc.com for more information. Media kit and available staff portraits may be found at http://www.experient-inc.com/press.