Delray Beach, FL - September 18, 2013: HICKORY GLOBAL PARTNERS ("HICKORY"; www.HickoryTravel.com), a strategic business alliance travel company, which provides innovative service, distribution and technology to their network of travel agency and supplier partners, announced that Beverly A. Ramsook has joined its management team to lead the dynamic hotel program, which leverages a portfolio of over 24,000 hotel properties with commissionable rates in 5,760 cities and 52 countries.
"Beverly's extensive experience and deep knowledge of hotel revenue management will provide a valued perspective to our hotel program. With her enthusiasm and vision, she has a lot to offer HICKORY. She is perfectly suited to further grow and improve upon our already successful and popular hotel program," said Chris Dane, President of Hickory Global Partners.
Prior to joining HICKORY, Ms. Ramsook served as Vice President of Revenue Management & Distribution for Denihan Hospitality Group, where she was responsible for the strategic development and implementation of revenue management and distribution, including call center operations and e-commerce. During her tenure, the company expanded to new U.S. markets, gained significant market share in all cities and grew 78%.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Ramsook was the NYC Director of Revenue for Accor Hotels and Resorts overseeing the Sofitel and Novotel brands. She held a variety of positions at the New York Palace in the areas of operations, financial services, sales and marketing, and revenue management. She was a member of Travelocity's Advisory Board in 2012 and of the HSMAI CRO Roundtable, she is a frequent speaker at industry events, and was featured in Profiles in Performance: Business Intelligence Journeys and the Roadmap for Change by Howard Dresner.
The Hickory hotel program exemplifies HICKORY's strategy to guide the industry toward greater profitability through thoughtful innovation. The preferred booking program, a central component of the hotel program, enables agencies to make more money on their existing volume and earn multiple levels of revenue sharing based on their booking of preferred hotel properties. Through PartnerHQ, HICKORY's reporting extranet, HICKORY agency partners can securely access daily hotel room night and revenue production, and thus smartly manage performance to increase revenue earned in HICKORY's revenue share program.
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About HICKORY - Hickory Global Partners, An INTRAVEL Company
Positioning itself as a strategic business alliance rather than a consortium, HICKORY's unique approach focuses on return on investment for agency and supplier partners alike. HICKORY even guarantees its agency partners a positive ROI. With a suite of services including a visionary hotel incentive program, robust and one-of-a kind air program, car rental program and 24/7 support products, HICKORY is an important strategic partner to travel agencies. Proprietary, innovative tools designed to share data with agency partners allow agencies to make better, faster decisions, thus driving more revenue. These tools also enable HICKORY to aggregate bookings from agency partners. Hotelier partners gain access to a reporting platform that illustrates daily, weekly and monthly booking trends across the HICKORY network. Supplier partners also benefit from measurable results and extensive distribution and marketing opportunities across the HICKORY global network. For more information about Hickory Global Partners, visit www.HickoryTravel.com.
