Meet the Executive team
Halee Whiting, President
Halee Whiting is a creative, outside-of-the-box, seasoned hospitality professional that offers a different perspective on sales, marketing and content creation. She decided to create Hospitality with a Flair because helping hotels is her passion. After an extensive work history with various brands and independent hotels on property and in a remote capacity she knew with that hotels could be serviced and helped better.
The mission of Hospitality with a Flair is to create custom sales approaches for hotels. A one size fits all hotel sales support service does not work for every property. Halee's approach is to work together with hotel owners to create a service plan with them that will strengthen the hotel's personal brand, create elevated experiences for the hotel's guests and increase revenue!
Prior to founding Hospitality with a Flair, Halee has worked in the hospitality industry for 14+ years. She started in housekeeping and at the front desk. From there she soared into Sales & Catering by force in many different managerial roles. Her most recent role prior included being a Regional Director of Sales over a portfolio of up to 13+ hotels from independents to various brands like Hilton, Choice, IHG, Wyndham, GrandStay and Red Lion. Halee also has experience with Casino Hotels, Radisson and Best Western. She has also served as the youngest Hotel Executive Committee Chair for her local CVB and even chaired her own committee that specialized in Travel/Tour/FIT destination sales. When she doesn't have her hands in hotel work, she is writing for her own travel blog, recording the All is Fair in Love & RevPar Podcast, and keeping her family busy!
Alysha Kurani, Vice President of Sales & Acquisitions
Alysha found her passion within hospitality industry early on at the young age of 15, where she started as a Front Desk Agent at a locally owned Days Inn & Suites. Shortly after graduating from Baylor University in 2014, she transitioned into sales. Since then, she quickly excelled in her role in leading teams that oversaw various brands across multiple markets. Her experience include roles with Wyndham, IHG, Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, and Best Western. During her tenure, she has created impactful relationships within the respective brands leadership teams, travel agencies, property management companies and more. Hotel sales is her passion and has driven her to help create an effective remote sales team at HWF Hotels.
Alysha is a native Texan but loves to travel extensively. While COVID has set her back with her travel plans, she fully intends on making up for lost time in the years to come!
The Team
We have a great team of various consultants with over 50+ years of industry experience that specialize in hotel sales. The needs of your individual hotel will dictate how HWF Hotels assigns your remote sales team that is assigned to your specific property. We have an extensive match process to ensure a great relationship and success for the hotel.
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