Hall of Fame

Victoria de Falco, Principal & Cofounder, Redpoint Marketing PR Inc.

Kelly McGuire, Managing Principal, Hospitality, ZS

Dan Surette, Chief Sales Officer, Omni Hotels & Resorts

Michelle Woodley, President, Preferred Travel Group

Kimberly Furlong, Chief Commercial Officer, Atrium Hospitality

Andrew Rubinacci, EVP, Commercial & Revenue Strategy, Aimbridge Hospitality

Jeff Senior, Retired, Formerly Chief Marketing Officer for Fairmont Raffles Lodges Worldwide

Gina Stouffer, President, Lou Hammond Group

Roger Dow, President & CEO, US Travel Association

Eric Orkin, Founder, Delphi Management Systems and OPUS2 Revenue Technologies

Peter Strebel, Chairman, Omni Hotels & Resorts

Mary Wagstaff, Partner and Managing Director, MMGY Wagstaff

Alice Diaz, Retired, Formerly head of Travel & Lifestyle practice at Weber Shandwick

Michael Dominguez, President & CEO, Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI)

Cindy Estis Green, CEO and Co-founder, Kalibri Labs

Clayton Reid, CEO, MMGY Global

Dorothy Dowling, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Mary Gostelow, Publisher, Gostelow Report

Bjorn Hanson, Ph.D., Founder, Hospitality & Leisure Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Cindy Novotny, Managing Partner, Master Connection Associates

Leland “Lee” Pillsbury, Managing Director, Thayer Ventures

Randy Smith, Chairman and Co-founder, STR

Steve Bartolin, Chairman, The Broadmoor

Robert Cross, Chairman, Revenue Analytics

Stephen Powell, SVP Worldwide Sales, InterContinental Hotels Group

Harris Rosen, President & CEO, Rosen Hotels & Resorts

Edwin “Ed” Fuller, President, Laguna Strategic Advisors

Terry Gallagher, President, Lou Hammond Group

Sherri Kimes, Professor, Cornell University

Melanie Brandman, Founder & CEO, The Brandman Agency

Ravi Mehrotra, President & Founder, IDeaS

Randy Smith, Chairman & Co-Founder, STR

George Aguel, President & CEO, Visit Orlando

Greg Cross, Senior Vice President, Revenue Management for Hyatt Hotels

Gordon Lambourne, Senior Vice President, Consumer Public Relations, Marriott International

Christopher Nassetta, President & CEO, Hilton Worldwide

Geoffrey Weill, President, WEILL

Richard Kahn, President, Kahn Travel Communications

David Kong, President & CEO, Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Roger Dow, President & CEO, US Travel Association

Howard Feiertag, CHME, Faculty, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Eric Danziger, President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

Mary Gendron, President, Middleton & Gendron Brand Communications

Nancy Jo Friedman, Founder, Nancy J. Friedman Public Relations

Bill Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Marriott International

2009

• Vivian Deuschl, Vice President Global PR, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
• Sol Kerzner, Chairman & CEO, Kerzner International

2008

• Florence Quinn, President and Founder, Quinn & Co.
• Jonathan Tisch, Chairman & CEO, Loews Hotels

2007

• Laura Davidson, Founder & President, Laura Davidson Public Relations
• Ian Schrager, Chairman & CEO, Ian Schrager Company

2006

• Yvonne Middleton, Chairman, Middleton & Gendron
• Barbara Talbott, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

2005

• Peggy Bendel, Senior Vice President of Travel Marketing, Development Counsellors International (DCI)
• Barry Sternlicht, Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group

2004

Gary Leopold, President & CEO, ISM

Rene Mack, President, Travel & Lifestyle Marketing Practice, Weber Shandwick

2003

• Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman & CEO, Carlson Companies
• James C. Collins, Head – Worldwide Sales & Marketing Organization, Hilton
• Robert P. Degnan, CHME

2002

• Ricelle “Bunny” Grossinger, Principal, Bunny Grossinger Enterprises
• Peter Warren, CHME, President and Founder, Warren Kremer Paino Advertising

2001

• David R. Evans, CHME, Head of worldwide customer relations, industry events and trade shows , Starwood Hotels & Resorts
• Eric Friedheim, Editor-in-Chief, Travel Agent Magazine
• Horst H. Schulze, Vice-Chairman, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
• Robert “Bob” Stein, President, GSF Marketing

2000

• Alan Fredericks, Editor-in-Chief, Travel Weekly
• Robert W. Keilt, CHME, Retired, formerly senior vice president of sales and marketing worldwide, Sheraton Hotels
• Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, Minister of Tourism & Aviation, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
• Peter C. Yesawich, Ph.D., President & CEO, Ypartnership

1999

• Irma S. Mann, CHME, Founder, Irma S. Mann Strategic Marketing
• John J. Russell, Jr., CHME, Principal & CEO, Advaya Hospitality
• Jack A. Vaughn, General Manager, Opryland Hotel

1998

• David C. Dorf, CHME, former director of education for HSMAI, and co-author of HSMAI’s 75th anniversary book
• Michael Gunn, Executive Vice President-Marketing and Planning, American Airlines
• Virginia M. Sheridan, President & Co-Owner, M Silver Associates

1997

• Robert M. Campbell
• Stephen A. Wynn, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mirage Resorts

1996

• Aaron D. Cushman, Founder, Aaron D. Cushman and Associates
• Michael Eisner, CEO, The Walt Disney Company
• Mervyn “Mickey” Levine, CHME, President, Manitoba’s Gull Harbour Lodge
• John J. Russell, Jr., CHME, Principal & CEO, Advaya Hospitality

1995

• Michael J. Dimond, CHME, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, The Broadmoor
• Gordon “Butch” Stewart, Founder and Chairman, Sandals Resorts International
• Donald J. Trump, President, Trump Organization

1994

• Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Hotels
• Priscilla Hoye-Scott Scott Associates PR
• David A. Troy, President, TIMA Corporation

1993

• Melinda Bush, Founder & CEO, HRW Holdings (Hospitality Resources Worldwide)
• Herbert D. Kelleher, Co-Founder, Southwest Airlines
• Thomas T. McCarthy, Jr., CHME, Founder, Tom McCarthy Associates

1992

• Howard Feiertag, CHME, Faculty, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Robert Hazard, President & CEO, Choice Hotels International
• Karen Weiner Escalera, President, KWE Partners

1991

• Lou Hammond, Founder, Lou Hammond & Associates Inc
• Michael A. Leven, CHME, Co-Founder, Asian American Hotel Owners Association
• Peter C. Yesawich, Ph.D., President & CEO, Ypartnership

1990

• Irma Mann, CHME, Founder, Irma S. Mann Strategic Marketing
• Morris Silver, Founder, M. Silver Associates

1989

• Albert Bard
• Winthrop W. “Bud” Grice, Trail blazer
• Neil W. Ostergren, CHME, Hospitality Marketing Consultant,

1988

• Eleanor Leslie

1987

• Howard Heinsius, Owner, Needham and Grohmann
• James E. Knauff, CHME, Founder, K3 Hospitality, Inc.

1986

• Nita Lloyd-Fore, CHME, Former HSMA international president, Hilton
• George J. “Jack” Neumann, The hotel world’s first director of marketing,
• Robert “Bob” Stein, President, GSF Marketing

1985

• Franklin Hignett, CHME, Former HSMA international president,
• Neil W. Ostergren, CHME, Hospitality Marketing Consultant,

1984

• C. DeWitt Coffman, CHME, Author, The Full House: A Hotel/Motel Promotion Primer
• Sanford “Sandy” Lindy, CHME

1983

• Norman R. Tissian, President, Spiro (advertising agency)

1982

• Hugh Connor
• Winthrop W. “Bud” Grice, CHME, Trail blazer

1981

• Michael A. Leven, CHME, Executive Vice President, Days Inns of America

1980

• William F. Prigge, Vice President for Marketing
• E.C. “Buzz” Sherry, CEO, Denver Convention & Visitors Bureau

1979

• William H. Edwards
• Joseph Smyth, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Inter-Continental, New York City

1978

• Sig S. Front, CHME, Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Advertising, The Sheraton Corporation
• George J. “Jack” Neumann, The hotel world’s first director of marketing,
• William F. Prigge, Vice President for Marketing, Hilton International

1977

• William Morton

1976

• Hans Hannau, Travel writer and author, Bermuda in Full Color
• H.M. “Bud” Smith

1975

• Daniel Amico
• H. Victor Grohmann, Founder, Needham and Grohmann
• John H. Sienold, Director of Sales (and past president of HSMAI), Savoy Hilton Hotel

1974

• Jim Bearce, CHME, Vice President & General Manager, Emerald Beach Plantation and Hotel (Nassau, Bahamas)
• Edmund Sansovini, CHME, Vice President of Sales and Marketing (and past president of HSMAI), Boca Raton Hotel Club

1973

• Winthrop W. “Bud” Grice, Trail blazer
• Arthur F. Taylor, CHME

1972

• Nicholas C. “Mr. Hospitality” Bicking, Owner, Harbour Inn
• Donald B. Martin, CHME
• Leonard R. Oakes, CHME Sheraton Corporation of America
• Robert Quain

1971

• Frank W. Berkman, CHME, Executive VP and COO, HSMAI
• Duane W. “Tex” Carlton, CHME

1969

• E.D. “Dill” Parrish

1968

• C. DeWitt Coffman, CHME, Author, The Full House: A Hotel/Motel Promotion Primer, the first book on hotel sales management in the world
• G.E.R. “Dick” Flynn
• Leonard Hicks
• Adrian Phillips, CHME, Retired, formerly executive vice president, HSMA