Keith Gorla

About Keith Gorla

A seasoned professional whose passion in life is Hospitality. A results driven leader with a successful track record in both client services and catering sales. A team player with over 10 years of award winning catering sales, client service & hospitality management experience. Consistently exceeds both quarterly and annual performance based goals Motivated and curious individual seeking part time opportunities in artificial intelligence. Eager to contribute to AI projects while continuing to grow technical and analytical skills in a hands on environment. Specialties: Contract Negotiation, Hotel Catering Sales, Menu Planning, Food & Wine, Room Blocks, Social, Corporate and Non-Profit Event Planning, Budget and Forecasting and Operations Knowledge (Room Service, Banquets, Restaurant Management, Stewarding) Familiar with Saas, Zoom, Salesforce, Asana, Zendesk

Experience

1. Sales Manager

   RIU Hotels & Resorts

   Nov 2016 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Managed hotel sales, catering sales, group sales for FIT, Corporate, and Social segments, for both RIU Time Square and RIU Manhattan. Primarily focusing on over feet of meeting space in our Private Restaurant / Terrace as well as 1,400 Sleeping Rooms Generated and maximized catering revenue, banquet revenue and total hotel revenue through strategic selling and upselling resulting in over $2 million in hotel revenueOversee all functions, including sales/contracting, preparation and completion of catered events Responsible for building banquet menus to meet all client budgets

Education

• Lynn University

  Bachelor's degree, Hotel / Restaurant Management

Skills

• Catering
• Banquets
• Restaurants
• Resorts
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Hotel Management
• Management
• Strategic Planning
• Sales
• Event Planning
• Hospitality Industry
• Food
• Customer Service
• Hotels
• Forecasting
• Client Service Oriented
• Hospitality Management
• Restaurant Management
• Process Scheduler
• Yield Management
• Event Management
• Customer Satisfaction