Richard J. Keating

About Richard J. Keating

Highly experienced hospitality sales & marketing executive with proven track record in driving business and building and managing successful teams to drive increased profitability. Business leader in hospitality sales and marketing with experience in branded and non-branded properties. Hands-on leadership in all property types, from Convention, Flagship City-Center, Gaming,Luxury,Boutique Lifestyle and Independent properties.Known for revenue turnaround and architect for strategic planning and developing highly professional systems to achieve desired results. And acumen for detail and providing the highest level of customer satisfaction.Specialties; building cohesive teams; turnaround specialist; sales strategy planning execution; operational leadership.

Experience

1. Director of Sales and Marketing

   M&R Hotel Management

   Mar 2015 — Present · Manhattan, NY, US

   Pre-opened Holiday Inn New York City Times Square, a complete new build, 271 rooms in the heart of mid town Manhattan, nearby to Times Square. Opened October 2015. M&R Hospitality has several other brand hotels currently under construction in New York City. In 2019, Hotel awarded Hotel of Year for company and Keating was recipient of Salesperson of Year for outstanding revenue performance.

Education

• Boston College Carroll School of Management

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Marketing

Skills

• Food & Beverage
• Customer Service
• Resorts
• Public Speaking
• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Hospitality
• Employee Training
• Sales Management
• Gaming
• Budgets
• Strategic Planning
• Hospitality Industry
• Marketing and Advertising
• Microsoft Word
• Forecasting
• Team Building
• Revenue Analysis
• Teaching
• Negotiation
• English
• Meeting Planning
• Research