Who we are and What we do
HoteliersFriend offers more than 20 years experience in the travel industry promoting hotels, resorts and vacation destinations to North America and provides world-class sales representation, marketing and promotions for independent hotels worldwide. We use the connections and special relationships we’ve nurtured with top travel partners in the US and Canada to advance awareness and sales of your hotel.
Through our network of travel industry contacts across North America we can assist you in driving more business to your hotel. Whether you need to attract corporate travel, be included in multi-national preferred hotel programs or be included in principal tour operator brochures, we can support your hotel and get the job done.
HoteliersFriend focuses on helping hotels improve their presence with wholesalers, tour operators and travel agents by offering strategic sales planning, trainings, seminars, trade-show presence and marketing campaigns.
HoteliersFriend has close working relationships with wholesalers, tour operators, travel agents and travel agent organizations throughout the United States and Canada. We will function as an extension of your sales and marketing team (on the ground) for a fraction of the cost of full company presence.HoteliersFriend will conduct face-to-face product updates to travel agencies, tour operators and business travel management companies on a regular and consistent basis building long term relationships for your hotel.
We will organize training opportunities to extend product knowledge and brand recognition. On behalf of your hotel, we will maintain constant contact with tour operator headquarters and branches.
Our Company conducts intensive evaluations of market, management, property and competition. HoteliersFriend is 100% committed to strengthening your hotel's position with wholesalers, tour operators and travel agents industry wide.
The best of professionals
Stephen Scott, CEO and Founder
Stephen Scott has been promoting hotels, resorts and destinations to North America for over twenty years. With that extensive background in tourism, Stephen has brought an array of knowledge, experience and success to independent hotel companies throughout the world. Stephen started his career in the travel industry as a hotel sales representative in the late 1990s promoting various Caribbean resorts. In 2004 Stephen transitioned to the Sunset Resorts Group. Stephen brought to Sunset Resorts pro-active and innovative hotel sales and marketing ideas. In order to expand product knowledge when covering a very large territory he introduced e-marketing and sales techniques through the application of up to date technologies which directly and positively affected his employer's bottom-line. As a Director of Sales and Marketing, Stephen led with the goal of increasing revenues and brand knowledge. He expanded sales in new market areas while developing an enormous up-to-date industry contact database and network. Many colleagues and industry professionals have recognized Stephen as a self-motivated effective hands-on leader with excellent sales and marketing skills. Stephen is a graduate of the University of Arizona, Summa cum Laude, History/Pre-Law and speaks Italian.
Stephanie Scott, VP of IT/e-marketing
Stephanie has been an IT professional for more than 20 years. She began her career in research at the University of Arizona then moved into the private sector working for an array of universities and financial institutions. Her experience ranges from data management/analysis, database administration, database design, programming and social media marketing. Stephanie joined HoteliersFriend in 2014 and since then she has been managing the technological aspects of our company: administering our database, facilitating e-mailing services, web-trainings, surveys and social media distribution. Stephanie loves to travel to exotic destinations and is thrilled to have the opportunity to apply her expertise to the travel industry.
Tizi Scott, Director of Web & Graphic Design
Tizi joined our team in 2014. Tizi is responsible for all company related web activities (i.e., website development and maintenance; collateral material design and development; and, all photography and graphics). He is also in charge of all client related video production. Tizi is a graduate of the University of Michigan and obtained his Master at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He also speaks fluent Italian and is a passionate food and film connoisseur; and, a world-class musician.