Concord Hospitality Welcomes Hospitality Industry Veteran as Senior Vice President of Business Development
RALEIGH, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2020) – Concord Hospitality Enterprises is pleased to announce that Melinda Griffith has joined the award-winning hotel management and development company as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In this role, she will spearhead the company’s business development and sales initiatives, focusing on forming strategic alliances, negotiating partnerships, forging relationships and growing the company’s hotel portfolio through third-party management contracts.
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Melinda to Concord Hospitality,” said Mark Laport, President and CEO of Concord Hospitality. “Her industry expertise and knowledge in sales, development and relationship management will be hugely beneficial to Concord as we continue navigate and overcome challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are eager to see all that Melinda will accomplish with us as we set our sights on expanding our footprint across the U.S.”
Griffith holds more than 35 years of experience in the hospitality industry, spanning across the luxury, independent, full-service, select service, extended stay and new-build segments. Prior to joining the Concord team, she held the position of Senior Vice President of Development and Acquisitions at Interstate Hotels & Resorts (now Aimbridge Hospitality), where she contributed hundreds of millions of dollars in managed hotel revenue to the portfolio during her nearly 20-year tenure.
Melinda Griffith, Senior Vice President of Business Development
“Concord Hospitality is widely known as a best-in-class hotel development and management company,” said Griffith. “I have had the privilege of working alongside some of the industry’s top hotel ownership groups and look forward to expanding these relationships and forming new ones in this position. While the hospitality industry is certainly facing its shares of challenges, I feel confident the Concord team will be able to meet our growth goals in the coming years.”
