Piland Assumes Corporate Role as Regional Director of Sales &
Senior Director of Corporate Sales & Marketing at White Lodging, Gill Lapeire, recently announced the promotion of Calley Piland to the position of Regional Director of Sales & Marketing for Region 6. “I am very excited to have Calley join my team. She is an elite sales leader who has a tremendous passion for our business,” Lapeire said in making the announcement. “She has demonstrated time and again the ability to grow market share and generate top-line revenue.”
A White Lodging employee since 2004, Piland comes to her new position from the Residence Inn by Marriott in northwest Austin, Texas. As the property’s General Manager, she exceeded annual budgeted occupancy rates in 2010 and was on track to exceed the mark in 2011.
A graduate of the University of North Texas with coursework toward a master’s degree in liberal arts from Southern Methodist University, Piland’s first position with White Lodging was as a Sales Manager at the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Austin. From there, she assumed the same role at the Residence Inn by Marriott in north Austin and, in 2005 was named White Lodging’s Select Service Sales Manager of the Year.
Recognized for her efforts, Piland was soon promoted to the position of Senior Cluster Sales Manager and was part of the pre-opening sales team responsible for launching the Marriott hotel concept that combined two of its brands - The Courtyard by Marriott and the Residence Inn by Marriott in downtown Austin - into one property. While in this position, Piland and her team were named Sales Team of the Year.
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