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Western Mountain Pacific Sales Office- Cheat Sheets. Marriott History. Marriott was founded by J. Willard Marriott in 1927 J.W. (Bill) Marriott, Jr. led the company to spectacular worldwide growth. Today: Arne M. Sorenson is the current CEO Marriott Acquires Gaylord
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Marriott History • Marriott was founded by J. Willard Marriott in 1927 • J.W. (Bill) Marriott, Jr. led the company to spectacular worldwide growth. • Today: • Arne M. Sorenson is the current CEO • Marriott Acquires Gaylord • Hotels in Pipeline/ Worlds Tallest Hotel
Sales Transformation • Marriott has transformed their sales operation • Regional offices across the United Sates • “One point of contact” • Large Group, Core, Catering, Cfirst
Cheat Sheets • Cheat sheets are helpful • They cover a wide range of information • They are unique to every property • They allow you to cover a wide range of aspects
Current Cheat Sheets Issue • Sheets are on different documents • Needs updating • Location of information scattered • Secondary area of sales for people • No universal template
Solution • Reorganize the cheat sheet template • Fix formatting problems • Clean up sheets • Contact hotels to verify the sheets are up to date • Combine all documents into one
Obstacles & Challenges • Formatting & template structure issues • Getting responses from the hotels
How Did I Overcome This • Used Office staff as a resource • Many staff members are good with Excel • Many staff members had contacts at each hotel property
Outcome • Easy to access • Easy to use • Employees like the new clean cut look • Over all a better experience with the cheat sheets