MANCHESTER, VT (October 11, 2017) – Kimpton Taconic is pleased to announce the appointment of Parley Stock as Director of Sales and Marketing. Stock will play an integral role in managing sales as well as coordinating marketing and branding initiatives for Kimpton Taconic.
As Director of Sales & Marketing, Stock will lead all efforts to achieve Kimpton Taconic’s revenue goals. Stock, who previously worked with Kimpton from 2012 until 2015, will also leverage his 10+ years of hospitality sales and marketing experience to stay atop regional trends and build strategic partnerships with like-minded local businesses. While holding various sales leadership positions, Stock successfully increased revenue and market share in both Manhattan and Phoenix hotels.
Prior to rejoining the Kimpton team, Stock held management positions at well-known hotels including The Ritz-Carlton Phoenix, The Roosevelt Hotel, Kimpton Muse Hotel, Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix and opened The Saguaro Scottsdale for Commune Hotels + Resorts and boutique independent hotel FOUND:RE Phoenix. Stock was also a long-time board member of the Global Business Travel Association Arizona Chapter, where he served as President from 2014 until 2016, a GBTA member and a OneCommunity member. In 2010, Stock won the Golden Circle Achievement Award for his successful work in transient sales with the Ritz-Carlton and in 2012 he received the Joie de Vivre Hotels Rising Star Award.
“I am thrilled to return to the Kimpton family,” said Stock. “Kimpton Taconic is such a unique, postcard-perfect hotel and I am looking forward to furthering its success by driving group sales, increasing business travel market share, and bringing as many new guests as possible through our front doors.”
