The Talbott Hotel (20 E Delaware Pl) is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Childers as the property’s new Director of Sales and Marketing. In this position, Childers will oversee all sales, marketing and public relation efforts for the charming boutique property in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
Childers graduated from Michigan State University in 2010 with a Degree in Hospitality Business. Upon graduation, Childers held several esteemed positions in the hospitality industry beginning as a select service and extended stay regional manager for the Marriott Northern Mid-American Sales Office. In this role, Childers oversaw 40 hotel properties before advancing to a Sales Executive position where she was responsible for driving revenue for Marriott Hotel properties in the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee regions.
In 2015, Childers joined the Hotel Lincoln team as the Senior Sales Manager where she managed top business travel accounts and business development initiatives for the hotel property. After a brief stint working as the Director of Sales and Marketing for AC Hotel by Marriott in downtown Chicago, Childers is excited to join the team at The Talbott Hotel.
“I’m thrilled to be joining a hotel property team that has such a connection to the history of Chicago,” said Childers. “I look forward to the opportunity to play a key part in growing a highly-regarded hotel on a national scale.”
Relaunched as a Joie de Vivre Hotel in fall 2015, The Talbott Hotel is ranked eighth best hotel in the United States by TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards and listed among the top hotels in Illinois by U.S. News and World Report.
