Ray Guyton

Background

About Ray Guyton

I am a sales, business development, and marketing organizational development leader with 20+ combined years of success with luxury hotel/high-end property/hospitality, travel, and technology-related organizations. Leveraging a people-first mentality and relationship-rooted approach, I empower my employers with: Fortune 100 and 500 accounts operational vision and direction team building, motivation, and high engagement customer-centered cultures. My director-level contributions include: TOP-LINE REVENUE TRANSFORMATION Bolstering a 5-star hotel’s sales and marketing outcomes, enabling Hotel Alessandra to rank among the top 10% of hotels nationwide by U.S. News & World Report. Transforming the identity of a residential hotel into a luxury 5-star hotel brand (Hotel Granduca Houston) that earned substantial recognition. Propelling explosive sales growth with a vast network of C-level relationships, leadership and coaching of top-performing teams, and a balanced data-driven and human-centered approach to strategy development. Excelling in securing new business while expanding existing accounts. TERRITORY & OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP Establishing and advancing sales and marketing operations for three high-end, industry-leading properties. Driving global marketing operations for Hotel ZaZa Houston, more than doubling its client base. Building cultures of teamwork and personal ownership, increasing performance quality and productivity. Much of my success can be attributed to an altruistic team- and operations-leadership style and strengths in new business development, key relationship building, solution development, and business identity repositioning.