Mailys has more than 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry, primarily in independent and branded revenue management for urban, resort and airport hotels. As Senior Director, she supports a portfolio of hotels across the United States, optimizing topline strategy in all revenue centers and growing profitability.
Prior to joining HotelAVE, Mailys successfully ran her own revenue management firm, AMC Hospitality, that provided on-going revenue management support, 360-degree audits, budget creation services. She was the Director of Revenue Management at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC where she shifted the positioning of the hotel, established the distribution and pricing strategy for public, negotiated and wholesaler rates, changed the hotel room type configurations and installed an upsell revenue program. While at the Sofitel in Washington DC, Mailys grew RevPAR index over 5 percent in her first year and grew revenue 14% versus a budget of 5%. She presented ROI analysis to increase the number of suites.
Her prior revenue management experiences also included the Sofitel in Miami and the Mercure Paris Centre Tour Eiffel in France.