Centerplate Names Kay Towner to New Business Development Role

STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Centerplate, the leading hospitality partner to North America's premier sports, convention and entertainment venues, has announced the expansion of Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kay Towner's responsibilities to include a more active focus on driving incremental business of behalf of the company's clients .

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A respected executive on Centerplate's senior management team, Towner will be instrumental in guiding the company's business development efforts on behalf of the company's client-partners. As such, she will direct the company's local marketing plans and will develop customer acquisition programs for national roll-out. Further, Towner will be instrumental in guiding the company's overall business development strategies as Centerplate continues to expand it presence across North America.  

"Kay's deep sales and marketing experience in the hospitality industry will enable her to supercharge our business development efforts on behalf of our clients," said Bob Pascal, Centerplate's Chief Marketing Officer.

Towner's impressive industry credentials include serving as the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Event Services for the Pennsylvania Convention Center and over two decades of catering sales experience earned at premier convention resorts in the Sheraton and Marriott organizations. Additionally, Towner served as National Director of Sales and Customer Relations for the convention center division of Aramark, the outsourced services company.

"I am delighted by the opportunity this new role affords me to support Centerplate's clients," said Towner. "I have spent my entire career focused on the meetings business and its participants; I am eager to leverage all of my experience to benefit our clients to a meaningful degree."

Towner's new responsibilities come at a key time for the company and its clients. The company has recently added several new client-partners such as the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the Baltimore Convention Center, the Cobo Convention Center in Detroit, and the University of Notre Dame's athletic facilities. The company was also recently named the fastest growing hospitality group in the country by Nation's Restaurant News.

About Centerplate

Centerplate crafts and delivers "Craveable Experiences. Raveable Results." in over 250 prominent entertainment, sports and convention venues across North America – annually serving over 100 million guests. Centerplate has provided event hospitality services to 15 official U.S. Presidential Inaugural Balls, 12 Super Bowls, 20 World Series, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and the largest plated dinner in history at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Centennial Celebration. The company was recently named the fastest growing restaurant/ hospitality group in the country by Nation's Restaurant News. Visit the company online at www.centerplate.com

SOURCE Centerplate