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On the Other Side of the Table Now: Doug Thomas’s New Role in Hotel Deals
🎙️ From Hotel Sales to Conference Direct: Doug Thomas's Journey on Both Sides of the Negotiating Table
In this episode, Doug Thomas, Global Account Executive at Conference Direct, shares how COVID wiped out his sixteen-year hospitality career overnight, sending him into his garage to build a fitness training business from scratch. Doug opens up about the physical toll of training clients through a Florida summer, the accidental site visit that brought him back into hospitality, and how he now uses insider hotel knowledge to catch hidden fees on his clients' behalf.
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