Pegasus Solutions Names John Kiszla Vice President, Demand Account Management
Sales Team Adds Yet Another Executive with Significant Hotel Leadership Experience
Pegasus Solutions has named John Kiszla vice president, demand account management, where he will help drive room sales for Pegasus hotel clients by working directly with the demand community. Kiszla brings nearly two decades of hotel leadership to the role in which he will also be managing a global team of account managers.
"John has a sophisticated understanding of both business and leisure demand drivers," said Chris Wichers, chief sales officer for Pegasus Solutions. "He has been a valuable contributor at Open Hospitality, a division of Pegasus, for the last four years. His professional management ability and warm personal style will help drive new initiatives that will better align demand with our clients business needs."
Most recently, Kiszla served as western regional director of sales for Open Hospitality. Before joining Open Hospitality, Kiszla worked as the director of sales and marketing for IHG's Los Angeles InterContinental in Century City. He also was director of sales and marketing for Bristol Hotels, an IHG Partner, for four San Francisco properties. During his tenure with Hilton Hotels Corporation, he served as a regional director of sales and marketing for two Hawaii properties, and held various sales and marketing positions with four Los Angeles properties. He has also been director of sales and marketing for the Pan Pacific San Francisco, Starwood Hotels and Resorts San Francisco Airport, and Hotel Nikko San Francisco.
Kiszla earned a bachelor of arts in motion pictures and television from the University of California, Los Angeles.
About Pegasus
The new Pegasus is a game-changer for hotels, combining innovative technology with five-star support to give hoteliers more control over their revenue and distribution strategy than ever before. Following a recent merger with Travel Tripper, Pegasus now enables hoteliers to better connect with their guests through an innovative and flexible platform of Reservations, E-commerce, Global Sales, and Business Intelligence solutions that help hotels drive demand and increase revenue and profitability.
With more than 30 years of experience in global distribution, Pegasus serves hotels across 120 countries from eight offices worldwide in New York, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Hyderabad. For more information, visit pegs.com or follow them on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
