Stephanie Happ has been appointed Complex Director of Sales & Marketing at The Gates of Key West
With a decade of hospitality experience and keen focus on revenues, Stephanie Happ devises innovative and effective strategies to draw leisure, group and events clientele to The Gates and its sister properties as Complex Director of Sales & Marketing. Happ joined Highgate Hotels' new Key West property from River Terrace Inn, a Noble House Hotels & Resorts property in Napa, California, where as Director of Sales & Marketing she twice reached the Presidents Circle for impressive sales productivity. Previously, Happ was based in the Florida Keys, spending three years as Director of Sales for Ocean Key Resort and Spa, a Four-Diamond boutique hotel on Key West that is managed by Noble House Hotels & Resorts. She also spent five years consulting on destination weddings as Founder and CEO of Swept Away, a sole proprietorship she founded on Key West in 2004. Happ got her start in hospitality as Catering Sales Manager for Ocean Key Resort and Spa in 2003. Happ earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from John Carroll University in Cleveland. She resides on Key West with her spouse, and son.