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Company Profile
Sound Hospitality is committed to providing our guests genuine hospitality and service that exceeds our guest's expectations. Our management team employs this philosophy in all of their daily efforts.
Our Management Team
Benoist (Ben) Castera
President of Sound Hospitality
Benoist Castera brings over 25 years of hotel industry experience to Sound Hospitality. Born and raised in France, he earned a degree in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Bordeaux. He began his career as a CPA and practiced in various fields. Working with the hotel industry quickly became Mr. Castera's favorite and used his CPA experience for a hotel company that was owned by a large European bank, focusing on development and hotel operations all over the world.
After working in many countries, Ben chose to settle in the United States in 1982. Ten years later he joined InterAmerican Hotels Corp, the parent company of Sound Hospitality, where he began by concentrating on asset management in Miami and Washington, DC. In 1997 he was named president of Sound Hospitality and began to organize a team of professionals sharing the same views. "I believe in buidling a portfolio of human assets by developing people's personalities, giving them stability and confidence." Together, with the team he assembled Sound Hospitality strives to provide a product above their guest's expectations.
Howell Hepner, CHA
Vice President of Operations (e-mail)
Michele Drucker, CHSC
Vice President of Sales and Marketing (e-mail)
With over 23 years of hotels sales and marketing experience in the hospitality industry, Michele is responsible for overseeing the sales efforts and productivity for all Sound Hospitality Management hotels. In her position, her objective is to ensure achievement of room and catering sales, top-line budget and RevPar goals. She holds a degree in travel management with a hospitality background in hotel sales and catering managment in the South Florida area. Michele has worked with Days Inn, Holiday Inn, Hampton, Ramada, Radisson and Travelodge brands. Prior to joining Sound Hospitality Management, Michele held many direct sales positions in chain-affiliated hotels, along with the Regional Director of Sales for multi properties.
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