Hotel Equities has added to its leadership team, naming Kenneth Zahn VP, sales, focused service; Nolan Wrentmore, VP, revenue, lifestyle division; and John Mootz, VP, restaurant and beverage operations.
Zahn now oversees sales strategy and revenue performance across the focused-service division. He brings extensive experience leading multiproperty, multibrand portfolios, most recently serving as VP, sales at PHMI Group. In that role, he directed commercial strategy across Marriott, IHG and Choice assets generating more than $45 million in annual revenue. He will partner closely with Hotel Equities’ commercial leadership to further strengthen sales execution and portfolio performance.
Wrentmore brings more than 25 years of experience in revenue strategy, distribution and commercial operations to his new role. Based in Frisco, TX, he most recently led revenue initiatives at Hosteeva. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade with Aimbridge Hospitality, overseeing a team responsible for more than $1 billion in annual revenue. In his new role, he will focus on advancing revenue optimization, scaling systems and supporting continued growth across the lifestyle portfolio.
Mootz has more than 20 years of hospitality and food service experience, and has led large-scale operational initiatives and concept development across a range of properties and ownership groups. His background includes senior leadership roles with Puccini Group and oversight of major food and beverage operations, such as Colonial Williamsburg’s $32.5 million program. In his expanded role, he will continue to elevate culinary strategy, operational performance and guest-facing programming across the portfolio.
