HP Hotel's Sales Team

Stephanie Atkisson, Area Vice President of Sales & Marketing.  Stephanie Atkisson has been in the hospitality business eight years.  During her eight year hospitality career, she has been with the HP Hotels Team seven of these years.  Some of the many awards and recognitions that Stephanie has earned and received has been the "2008 Partner of the Year" award from Visit Charlotte, "2007 Director of Sales of the Year Award" from HP Hotels, and the "2006 Above and Beyond" award from HP Hotels.  Stephanie's dedication and commitment to sales and her added enthusiasm to assist with special projects led to her promotion in July 2008 as the Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for HP Hotels.

As Area Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Stephanie works directly with the Vice President of Sales to lead, support and train the sales teams at the hotel level, including field training.  Stephanie is directly involved in heading up special projects such as sales blitz', feeder city promotions, American Bus Association initiatives through membership participation and HP programs that promote cross selling all hotels in the portfolio to key companies and organizations.  Her specialty is revenue management and sales development with team members. Stephanie graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing and advertising.  She is married to Kevin Atkisson and they reside in Charlotte, North Carolina with their 2 year old son.  Stephanie's husband, Kevin, is also part of the HP Hotels Team, serving as the General Manager at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rock Hill.

Melissa Burke, Regional Director of Sales & Marketing.  Melissa Burke started with HP Hotels in May 2009 with over 16 year of experience as the opening Director of Sales for the Embassy Suites Birmingham-Hoover.  Prior to joining HP Hotels, Melissa was with Hilton Worldwide for 10 years where she served as Director of Sales and Marketing at three Embassy Suites in the United States.  During her tenure in the Phoenix market, she served for three years as the Embassy Suites Coop President, leading the 9 Embassy Suites in the state of Arizona in marketing an collective sales opportunities.  Melissa also served as the Hilton Sales/Marketing and Revenue Management Cluster Lead for the State of Arizona for two years.  During this time she lead all Hilton Branded Hotels in the state in collective efforts, marketing and customer events, such as sponsoring a Hilton tent at the FBR Open Golf Tournament for customer appreciation. Melissa has also supported the Doubletree, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn and Sheraton brands.

Ms. Burke graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration in 1990.  Her accolades include: 2008 DOS of the Year for the Hilton Hotels in Arizona and the 2006 Highest RevPar Growth for an Embassy in the Airport Market.

Ms. Burke resides in Hoover, Alabama with her husband and eight year old son.  She is a very avid South Carolina Gamecock fan and supporter.