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BirchStreet and Crescent Hotels: A Decade of Transformational E-Procurement Excellence!

Available on-demand
60 Minutes

Join Rob Smith, CFO of Crescent Hotels and Resorts to journey back in time over a decade to explore their path to revolutionizing day-to-day business operations. Discover how Crescent Hotels, a prominent industry leader, harnessed the power of key strategies and solutions to streamline, configure, and scale e-procurement efforts and more efficiently manage multiple properties. 

You’ll also hear key insights on how other prestigious brands such as Hilton, Marriott, IHG, and Four Seasons have successfully transformed accounts payable (AP), inventory management, payroll, recipe management, sourcing, contracts, reporting, analytics, and more. Don’t miss this insightful, one-hour deep dive into the transformation of hospitality. 

Speakers

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Rob Smith

Mr. Rob Smith has over 30 years of experience in the hotel business working for two of the largest independent management companies, Interstate Hotels & Resorts and Carnival Hotels & Resorts, before joining Crescent in 2015. Prior to joining Crescent Hotels & Resorts, Mr. Smith held several different financial positions with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, ultimately being promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Finance with oversight of more than 400 hotels worldwide, as well as numerous corporate and international entities. Mr. Smith is a member of the Global Finance Committee of AHLA and has a finance degree from Florida State University.

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Kim Huff

Kim leads Pre-Sales Solutions Consulting at BirchStreet and is responsible for helping pair clients with the right set of BirchStreet capabilities, implementation, and sustainment success strategies that will maximize visibility and control over their complex procurement and finance operations, integrate their systems and automate their manual processes.

She has over 20 years of IT experience within the healthcare, hospitality, and gaming industries. Prior to joining BirchStreet, among many other projects, Kim successfully managed the Boyd Gaming Corporate Project Plan for the Stardust Resort & Casino Deconstruction and Corporate Relocation. With her deep experience and tireless dedication to customer service, she has been a key player in BirchStreet’s growth and the continuous drive for customer satisfaction and overall solutions success. 

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Duration:
60 Minutes