Amy Ruffner, CRME, currently serves as the General Manager of Royal Sonesta Chicago River North since September 2022 and is a member of Women Leading Travel & Hospitality. With extensive experience in hotel management, Ruffner previously held positions as General Manager and Assistant General Manager in the Urban and Lifestyle Division at White Lodging Services, overseeing operations for multiple hotels. Additional roles include Director of Operations at Q-BBQ Restaurant Group, Director of Food & Beverage at Crescent Hotels & Resorts, and various management positions at Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Hyatt Regency. Ruffner holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington and is set to complete the Certified Revenue Management Executive program from HSMAI NYU in March 2024.

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Women Leading Travel & Hospitality

๐ŸŒŸ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐„ | ๐ˆ๐๐’๐๐ˆ๐‘๐„ | ๐„๐Œ๐๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘ ๐ŸŒŸ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐–๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ž Women Leading Travel & Hospitality is an unparalleled community for executive women working across travel and hospitality companies, offering unique networking experiences and an opportunity for professional growth. Members of the community include but are not limited to executives from the following verticals: hotels and lodging, airlines, rail lines, cruise lines, online travel agencies (OTAs), car rentals, shared economies, and travel agencies. The common thread is women coming together to learn from each other and help each other succeed. The energized core of Women Leading Travel & Hospitalityโ€™s community stems from its dedicated advisory board and members, who believe and support its mission. Beyond directly connecting with the industryโ€™s most elite women leaders, benefits of membership include discounted event registrations, exclusive member-only content, a job directory, a private networking forum, and so much more. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง Our mission is to unite, inspire and empower our community of executive women leaders by providing unparalleled resources, support and motivation to achieve personal and professional growth. Our community is built on passionate, successful, senior-level women from across the industry who have a strong belief that investing in themselves and in other women is good business. Focused on both business strategy and executive professional development, Women Leading Travel & Hospitality offers women leaders the opportunity to network, discuss industry issues, and learn how to become better leaders. Our goal is to grow and thrive together. ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ v๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ.