Mohegan Sun today announced that business development expert, Stephanie Zapata, will join its meetings and conventions sales team, led by VP of Exhibitions and Sales John Washko. Zapata will be based in and dedicated to the key Northeast market. As the director of business development, a newly created role at Mohegan Sun, Zapata will lead the outbound sales effort through a combination of digital, phone, and face-to-face engagement.
Stephanie Zapata is a graduate of Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY, and soon after became the National Sales Manager for Tarrytown House Estate in New York, where she led business development across a portfolio of 35 properties.
In 2011, Zapata went on to a national sales manager role with Flik Hotels & Conference Center in New York, where she oversaw all Flik conference centers and mentored sales managers on brand values, customer experience, policies and sales techniques. Her career in hotel sales and business development also took her to Denver, Colorado, where she became national sales manager for the Hilton Denver Inverness. Zapata then returned to Tarrytown House Estate in 2017 to become the national sales manager, new business
development.
Zapata, an iPEC-certified coach, has also served as a lifestyle health coach in the United States since 2013, helping clients create better habits and techniques that guide long term goal setting and successes. Her accolades also include 2018-2019 Starz Awards, a 2010 President’s Club Recipient award for having achieved an exceptional sales goal and a 2005 SPOTY (Sales Professional of the Year). Zapata is a member of Meeting Planners International (MPI) and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA,) among others.
