Joy Bryant Named Outstanding Associate Member by SCSAE
COLUMBIA, S.C. – July 27, 2010 – Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone’s Joy Bryant was named Outstanding Associate Member of the Year by the South Carolina Society of Association Executives (SCSAE) at the trade organization’s recent 5th annual conference.
Bryant serves as sales manager at the 214-suite, seven-story Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone, located at 200 Stoneridge Drive, just minutes from downtown Columbia, Columbia Metropolitan Airport, and dining and shopping districts. Featuring 15,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, the contemporary hotel is operated by Springfield, Mo-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, the nation’s leading independent builder, developer, owner and manager of upscale, full-service hotels, resorts and suites (www.jqhhotels.com). The company’s management portfolio includes 5.4 million gross square feet of meeting and convention space.
Bryant has been an active member of SCSAE since 1997. Most recently, she served as the 2009-2010 associate director-at-large on the SCSAE Board. Bryant has been with John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts since 2002. She graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she majored in hotel, restaurant and tourism administration.
According to Steve Graves, general manager of the Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone, Bryant exemplifies the John Q. Hammons commitment to excellence, including through continued professional development. “Joy’s active participation in SCSAE has enhanced her ability to successfully anticipate and meet association customers’ diverse needs,” Graves said.
About the Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone
The Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone is beautifully decorated to make guests feel at home. Each of the 214 spacious, two-room guest suites features a private bedroom with the Embassy Essentials® Bedding Collection, as well as a living room, and is equipped with two 32″ high-definition televisions, refrigerator, wet bar, microwave oven, coffee maker, two telephones with voicemail, high-speed Internet access and work desk. The suite bathroom features a beautiful granite vanity and a tub with shower, while the bath is appointed with plush white towels, exclusive Bloom® Energy™ bath and body products, and a rounded shower rod for extra space and comfort. Guests can start each day with a complimentary, cooked-to-order breakfast, and they can enjoy a nightly Manager’s Reception with complimentary beverages. Other features include a relaxing open-air atrium lounge, full-service restaurant, 24-hour room service, and spacious meeting and banquet facilities with hotel staff dedicated to each group’s specialized needs. Site amenities include a fitness center, indoor pool and sundeck. Complimentary airport and local transportation also is available.
For more information, to make reservations or to book an event at the Embassy Suites Columbia-Greystone, call (803) 252-8700, contact your travel agent, or visit www.columbiagreystone.embassysuites.com. The hotel also can be booked under the following GDS codes/chain code ES: System One/Amadeus CAEC7B, Apollo 24431, Sabre 15571, and Worldspan 3195.
About SCSAE
SCSAE is an organization of chief executive officers and professional staff who manage a variety of trade, professional and nonprofit associations as well as companies that provide products and services to the association community. Organized in 1963, SCSAE now has more than 250 association executives, meeting planners, association staff members and business partners as members.
About Embassy Suites Hotels
To learn more, visit www.embassysuites.com.
About John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts
Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts is the nation’s leading independent builder, developer, owner and manager of upscale, full-service hotels, resorts and suites, including: Embassy Suites Hotels, Renaissance, Marriott, Radisson, Residence Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Holiday Inn and Courtyard by Marriott brands. With approximately 80 hotels strategically located near demand generators, such as state capitals, universities, airports, corporate headquarters or office parks in secondary and tertiary markets, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts’ properties are dominant in their markets. Over the course of his impressive 52-year career in the hotel business, Mr. John Q. Hammons has developed 210 hotels. For more information about John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, please visit the company’s Web site at www.jqhhotels.com.
