Greg Plank

"When people check-in to a hotel, they're often carrying much more baggage than you see in their hands," says Greg Plank. Greg has traveled over a million miles and worked with thousands of hotels over the past 40+ years. To him, the thousands of people he has met and their stories are the business treasures of a lifetime. His collection of funny, bizare, touching, honest and inspiring life happenings of others are the basis for his book, Saving The St. George. It is the only novel published by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Greg was born in Upper Darby, PA. He graduated from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. His hotel career started as a receiving clerk at the Barclay Hotel in Philadelphia during his college Days. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and worked in advertising for hotel accounts in both account liason and some creative work. His headline for Greyline Tours, "See It Like It Is.", ran for 5 years. He moved to Boston and worked in Food and Beverage Marketing and eventually Manager of Marketing for Sheraton's Inns Division. In that position, he created the sales training and food and beverage training seminars for the division. His hotel career from there took him to Myrtle Beach, SC to run the marketing for several resorts and then to Fort Myers, FL where he was General Manager of a full service Sheraton. He returned to Sheraton Corporate as Vice President of operations and then development for the Inns Division in the Southeast. He went on to Vice president positions at Hawthorn Suites, Ramada, and served as President of Country Hearth Inns and Suburban Lodges of America. Throughout his career, Greg has accepted public speaking invitations on marketing and sales, leadership and service for major companies.