David Furnish Director of Sales & Marketing Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Marriott International David Furnish is the Director of Sales & Marketing for the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the luxurious 2,000-room hotel property located in National Harbor, Maryland. Furnish, who has over 20 years of combined sales, marketing and hospitality operations experience, joined the Gaylord National Resort in September 2011. His responsibilities include overseeing the hotel’s onsite sales team and spearheading the department’s strategic planning. Furnish has spent the past 10 years with the Gaylord Hotels brand, and prior to joining Gaylord National Resort, he served as the Director of Sales at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to joining Gaylord, he served as the Director of Marketing and Hospitality Relations at Meeting Expectations, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as in a variety of management positions at several Marriott hotels throughout the U.S. In addition to his daily responsibilities at Gaylord National Resort, Furnish has attained his Certified Hospitality Sales Professional (CHSP) designation. # # #

Vice President of Regional Sales @ From August 2011 to Present (4 years 4 months) 201 Waterstreet, National Harbor, MD 20745Director of Sales @ From April 2002 to August 2011 (9 years 5 months) Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN

David Furnish is skilled in: Hotels, Hospitality Management, Revenue Analysis, Convention Services, Hotel Management, Resorts, Hospitality, Yield Management, Pre-opening, Banquets, Food & Beverage, Front Office, Catering, Meeting Planning, Marketing, Sales, Property Management..., Opening Hotels, Restaurants, Micros, Tourism, Corporate Events, Lodging, Trade Shows, Management, Hotel Booking, Rooms Division, OnQ, Hospitality Industry, Event Management, Event Planning