Julie Coates-Walker joins 100 strong collection of unique venues
Julie Coates-Walker has been appointed as Central Sales & Revenue Support Manager at Lime Venue Portfolio, the UK’s largest collection of unique venues.
Julie will oversee revenue development and the central enquiries desk for the collection of venues in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
She joins Lime Venue Portfolio from Von Essen Hotels where she was Head of Revenue and Distribution and responsible for the revenue management strategy across the 30 strong portfolio of hotels. Prior to this Julie was Revenue Manager for Village Hotels & Leisure Clubs with specific responsibility for new openings.
Julie’s un-rivalled experience in revenue management coupled with her strong leadership skills will help drive Lime Venue Portfolio’s business further as she focuses on key clients, lead in times and conversion ratios. Julie will be responsible for a team of five experienced meetings and events consultants at Lime Venue Portfolio’s Uxbridge head office.
Julie said: “This is a great opportunity for me and I am really looking forward to applying my knowledge of revenue management to the unique venue sector and to driving commercial focus across the portfolio of venues.”
Jo Austin, Head of Sales at Lime Venue Portfolio, said: “We are so pleased that Julie has come on board to drive commercial strategy for the group. We have made huge leaps in our awareness and we now need to manage expectations of our member venues and clients through sound revenue management.”
