Brian Crumby New Catering Director at Houston's Hotel Icon
MAY 12, 2009 - Hotel ICON's group sales manager, Brian Crumby, has been promoted to director of catering. Crumby, who has been employed at the award-winning Houston property since 2006, also served on Hotel ICON's executive committee. In this new role, Crumby is responsible for the sales and execution of catering - both social and corporate - and conference services.
Prior to joining Hotel ICON, Crumby was a suite catering manager in ARAMARK's sports and entertainment division. In this capacity, he led an event-day staff of over 250 associates and managed all food and beverage aspects of the more than 200 suites at Houston's Reliant Stadium during the NFL season and Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. He also developed service standards and implemented successful training and incentive programs for associates.
From 2003 until 2005, Crumby was the catering sales manager for the Hilton Americas-Houston, the largest convention hotel in the city with more than 1,200 rooms and 91,500 square feet of meeting space. Here, he was responsible for in-house functions, providing direction and managing all aspects of catering events. During his employment, he earned the hotel's Houston Spirit of Pride Award and was a graduate of the Hilton Customer Focused Sales & Catering Program.
Crumby began his hospitality career with Gringo's Mexican Kitchen, a Houston-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain, where he served as a restaurant manger, catering manager and training manager. He received the company's Leadership & Development Award for his outstanding contributions.
Crumby hold a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston and is a member of the National Association of Catering Executives.
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