Concord Hospitality Names Nicole Porter and Chris Tyner as Regional Vice Presidents

USA, Raleigh, North Carolina. July 23, 2018

A leading hospitality owner, manager, and developer, Concord Hospitality Enterprises is proud to congratulate two associates on their recent promotions. Nicole Porter has been promoted to Regional Vice President of Sales and Chris Tyner has been promoted
to Regional Vice President. In each of their respective new roles,
Porter and Tyner will support Concord's properties in the Mid-Atlantic
region, including hotels in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

“Concord is proud to provide our high performing team members with
advancement opportunities throughout their careers. We are thrilled to
see Nicole and Chris move to this next level of leadership, they have
earned it!” said Debra Punke, Vice President of Human Capital and
Communications. “In fact, over 60 percent of our open leadership
positions are filled with internal promotions. We congratulate Nicole
and Chris on their new roles, and we look forward to their continued
success and achievements at Concord.”

Porter joined Concord Hospitality in 2011 and had more than 20 years
of experience in the hospitality industry. The majority of her focus has
been in sales and marketing, covering a variety of brands within
full-service hotels, independent boutique hotels, and select-service
hotels. Having worked in various markets, she also has extensive
experience with numerous hotel segments including business transient,
corporate group conferences, associations, youth and professional sports
teams, government and military. Porter's most recent transition within
the company was in 2015 when she became Concord's Corporate Director of
Sales and Marketing. In this role, she focused on positively impacting
Concord hotels' revenue performance through her work on special projects
for identified hotels requiring supplemental sales efforts. Also, she
played a key role in leading Concord's corporate and regional sales
processes and initiatives such as spearheading the facilitation,
training, and development of operating procedures for hotel customer
relationship management (CRM) sales systems.

In 2012, Tyner joined Concord Hospitality as the opening General
Manager of the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Springfield, Va. He worked
closely with his ownership group to build trust and earn credibility
from construction to daily operations after opening. Being credited with
one of the fastest ramping Homewood Suites in the brand portfolio at
the time, the hotel was awarded Hilton's Opening Hotel of the Year, with
Tyner being named Hilton's General Manager of the Year for the Homewood
Suites brand. Tyner moved within Concord to the Cambria Hotels &
Suites Washington D.C. Convention Center more than two years ago. During
his tenure there, the hotel improved on all metrics including revenue,
employee turnover, and guest satisfaction. In 2017, he led the hotel to
an eight percent revenue growth versus the prior year and decreased
turnover by 50 percent. Tyner currently represents Concord on the
Diversity & Inclusion Council and the Global Sustainability
Committee. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the North
Carolina Central University Hospitality & Tourism Program and served
as Chairman in 2016.