Thayer at West Point Appoints Sales Manager
NOVEMBER 20, 2007. The historic Thayer Hotel at West Point has recently appointed Megan Matthews of Central Valley, NY as Sales Manager.
Prior to joining The Thayer Hotel, Ms. Matthews spent six years at DialAmerica Marketing Inc. where she started as a Quality Assurance Analyst. During her tenure at DialAmerica, she was promoted to the position of Account Executive, acting as a liaison between DialAmerica and 35 different magazine publishers as well as Starz and HBO.
Ms. Matthews holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from Susquehanna University in PA. In her spare time, she is an avid gardener, and enjoys remodeling and redecorating her Victorian home in the Hudson Valley.
Built in 1926, the Thayer Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only full-service hotel on the Hudson River from the George Washington Bridge to Albany, New York. Over the years, it has hosted a long line of dignitaries and celebrities including General Tommy Franks, General Douglas MacArthur, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, Her Royal Highness Princess Alsha Bint-Huessen of Jordan, singer Luciano Pavarotti, actors George C. Scott and Gregory Peck, the Philadelphia Flyers, the cast of "The Sopranos," and many others.
Originally constructed to accommodate U.S. Military Academy personnel and their guests, the Thayer Hotel was a successor of the original West Point Hotel. The Hotel is named for Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, Superintendent of the Academy from 1817 to 1833.
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