8th Floor was founded by a team of industry experts with over 100 years of combined experience in global, regional and on-property sales, marketing & revenue. 8th Floor is not just another hotel representation company - rather than focusing on one market or one country we cover all market segments with a European and Global reach, offering unique insights. Along with an unmatched diverse database, 8th Floor delivers tangible ROI in line with hotel expectations
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DANI LABI
MANAGING PARTNER
Dani has un-paralleled global contacts and is a true extension of your sales team
Recent Experience
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Running a successful Hotel consultancy business for the past 15 years
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Ambassador for LE Miami
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Traveller Made Award Winner
Key Skills and Experiences
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Entertainment, Luxury Leisure, FIT, OTA, Media PR/Events, Corporate, Hotel Openings
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Global Entertainment Contacts London, Europe & USA
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Regional Sales (Los Angeles based for three years)
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BEN COULDRIDGE
MANAGING PARTNER
Ben has extensive experience in openings, setting strategies and multi-segment sales
Recent Experience
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Director of Sales & Marketing Andaz London (Hyatt) 3 yrs – London
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Director of Sales W Verbier (Starwood) – 2 yrs – Switzerland
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Global Account Director Starwood Hotels – 5 yrs – London
Key Skills and Experiences
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Hotel Openings, MICE, Corporate, Entertainment, Luxury Leisure, FIT, Airlines & Ski market
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Global MICE & Corporate Contacts London, Europe & USA
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Sales & Marketing Strategy & Hotel task force projects to improve sales performance
GIOIA VALENTINA PERUZZO
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DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL SALES UK
Gioia is based in the UK and has extensive experience in High-end Leisure, Corporate and setting strategies.
Recent Experience
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Director of Sales for The Langham, London – 3.5 yrs
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Assistant Director of Sales for Grosvenor House Suites by Jumeirah Living – 3 yrs
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Accounts Director for UK, Europe, US & Asia for The Savoy – 3.5 yrs
Key Skills and Experiences
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Luxury leisure, FIT and Corporate
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USA, UK & European high end client contacts
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Hotel openings & set up of Sales and Marketing strategies
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SEMRIN WADWA
MANAGING PARTNER
Semrin has extensive expertise in leadership and management of global multi-segment sales strategies
Recent Experience
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Executive Director TLC Lions for 2 years
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Hyatt Global Sales Force – leading 3rd party & sports strategy for EMEA for 5 years
Key Skills and Experiences
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Global sales, on-property & regional sales experience
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Exceptional leadership prowess in steering teams towards success
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Leading strategy for organizations culture change
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CAROLINA PICONE
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL SALES EUROPE
Carolina is based between France and Italy and has extensive experience in High-end Leisure, MICE, Corporate and Entertainment
Recent Experience
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Global Account Director Europe for the Oetker Collection Properties – 4 years
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Account Director Europe, CIS, LATAM and Entertainment at Raffles hotel Paris – 3 years
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Account Director UK and LATAM for 5 Starwood hotels in Paris – 5 years
Key Skills and Experiences
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Luxury Leisure, MICE, Corporate, Entertainment, FIT
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Global Leisure, MICE Contacts in Europe, LATAM and CIS
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Hotel openings & set up of Sales and Marketing strategies
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LEILA MICHELE
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Based in UK our Social Media Director & Executive Assistant
Key Skills and Experiences
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Creating & implementing social media; email & content marketing strategies
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Content strategy, marketing & management
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Hotel openings & set up of Sales & Marketing strategies