Leadership Biography: Mark C. Wells

In his current capacity, Mr. Wells is responsible for overall brand performance, including brand strategy, sales, marketing, revenue management and hotel performance support across all seven InterContinental Hotels Group brands, including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites.

With more than 30 years in the hospitality industry, Mr. Wells has held executive-level marketing positions for major hotel companies such as Choice Hotels International and Promus Hotel Corporation, the parent company of Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns and Homewood Suites. He has previously worked for Holiday Inns Inc. as the vice president of operations and marketing and has also served as the vice president of marketing for Days Inn and the director of marketing for Doubletree Inns.

Mr. Wells most recently served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Pegasus Solutions Inc. In this position, he was responsible for product development, service delivery, training and implementation, global reservations centers and information technology.

Prior to that Mr. Wells served as President and COO of Utell Limited, a subsidiary of Pegasus and provider of marketing, sales, distribution and technology services to more than 4,500 independent hotels in 30 countries. He also served as Executive Vice President and COO, Pegasus Hospitality Group, which operated Sterling Hotels & Resorts, Summit Hotels & Resorts, Golden Tulip Hotels & Resorts and Utell Limited hospitality businesses. In this capacity, Mr. Wells was responsible for the operation of each brand, reservations and distribution services and shared corporate services.

Mr. Wells received an A.A.S., Hotel and Restaurant Management, from Sullivan Community College in South Fallsburg, NY.

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