Kim Knop

Kim serves as Director of Business Development for McNeill Hotel Company. Kim has over 30 years of hotel experience in various aspects of Sales and Marketing. She began as a Sales Manager for multiple hotels with Marriott International before joining MASTER Hospitality (a Memphis, TN based hotel and ownership company) as a Regional Director Sales for their four Memphis/Germantown area hotels. Kim moved to Chartwell Hospitality as a Cluster Director of Sales and recently served as an Area Director of Sales for Interstate Hotels & Resorts. During her illustrious career, Kim has been recognized as having the “Sales Team of the Year” on two separate occasions by Marriott International while winning “Director of Sales of the Year” for Chartwell and was recognized this past year by Interstate Hotels as recipient of the “Sales Excellence Award – Top Sales Performer”.

Kim has been an active member of the various communities that she has worked. During her hospitality career, Ms. Knop has served on the Board of Directors for the Germantown TN Chamber of Commerce, the Southaven MS Chamber of Commerce, and the Desoto County MS Economic Council. Kim recently served as a Board Member of the Germantown TN Great Hall and Conference Center Commission. She served on the Board for the Mid-South Area Business Travel Association (BTA) in 2015.