MINNEAPOLIS, April 6, 2016 — Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association, has hired Morgan Natzke to join its destination sales team as a sales account executive. Natzke brings more than eight years of experience in the hospitality industry to the job, serving most recently as the executive meetings manager at the Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis.

In her new role at Meet Minneapolis, Natzke will promote and sell Minneapolis as a premier destination for conventions and meetings, primarily handling association and corporate accounts headquartered east of the Mississippi River with 10-200 peak room nights. She will begin her work at Meet Minneapolis on April 20.

Before her time at the Marquette Hotel, she worked at the Loews Don CeSar Resort in St. Pete Beach, Fla. Prior to that, she was a member of the Convention Services team that opened the new Omni Nashville Hotel. She has also worked at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in convention services and catering roles during her career. Natzke has a Communication degree from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.

“We’re excited to welcome Morgan to our team,” said Brent Foerster, senior vice president of Destination Sales for Meet Minneapolis. “Minneapolis has just finished another record year for conventions and visitors to the city, and I’m confident Morgan will help us maintain and grow the strong sales we’ve been achieving.”

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Morgan Natzke, Sales Account Executive, Destination Sales, Meet Minneapolis.

ABOUT MEET MINNEAPOLIS

Meet Minneapolis is a private, not-for-profit, member-based association. It actively promotes and sells the Minneapolis area as a destination for conventions and meetings, works to maximize the visitor experience and markets the city as a desirable tourist destination to maximize the economic benefit of the greater Minneapolis area.

Meet Minneapolis is accredited by the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP) of the Destination Marketing Association International.

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Matt Laible, Meet Minneapolis Director of Public Relations & Communications 612.767.8220, mattl@minneapolis.org

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