Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chad Houwman
Senior Vice President, National Accounts North America

952.653.1572 (office)

763.242.6650 (cellular)

chouwman@prestigeresorts.com

Chad Houwman is responsible for a select group of key national accounts for Prestige. These top accounts for the company include nationwide accounts from the incentive, insurance, corporate and medical markets located in North America.

Chad's 18 year industry career in both national sales for
luxury resorts and selling for an industry leading incentive company has provided him the ideal tools and resources to effectively serve our meeting planner clientele.

Chad began his career with a group travel company in Phoenix in 1986. He then moved on to spend almost six years with Pointe Resorts in key National Sales positions. In 1992, and for the next eight years, Chad was part of the sales management team at Williams Hospitality Group in Puerto Rico. He helped direct and market the pre-opening sales efforts for the 900 room, $300 million dollar El Conquistador Resort and Country Club.

In 1994, Chad took over as Director of Incentive Sales for the three Williams Hospitality properties which included The El Conquistador, El San Juan and Condado Plaza. Wyndham acquired these respective resorts in 1998 and Chad served as
Director of Incentive Sales for all Wyndham Resorts in the Caribbean.

In April 2000, Chad moved into the incentive industry as a sales executive for a major incentive company located in Minnesota.

Prestige has considered Chad as one of the family throughout his career starting with one of Prestige's first major bookings at the Pointe South Mountain (which is still a member of Prestige). Prestige also worked very close with Chad during his tenure with Williams Hospitality and Wyndham Resorts. Chad brings the "total package" of thorough industry background, integrity and a true customer service attitude to our headquarters team.