ALLEN
ENGLISH
15+ years transforming hospitality brands. Cornell MMH. $110M managed. 176K followers built.
Your Hotel Has a
Revenue Leak
You Don't Need
Another Vendor.
You Need a Strategist.
Most agencies hand you a content calendar and disappear. I embed into your operation — connecting revenue management, brand positioning, social strategy, and guest lifecycle into one system that drives bookings.
The rigor of a Cornell MMH. The instincts of an entrepreneur who built a hotel from scratch. The digital fluency of someone running campaigns across NYC's most iconic properties.
Career Highlights
The Granary Hotel
Formed an LLC and led the conversion of a 192-room Travelodge into an independent conference hotel with 12,000+ sq ft of meeting space. Managed all pre-opening: branding, website, staffing, vendor partnerships, pricing, and SOPs.
Built the culture around "excellence in service" — guest interaction training with real scenarios. Hired for leadership potential, integrity, and an employee-first philosophy.
hotels — 90 days
Travelodge → indep.
conference space
post-renovation
5 Independent NYC Hotels
Took over social strategy June 2025. Within 6 months, outperformed benchmarks across 8 of 10 KPIs.
June → November 2025
Industry avg: 1–3% monthly. This portfolio: 5–8%.
Best Month Highlights
Influencer & Lifestyle Content
West & Kennedy
The only Black-owned business in Winter Park's historic Hannibal Square. As strategic advisor, I've helped reshape the vision of what a barbershop can be in a gentrified commercial district.
"We've kind of changed the vision of what it means to have a Black-owned barbershop on this corner… To embrace our commonalities, to positively lift up and support each other."
Design & Content Work
The passion, excellent work ethic and outstanding intellectual, communication and analytical skills that Allen has demonstrated will allow him to similarly succeed in any professional setting.
Stop Leaving Revenue
on the Table.
30 minutes is all it takes.
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