Minneapolis (July 13, 2012) Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association, announces the hiring of Thomas Ruzsa as National Account Executive. He brings 14 years of sales experience in the hospitality industry to his new position.

Ruzsa was most recently the senior sales manager at the Hilton Minneapolis and has previously worked for other hotels in the Minneapolis area, such as the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and the Sheraton Minneapolis West.

Ruzsa has been involved in many associations throughout his career including the Minnesota Corporate Travel Association and Meetings Professional International, and is currently involved with the Professional Convention Management Association.

He is a graduate of South Dakota State University where he studied Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management.

As national account executive at Meet Minneapolis, Ruzsa will promote and sell Minneapolis as a premier destination for conventions and meetings. He will be responsible for achieving individual room night goals that will provide a positive impact on hotel and Minneapolis Convention Center occupancies.

We are excited to have Tom join our high-achieving team, said Leslie Wright, senior vice president of Destination Sales and Services at Meet Minneapolis. With all our positions filled with excellent people like Tom, we expect to keep the positive momentum going into third quarter. Meet Minneapolis Destination Sales just completed a second-consecutive quarter of surpassing their goals, making 119 percent of the second quarter goal after achieving 123 percent in the first quarter of 2012.

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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.

Online: www.minneapolis.org

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MEDIA CONTACT

Kristen Montag, media communication manager, 612.767.8038, kristenm@minneapolis.org, Minneapolis_PR on Twitter.

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