Reside Continues Expansion of its EMEA Team as the Growth of its Tech Platform Accelerates
Seattle, WA – September 16, 2021 – Reside Worldwide, Inc. (Reside), the leading provider of professionally operated and managed global alternative accommodations, is pleased to announce that its EMEA team is continuing to grow with the significant appointment of a new Director of Sales for the region. The move follows a successful year for the company which celebrated global growth of its Reside 3Sixty platform by 32% last year.
Jessica Sharpe joined the Reside team from their U.K. office last month and reports to Juliet Howie, Vice President Global Enterprise Sales, whose hire to the company was revealed in June this year. In her new role, Jessica will be responsible for engaging and developing new business opportunities for Reside amongst the top global corporate companies in the market.
Jessica has been involved in the corporate travel and hospitality markets since 2010 and held the Director of Sales position at both National Corporate Housing and BridgeStreet. Jessica is also an active member of many leading industry organizations including the Institute of Travel Management (ITM), the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and the Travel and Meeting Society (TAMS), choosing to spend her time focused on key industry issues like diversity, equality and inclusion.
Lee Curtis, CCHP, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Reside said “We’re delighted that Jessica is joining Reside with her sales expertise in the serviced apartment, extended stay and international hospitality industries. This hire marks another step forward in our expansion in the EMEA market that was enabled by our tech platform, Reside 3Sixty, during the pandemic. Our 3Sixty network now has over a million vetted, high-quality accommodations at our clients’ disposal and is helping clients resume safe relocation of their employees worldwide.”
Both Jessica and Juliet will be representing the Reside team at the Business Travel Show Europe in London, U.K. between September 30 and October 1, 2021.
About Reside Worldwide, Inc.
Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Reside Worldwide, Inc. is the leading provider of professionally operated and managed global alternative accommodations with a portfolio of premier hospitality and technology brands (ABODA by Reside, Broadway Plaza, The Beekman Tower, The Residences at W New York, The Oxford, OnBase Suites and 3Sixty). Reside's mission is to present a new way to stay; offering a curated experience to guests no matter the destination or duration of their stay. Reside aggregated a world-class partner network of over 1,000,000 of the best globally-compliant accommodations options in over 60 countries to satisfy growing consumer demand for high-quality, flexible and vetted housing solutions for business or leisure travel. To learn more visit www.staywithreside.com.
About Reside 3Sixty
3Sixty is a managed global accommodations marketplace and an end-to-end technology management platform designed to dramatically improve the overall mobility process for relocation and travel companies, clients, and guests. We provide clients with access to over 1,000,000 globally compliant, fully vetted, quality, and cost-effective accommodations options in over 60 countries. providing them with bilateral guest communications, case management and business intelligence reporting to create an all-around platform to manage, monitor and elevate their mobility process.
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