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Pure Wellness Appoints Chris Connar Vice President, Sales to Drive Growth

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Chris Connar

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Pure Wellness announced that Chris Connar has joined the company as its new Vice President, Sales effective January 22, 2019. The wellness-minded traveler represents a very large, high-growth, and affluent market segment within the hospitality industry. Connar will lead the sales efforts to enable the industry to better serve this market segment, generate additional revenue, and achieve greater guest satisfaction through the company’s Pure Room program.

Connar, with two decades of experience in global, high-growth hospitality operations and service-based organizations, brings deep experience to the position. He has a solid record of helping the industry identify and deploy the right solution to meet operational needs and increase guest service. Prior to joining Pure Wellness, Connar served as the Vice President, The Americas, for Maxxton, where he led the expansion of Europe’s leading hospitality ERP solution to the U.S. hospitality market.

Prior to joining Maxxton, Connar served as the Strategic Sales Director for The Knowland Group and Director of Sales & Account Management for Pegasus Solutions, Inc. At Knowland, Connar sold and deployed enterprise business development solutions to hotel brands, and at Pegasus, Connar sold and implemented a variety of technologies including central reservations services, web services, and sales and marketing solutions. Chris also held the role of Area Director of Sales for three Hilton Hotels in Chicago where he managed the direct sales efforts for the largest revenue generating Hilton properties in North America.

“Chris has an impeccable reputation in our industry and a proven record of success helping hotels find and implement the right solutions for their needs,” said Larry Hall, CEO, Pure Wellness. “The ease with which Chris grasped the characteristics of the wellness-minded traveler market segment and the opportunity to make our Pure Room the guestroom of choice for this segment really impressed us.”

“The opportunity to contribute to the development of the Pure Wellness brand and help hotels establish Pure Rooms in their operations represents a logical progression of my career in the hospitality industry,” said Connar. “Pure Wellness represents the thought and practice leader in delivering wellness solutions to the industry, and I look forward to helping our customers deploy Pure Rooms that exceed the expectations of their guests, their property owners, and property managers.”

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