Genevieve Belou, the Director of Sales and Marketing at Magnolia Hotel Denver, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, spent her childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was exposed to a culture rich with hospitality. After studying English Literature at Kennesaw State University for her Bachelor’s Degree and then the University of South Alabama for her Master’s, she started her career in hotel management at the Battle House Hotel in Mobile, Alabama.

Since then, she has worked in sales for hotels in Alabama and Colorado including the Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Autograph Collection, in Point Clear, Alabama, and Hotel Boulderado, in Boulder, Colorado. She is currently the Assistant Director of Sales at the Magnolia Hotel Denver, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel. In addition to her work, she has been active in the meetings and events community and has served on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International’s Rocky Mountain Chapter (MPIRMC) since 2020. She also won MPIRMC’s Rising Star Award in 2019 and President’s Award of Excellence in 2021 and 2022. She was also honored as a Rising Star with Smart Meetings Magazine’s Smart Women in Meetings in 2023.

Genevieve is passionate about leadership, making connections, contract negotiation, sales strategy, and team building. She loves acting as a coach and resource for her team and helping them build their careers by sharing her experience and expertise in hotel sales. In her free time, she loves to cook and entertain. She also enjoys hiking, drinking wine, and exploring with her husband, Mark, and their dogs.