Company Profile
Sound Hospitality is committed to providing our guests genuine hospitality and service that exceeds our guest's expectations. Our management team employs this philosophy in all of their daily efforts.Terry Tupini
President
Terry joined the InterAmerican Hotels team in October of 2016. Terry was born in Rome, Italy and moved to Miami with her family at an early age. She earned the IB Diploma from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and then went on to study at the University of Miami. At UM Terry obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Business Law along with a Master’s degree in Accounting. Terry then proceeded to work at Deloitte Tax LLP as a Senior Tax Consultant focusing primarily on Hotel and Real Estate clients.In her new role at InterAmerican, Terry will work with the team to analyze and prepare financial statements. Terry will also conduct quarterly visits to the properties and perform internal audits to certify that all policies and procedures are being followed. Terry will be handling tax and accounting matters as well. She is very enthusiastic about this new position and looks forward to working with the team to create value and bring innovative ideas to the company.
TTUPINI@SOUNDHOSPITALITY.COM
Tyson Schweitzer
VP Operations
Tyson Schweitzer joined the Sound Hospitality Management team 15 years ago as a general manager prior to assuming his current position of Vice President of Operations for Sound Hospitality. In this capacity, Mr. Schweitzer oversees the operations, renovation, and repositioning of the Sound Hospitality portfolio. He has extensive experience managing hotel renovations including PIPs and brand conversions as well as conducting market research and plan review.
A 35-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Mr. Schweitzer has held various management positions in both limited-service and full-service hotels branded under IHG, Starwood, and Best Western.
A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schweitzer attended the Pennsylvania State University where he majored in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management.
TSCHWEITZER@SOUNDHOSPITALITY.COM
Michele Drucker
VP of Sales and Marketing
With over 37 years of hotel sales and marketing experience in the hospitality industry, Michele is responsible for overseeing the sales efforts and productivity for all Sound Hospitality Management Hotels. Her role as Vice President of Sales involves direct oversight of the property-level sales departments. In this role, she has established the sales department operating procedures including the areas of account development, revenue growth, marketing plan development, client relationships, sales team development, and accountability. Her focus is to direct the property level sales team and implement strategies to impact top-line growth and concentrated efforts to maximize each hotel’s performance. In addition, she works closely with revenue teams on property and brand to implement revenue strategies for the seven Sound Hospitality Management Hotels by constant inventory monitoring, market rate analysis and OTA maximization. She has knowledge of many brand systems and software including IHG Merlin, Hilton OnQ, Choice Central, Carlson Hotel Connect and Hotel Sales Pro. She holds several certificates in hospitality marketing, hospitality technologies, college and university teaching and revenue management through Cornell, UCF and Appalachian State University, along with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing from CCU and a MBA with a concentration in Hospitality from Lynn University.
Michele has worked with Wyndham Brands (Days Inn, Ramada, Travelodge), IHG (Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Candlewood Suites), Hilton Brands (Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn), Choice, and Radisson. Before joining Sound Hospitality Management, Michele held many direct sales positions in chain-affiliated hotels, along with Regional Director of Sales positions for multi-properties.