University and institutional travel
From rate agreement to booking path
Joshua has worked on preferred-rate agreements and booking arrangements for universities whose faculty, guest speakers, researchers, and other travelers visit the UCF area.
About
Focused Sales Work for Hotels
Built by Joshua Bonde to give hotel owners and operators dedicated support for finding and winning new accounts.
Positioning
Hotel Sales Experience, Applied to Your Market
Every engagement combines market research, direct outreach, follow-up, and reporting that shows where each opportunity stands.
- Real hotel sales experience
- Practical market knowledge
- Personalized outreach
- Portfolio-wide thinking
- Transparent reporting
- Measurable accountability
Founder
Joshua Bonde
Founder, Hotel Growth Works · Hotel sales and marketing leader
Joshua brings more than a decade of hotel sales experience across Hilton-branded hotels, an independent property, and regional portfolios. His roles have covered group sales, business travel, corporate accounts, and multi-property sales leadership.
Director of Sales & MarketingDoubleTree by Hilton Orlando East – UCF Area · 2025–present
Regional Director of Sales and MarketingGreen Stay Hospitality · 2020–2025
Business Travel ManagerGodfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa · 2018–2020
Regional Director of Sales and MarketingDecade Properties · 2017–2018
Group Sales ManagerHilton Worldwide, Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Bay Convention Center · 2016–2017
Those different hotel settings inform how he approaches new business: match the right demand to each property, build direct relationships with buyers and planners, and follow opportunities through to agreements and room production.
He founded Hotel Growth Works independently to bring that prospecting focus to other hotels and ownership groups.
New Business. Measurable Growth.
Experience in Practice
The Kind of Account Work Behind the Approach
These are examples from Joshua's hotel sales work in East Orlando. They illustrate his experience; they are not Hotel Growth Works client results or revenue claims.
Research Park and defense pipeline
From program signal to qualified outreach
He has researched Central Florida Research Park and nearby defense, simulation, and training activity to identify contractors and program teams with potential lodging or meeting needs, then pursued relevant contacts.
Next Step
Start With the Properties and Demand Segments That Matter Most
A consultation can identify whether the 90-day pilot should focus on corporate accounts, project lodging, university demand, government travel, groups, dormant accounts, or a portfolio-wide mix.
