Chris Sims brings a lifetime of experience in the hospitality industry to his role as Director for MHI Hospitality Corporation. Chris Sims is the Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing for MHI Hotels Services. He joined MHI Hotels Services in 1981 after graduating from college, returning to work in the family business as Front Office Manager and quickly assuming greater responsibility for MHI properties. Following successes as sales manager and general manager for the Best Western Maryland Inn, Mr. Sims was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1988, as MHI expanded geographically and doubled the number of rooms under management. A graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Mr. Sims is First Vice President of the Prince George's Conference and Visitors Bureau and a member of Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International. He is also actively involved in the community as a youth sports coach and as a member of the Capital Campaign Fund Committee for the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, MD. |