Annie Holcombe

Annie has 30 years’ experience in hospitality and tourism holding positions from Front Desk, Sales & Marketing, owner relations and worked for leading OTA, Expedia. At Expedia she oversaw one of the largest Vacation Rental markets, Florida Panhandle leading to a position as Senior Key Account manager specializing in vacation and non-traditional lodging accounts and on the channel management side with Lexicon Travel helping managers optimize and grow reach and revenues. She is currently Director of Business Development -US & Canada for Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy. She also is co-host of the popular vacation rental podcast – Alex & Annie the Real Women of Vacation Rentals This diverse background makes Annie one of the industry’s most empathetic and thoughtful new leaders. She was previously a member of the STR Professionals Thought Leaders on Clubhouse, hosting monthly chat rooms and served as a strategic advisor for up Travel OTA- Whimstay in 2021-2022. She lives in Panama City, Florida with her husband of 27 years Pat, son Marshall and fur baby Kylo.