Senior Director, Global Accounts
Email: mgomez@HelmsBriscoe.com
Phone: 858-633-7515
16461 Bronco Ln.
Poway, CA 92064
USA
Maria Gomez-Laurens was born in Mexico City and moved to San Diego in the early 80s. Her father was a Diplomat for the Mexican Government, and her mother was an entrepreneur. As the only child, Maria was privileged to travel to many parts of the world with her parents and meet many people in different cultural settings. Attending and planning special events with her father sparked her interest in what would eventually become her true passion. At first, her creativity led her to choose advertising, marketing, and design as a college degree, but just a year after graduation, she changed her career to follow her passion in event production and design, and began working in what would be a 20-year career in the hospitality industry. Through the years of her employment with Hilton Hotels, she was a three-time winner of “The Circle of Excellence" award. This is granted to the sales producers with the top 5% sales for the nation and is the highest honor one can receive with the company worldwide.
After 20 years in the hospitality industry, Maria Gomez-Laurens joined HelmsBriscoe, where she manages global accounts and specializes in Central Mexico and South America. Maria continues to strive for excellence and feels that the true measure of one’s character in any chosen field is the ability to be able to adapt, be compassionate, listen to your customers, pay attention to details, be respectful and honest, and most of all, practice a sense of integrity.
María Gómez-Laurens nació en la cuidad de México y inmigra en 1980 a San Diego California. Su padre fue Diplomático para el gobierno de México y su madre una empresaria. Durante su niñez María tuvo la oportunidad de viajar y ser conocer diferentes culturas. Junto con su padre María tuvo la oportunidad de planear y atender eventos, planeación de eventos que eventualmente se convirtiria en una de sus pasiones. Su creatividad la llevo a una licenciatura en Publicidad y Mercadotecnia pero poco después de titularse, y para poder seguir su pasión ella cambia su carrera y se entrega al Diseño y Producción de Eventos. Esto se convertiría en una carrera Hospitalaria de 20 años. Durante sus años de empleo con Hilton ella fue ganadora 3 veces del exclusivo premio “The Circle of Excellence” este premio solo es otorgado a los al 5% mas alto de ventas a nivel nacional y es el honor mas grande que Hilton como compañía otorga a nivel mundial.
Después de 20 años en industria hotelera, María Gómez-Laurens se une a HelmsBriscoe en donde ella ahora maneja cuentas a nivel mundial y se especializa en México, Centro América y Sudamérica. María continúa aportando excelencia, y su definición de esta es escuchar al cliente, adaptarse, demostrar compasión, poner atención a todos los detalles, ser honesta y respetuosa y mas que nada siempre ser integra.