Manager, Global Accounts
Email: sthorndike@helmsbriscoe.com
Phone: 404-808-7070
Chicago, IL 60640
USA
Sean Thorndike joined HelmsBriscoe as Manager, Global Accounts in February of 2025. Based in Chicago, Illinois, he is looking forward to helping clients book hotels across the globe. Sean is an authentic professional and a natural at relationship building and finding organic ways to connect clients with destinations, products, services, people, and resources. He believes in assertive customer service, collaborative idea generation, and business matchmaking.
With more than 30 years of industry experience, Sean has gained knowledge from his time working at hotels, event venues, cultural attractions, DMCs, and more recently, sourcing for a boutique experiential event agency. Over the years, he has participated in various ways with MPI, ILEA, NACE, SITE, PCMA, CVBs, and the Chamber of Commerce. Sean also received the MPI Chicago Area Chapter’s Planner Member of the Year 2023 /2024 award. He is a go-to resource for his clients and is astute at finding the best hotels, destinations, and venues to meet their needs.