JOHN MONAGHAN RRP
Managing Director,
Marketing & Sales Group

Mixed-Use Resort Development | Marketing | Sales | Sales Operations | Leisure & Urban Property Development | International Start-up Projects | Project Work-outs

John Monaghan serves as Managing Director, Marketing & Sales Operations for LandMarkers Development Group. Mr. Monaghan brings over 30 years of hands-on experience in leisure and urban property development, international start-up projects, and distressed project work-outs where he has assisted in the design and implementation of coordinated marketing, sales and hospitality strategies with team building that combine to optimize sales velocity, reduce cost and thereby maximize profitability.

Mr. Monaghan has directed companies throughout the South Pacific, Asia, Europe and the United States. Most recently, John’s clients included Raine & Horne (Hong Kong), Manning Developments (NZ), Abitz Law Group (USA). Hunter Sterling Asia (Singapore), Azzurra (Australia), Grand Getaways (USA), and Targeted Solutions 21 Group (Australia). Prior John was recruited to design and implement the onsite sales and marketing operations for the South Pacific Region of Wyndham Vacation Resorts (Asia–Pacific).

As COO with First City Developments NZ, John was responsible for budgeting, opening and operating offices throughout NZ and Australia, and in Beijing and Shanghai, China where he grew the team of 30 to over 500 employees including Regional and Site Directors, Marketing, Sales and Administration Managers and their teams.

As Vice President of Sales – International Division for Costamex International, Mr. Monaghan started up sales and marketing operations in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, Israel and Kuwait, while also consulting, trouble shooting and training in the Bahamas, Canada, Mexico and throughout the USA. Stateside, John Monaghan served as VP/COO of the International Cruise & Excursion Gallery; as Project Director for Bluegreen’s Lodge Alley Inn, Charleston, SC; as Project Director for Casa Del Mar Resort, Daytona Beach, FL; and, as Director of Marketing for Marriott’s Beach Place, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

John Monaghan received a BS Ed. from the School of Education Virginia Commonwealth University. He has completed graduate studies in hotel management at Florida International University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. John is a member of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) since 1983 where he is a multiple Gold and Silver ARDY Award Winner, Speaker, Moderator, Committee Member and ARDA Trustee (1999).