Global Tourism Innovator

Darin A. Feth,
MBA

Hospitality Commercial Leader · Founder, Nite Tours International · Executive Growth Strategist

Darin Feth is a category-building hospitality and tourism executive with 30+ years of success spanning hotel sales leadership, premium brand positioning, customer experience transformation, strategic partnerships, and global venture growth. His career combines luxury-hotel commercial execution with the entrepreneurial vision behind one of nightlife tourism’s most recognizable concepts.

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Widely recognized for scaling experiential tourism at global level, Darin is known for building demand, shaping premium guest experiences, leading high-performance teams, and turning bold concepts into revenue-generating brands with enduring market impact.
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Selected Impact
130%
Sales growth at Le Méridien Indianapolis
$310M+
National mergers & acquisitions through Clockwork Strategies
3.8M+
Customers served through Nite Tours
1,800+
Partnerships and alliances negotiated
$2B+
Estimated tourism economic impact
Media mentions GQ Vogue Condé Nast Traveller Travel + Leisure Las Vegas Magazine Global Traveler Wanderlust UK World Travel Magazine The Business Travel Magazine New York Times Los Angeles Times Washington Post Boston Globe Chicago Tribune Las Vegas Sun American Airlines Virgin Luxury Magazine

Executive Snapshot

A record of growth, innovation, and market-making leadership

From full-service and luxury hotel commercial leadership to globally recognized nightlife tourism innovation, Darin has built a reputation for increasing revenue, strengthening brand position, creating memorable guest experiences, and driving business expansion across North America, Europe, the UK, and Asia.

30+
Years

Leadership across hospitality, tourism, sales, marketing, customer experience, global partnerships, and strategic business development.

11×
Award-Winning Brand

Nite Tours is an 11-time award-winning tourism and transportation company with international reach and premium nightlife positioning.

126%
Revenue Growth

Banquet and event revenue growth delivered at Delta Hotels by Marriott Indianapolis Airport, helping earn promotion into broader DOSM leadership.

74→92%
Guest Success Lift

Service-culture transformation at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa helped elevate the guest experience and support Forbes-level recognition.

About Darin

Commercial precision with the instincts of a founder

Darin brings a rare blend of property-level commercial discipline and global entrepreneurial imagination. He has led revenue strategy, market segmentation, account acquisition, premium positioning, and cross-functional execution inside hotel environments while also building ventures that redefined how guests experience nightlife, social travel, and destination entertainment.

His background spans Marriott and IHG leadership, luxury service transformation, multi-country alliance development, venture strategy, and founder-led brand building. That combination makes him especially effective in roles that demand both results today and vision for tomorrow.

Whether driving sales at a 4-star hotel, rebuilding guest-experience systems at a luxury resort, or scaling a tourism concept internationally, Darin is consistently at his best where brand, revenue, operations, and experience must all move together.

Signature Strengths
  • Hotel sales and marketing leadership across luxury, airport, resort, full-service, MICE, BT, SMERF, sports, and negotiated business.
  • Premium brand positioning, demand generation, and market-share growth through sharp segmentation and disciplined commercial execution.
  • Founder-level innovation in experiential tourism, nightlife concepts, partnerships, and global growth strategy.
  • Customer experience transformation, service standards, executive presentations, team development, and cross-functional alignment.
Revenue Strategy Luxury Positioning Hotel Sales Global Partnerships Experiential Tourism Guest Experience Business Development Executive Leadership

Innovation Legacy

Helping shape the modern language of nightlife tourism

Nite Tours positions Darin at the center of category-defining experiential tourism innovation — from the world’s first club crawl in Canada to Las Vegas luxury party-bus nightlife and global nightlife tour expansion across multiple continents.

01.

First Club Crawl Origins

Nite Tours pioneered the world’s first club crawl in Canada in 1989, laying the foundation for a nightlife-tourism format that would later spread broadly across global entertainment markets.

02.

Las Vegas Expansion

The Nite Tours launched the first Las Vegas club crawls in 2005 along with the city’s first luxury party bus, helping elevate the nightlife experience into a premium tourism product.

03.

Global Scale

By 2010, Nite Tours is the first global club-crawl and party-bus company operating across the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia — a major signal of category expansion and international brand demand.

Recognition

Accolades, honors, and industry visibility

Darin’s career reflects both executive commercial performance and broad entrepreneurial recognition, from marketing and business awards to board leadership and media visibility across hospitality, tourism, and business communities.

Entrepreneurial Honors

Canadian Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, and Las Vegas Top Business Leaders recognition.

Marketing Excellence

Ernst & Young Marketing Award of Distinction and other regional chamber and business-association marketing recognitions.

Business Recognition

President’s Business recognition in the United States, Britain Hospitality Awards visibility, and additional Canadian business honors.

GQ Vogue Condé Nast Traveller Travel + Leisure Las Vegas Magazine Global Traveler Wanderlust UK World Travel Magazine The Business Travel Magazine New York Times Los Angeles Times Washington Post Boston Globe Chicago Tribune Vegas Sun American Airlines Virgin Luxury Magazine

Professional Experience

Leadership across hotels, ventures, and strategic growth platforms

Marriott Hotels · Le Méridien Indianapolis
2024 – 2026
Indianapolis, Indiana
Executive Director, Sales & Marketing

Held full commercial ownership for a 4-star premium luxury Marriott property, aligning prospecting, segmentation, pricing collaboration, and marketing execution around topline growth and profitability.

  • Increased overall sales by 130% through sharper market segmentation, commercial focus, and revenue-minded marketing initiatives.
  • Led a five-person commercial team across sales leadership, catering collaboration, and operational alignment.
  • Partnered with hotel leadership on pace, forecasts, proposal quality, market share, and rate integrity across MICE, BT, sports, citywide, and negotiated segments.
Clockwork Strategies · Avec Holdings LLC
2026 – Present
National
Contract / Transitional Vice President, Business Development

Leading national growth initiatives across hospitality and transportation acquisitions with a focus on strategic sourcing, partner development, commercial infrastructure, and enterprise value creation.

  • Directing business development, target sourcing, and acquisition execution for a $400M+ pipeline.
  • Building scalable sales and marketing infrastructure, including governance, compliance, RFP strategy, and government-facing processes.
IHG Hotels · Holiday Inn Indianapolis Airport
2023 – 2024
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director of Sales

Drove revenue across a competitive airport market through outbound selling, negotiated account strategy, RFP execution, and tighter coordination across sales, catering, and operations.

  • Improved ADR, meeting revenue, and repeat production across corporate, crew, LNR/KNR, BT, team, SMERF, and MICE segments.
  • Strengthened cross-functional execution to improve client retention and long-term account value.
Marriott Hotels · Delta Hotels Indianapolis Airport
2021
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director of Sales & Marketing

Promoted into broader DOSM leadership after strong commercial performance, with responsibility spanning hotel sales, group demand, banquet growth, and market positioning.

  • Delivered 126% banquet and event revenue growth versus the prior two years.
  • Collaborated with GM and revenue leaders on strategy, yield, proposal decisions, and share growth.
Agua Caliente Resort, Casino & Spa
2019 – 2020
Palm Springs / Rancho Mirage, California
Executive Director, Customer Experience & Marketing

Partnered with senior leadership to elevate guest standards, service recovery, and cross-property customer experience in a luxury resort environment with significant operational scale.

  • Improved guest success metrics from 74% to 92% while building new service standards and training systems.
  • Helped support Forbes recognition for the resort, spa, and signature dining experience.
Nite Tours International
1990 – 2019
Las Vegas / Canada / Global
Founder & CEO

Built and scaled an award-winning hospitality and tourism company with global reach, strong profitability, large-scale customer volume, and deep partner relationships across multiple countries.

  • Served 3.8 million customers globally while maintaining strong margins and driving an estimated $2B+ in economic impact.
  • Negotiated 1,800+ partnerships and alliances across North America, Europe, the UK, and Asia.
  • Led brand creation, marketing, operations, sales, customer experience, international expansion, and category innovation.

Additional Ventures

Built to create growth beyond the traditional lane

Concierge Pulse Technology

Built a concierge CRM and ticketless sales platform connecting concierge teams, hotel departments, and guests, while leading go-to-market strategy, presentations, negotiations, and product oversight through sale of the company.

Guilty Martini Group

Built and operated a hospitality restaurant and social-lounge brand across multiple locations, leading concept development, marketing, guest experience, and commercial growth.

Brahm Hospitality

Supported multi-property sales, marketing, and business development leadership while helping shape regional commercial strategies and guide executive teams.

Credentials & Leadership

Education, board service, and community credibility

Education

MBA, International Business Australian Institute of Business
Extended Graduate Coursework Harvard Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration University of Alberta

Board & Community Leadership

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation National Board · Marketing
Ronald McDonald House Board Member · Marketing
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President’s Board
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Board Member at Large

Connect

Ready for the next growth chapter

Open to senior hospitality commercial leadership, business development, strategic growth, and brand-building opportunities where differentiated experience, premium positioning, and revenue performance matter.

Location
Carmel, Indiana
Phone
702-890-2555
Email
dfeth2020@gmail.com
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