Former Groups360, Hilton, and IHG executive to accelerate supplier across sourcing and booking workflows for award-winning Groupize AI-powered Venue Marketplace
Beverly, MA — March 6, 2026 — Groupize has appointed hospitality technology leader Landon Stafford as Vice President, Marketplace & Strategic Partnerships, reinforcing the company’s focus on performance supplier engagement, and next-generation automation.
In this senior leadership role, Stafford will lead the continued evolution of the Groupize Venue Marketplace™, overseeing supplier strategy, strategic partnerships, embedded payments, and enhanced commercial options for customers and partners.
Stafford brings more than two decades of experience across global hotel brands and hospitality technology platforms. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Integrations and Partner Solutions at Groups360, where he led strategic integrations and global partnerships. He previously held leadership roles at Hilton and IHG, directing enterprise group distribution strategy and large-scale technology adoption initiatives.
“This is one of those rare opportunities where the timing, the product, and the mission all align,” said Stafford. “Groupize is using AI to transform how buyers find venues and how suppliers grow their group business — and the road ahead is even more exciting. I’m genuinely thrilled to be part of something the whole industry will benefit from.”
“Landon brings a rare combination of hospitality credibility, distribution expertise, and disciplined execution,” said Alisa de Gaspé Beaubien, Chief Executive Officer of Groupize. “His leadership will help strengthen the foundation of our Marketplace as we accelerate into the next phase of growth.”
Groupize continues to expand its artificial intelligence-powered platform for meetings, events, and group travel, positioning its Marketplace as a performance-led alternative within the evolving group distribution landscape.
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Groupize.ai is the first agentic AI-powered platform purpose-built to modernize meetings management, reduce costs, and simplify compliance at scale. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and leaders in Life Sciences. Its suite of purpose-built tools includes an ecosystem of agentic AI agents including aime™, a conversational AI agent that drafts meeting requests in seconds—and DSai™, the first AI-powered sign-in and compliance platform built for HCP meetings.
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Founded in 2013, Groupize.ai was designed with a customer-first mindset and continues to set the standard for future-ready meetings technology across regulated and enterprise environments.
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