Mary DeBonis, Neighbor

Mary DeBonis | Partner, Get2Creative Marketing and Communications. Specializing in PR, website design, logos/brand identity, brochures/collateral, social media and event marketing. Our business is making you successful!

Mary served 12 years at Wyndham Worldwide (Cendant), the world’s leading franchisor of hotels, real estate, car rentals and timeshare. During that time, she held the respected positions of Marketing Director for Ramada and Howard Johnson hotel brands, Preferred Alliance Director for Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation and Preferred Alliance Director for Wyndham (Cendant). In these roles, Mary was known for her professionalism, commitment to meeting deadlines, effective marketing strategies, creative copywriting, as well as managing a wide range of business relationships.

Examples of Mary’s successes include:

•Managed the marketing strategies and relationships of key Wyndham (Cendant) Preferred Alliance partners including ADT, Kodak, AT&T, DirecTV, and Lexmark.

•Directed the Kids Go HoJo promotion for Howard Johnson for seven years and achieved the prestigious C.O.S.P.A. Award for best traffic-generating promotion featuring the Little Rascals. Mary accepted the award alongside Little Rascal, Spanky McFarland.

•Directed the marketing and communications for Ramada’s national family and business promotions.

•Created promotional training videos including scriptwriting, acting, production, and editing, for the hotel managers, employees and franchisees.

•Established cooperative partnerships with SEGA, American Express, and Continental Airlines to expand the impact and budget for the brand’s national promotions.

•Developed the marketing and communications for more than 30 Preferred Alliance Programs for all of the COLDWELL BANKER broker/owners and sales associates. Mary also established a focus group within the Preferred Client Group to evaluate and track the success of the programs.

Prior to Wyndham (Cendant), Mary was employed with Prime Hospitality (NJ) and Food Enterprises (NJ). Mary attended George Washington University in Washington, DC and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Marketing and Management from Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, NJ. Today, she lives in West Caldwell, NJ with her husband and two children.