Diane Briskin

Managing Director

Diane Briskin comes to DKC with over 15 years of marketing and communications experience in the hospitality industry. Before joining the DKC team, where she leads the Hospitality and Lifestyle Group, Diane served as vice president of sales and marketing for W Hotels where she oversaw all advertising, public relations and sales and revenue management strategies for each of the 16 properties, as well as for the W Hotels brand itself. As one of W Hotels first hires, Diane was instrumental in developing and implementing one of the most successful brand launches in the history of the hospitality industry and helped to form what has become known as the signature W style of marketing—a seamless blend of advertising, publicity and promotion. Prior to joining Starwood Hotels, Diane was director of sales and marketing at Hotel Westbury in New York City. Diane also headed up the launch of Hotel Nikko at Beverly Hills and directed and oversaw the marketing program for five years. Prior to that, she served as director of sales and marketing for Bel Age, a unique four-star luxury property in West Hollywood. Diane is a graduate from the State University of New York at Albany, holding master of fine arts and bachelor of arts degrees in theater arts.