Experience to Achieve. Vision to Excel.
Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc is comprised of a
multi-talented, award-winning team of industry programmers, graphic designers,
copywriters, editors, photographers, and marketing consultants. By harnessing
our proven experience and passion to excel, we achieve dynamic results.
Management Team
Benu Aggarwal, Founder and
President
Benu Aggarwal, founder and president of Milestone Internet
Marketing, is a recognized expert in internet marketing strategies for the
lodging industry. She offers her vast experience in conceptualizing and
implementing comprehensive online marketing programs for the hospitality
industry. A hospitality management veteran, Benu holds a B.S. and MBA degrees in
Marketing, is a Certified Hospitality Management Executive (CHME), received a
GMP Certification in Hotel Management from Cornell University, and is certified
in Search Engine Optimization. Her technical expertise includes certification in
several widely-used Web authoring softwares, HTML, Javascripts, Flash, and
back-end programming.
Benu is the author of the widely-used internet marketing handbook - Hotels to HTMLs™. Benu has also written several articles on internet marketing and website development and has been a speaker at lodging industry conferences and workshops. Benu has lectured at several trade associations including AAHOA, CLIA, the Western Lodging Show, Eye For Travel, HFTP, AHLA, Best Western International and many more.
Anil Aggarwal, General Partner/Chairman of
Board
Anil Aggarwal is a General Partner at the firm
and also the Chairman of Board for Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Anil
brings extensive management, marketing, and technology background to Milestone.
Anil is responsible for Operations and developing technology roadmap for the
company. Prior to joining Milestone, Anil was the Founder and CEO of Zeevo, a
wireless connectivity solution provider, based in Silicon Valley. The company
was sold to Broadcom Inc [NSDQ: BRCM]. The company is recognized as market
leader worldwide in wireless connectivity space. He took the company from start
to $12M annual revenue run-rate with over 80 employees. As CEO of Zeevo, he
raised more than $65M in venture capital financing from premier Venture Capital
firms like Sequoia Capital (Google, Yahoo) and from strategic corporations such
as Dell, Inc. Prior to Zeevo, Anil served in marketing management rolls in
technology companies. Anil has Bachelors Degree in Engineering from Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, Masters degree in Engineering from
University of Hawaii, and MBA degree from University of Georgia.
Caroline Gates, Director of Business
Development (East)
Caroline Gates is responsible for all of Milestone’s
sales and marketing efforts in the Eastern US. She will be based in Washington
DC and will be responsible for opening our second sales office after Austin, TX.
Caroline will be taking our award winning website marketing and search engine
marketing products into the major hotel markets on the East Coast. She joins
Milestone after a 6 year stint at TravelClick where she was the Director of
Sales responsible for over 300 lodging accounts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Caroline built this territory from ground up at TravelClick. Prior to
TravelClick, Caroline worked in senior sales positions at Promus Hotels
Corporation (purchased by Hilton) and Ritz Carlton Hotels. Caroline has won
several awards through her career for outstanding results in building sales
territories and forging close business relationships within the hospitality
industry. Caroline has a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and management
from Elon University.
Holly Zoba, Director of Business Development (Central)
Holly Zoba is responsible for all of Milestone’s sales and marketing efforts in the Central US. She has over 20 years of hotel sales and operational experience in the lodging industry and is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships for Milestone with hospitality organizations throughout the central US region. Maximizing revenues through various distribution channels has always been the focus of Zoba’s career. Prior to joining Milestone, Zoba spent several years in business development for Signature Worldwide. During her time with Signature, she created a partnership with Smith Travel Research and developed workshops to help hotels better analyze the STAR report to maximize their revenues. Prior to Signature, Zoba spent ten years as the Corporate Director of Marketing & Operations of the Bethesda, Maryland-based hotel management company, Hospitality Partners, where she was responsible for $80 million in annual sales. She also served as Owner and Director of Marketing for Warrenpages.com where she developed and marketed websites. Holly has won several awards during her professional career and was the recipient of the MCI/Inc. Magazine Positive Performer Award for Hospitality Partners, as well as a repeated guest speaker at the American Hotel & Lodging Association Quality Conference, various hotel brand conferences and hotel management company meetings. Holly has a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Catholic University of America and has attended Executive Education program at Darden School, University of Virginia.
"The hotel booked 400 room nights within 2 months of the site going live." [more]
Aqua Resorts 
Gaia Hotel Napa Valley
"Benu's seminars have been tremendously successful."
- Jessica Lytle, Senior Director
AHLA [more]
Milestone Internet Marketing, Inc. Wins Web Marketing Association’s Excellence Award
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