Mary Hall has more than 20 years of operational, marketing, and general
management expertise, with ten years specifically in the media and Internet
new media sectors. Ms. Hall is the President of Action Online, and is
responsible for coordinating the activities and the strategic planning of
the company, and for Marketing and PR.
During her career Ms. Hall was the Vice President of Operations for
Hollywood Media Cop., a publicly held company whose focus is on online
entertainment media. During her tenure with Hollywood Media Corp., she was
responsible for the operation and development of the company’s consumer
product brands including three major web sites providing online ticketing
services and entertainment editorial content and e-commerce. In this
capacity, she directed a team of over 75 employees and managed all
editorial, marketing, sales, production, technology, customer service, and
graphic design for these brands.
Ms. Hall’s early management experience was in the retail market, where she
managed retail operations and merchandise operations within The Limited,
Marriott Hotels, and Tribune Company. She was the division sales manager at
Sirgany Century Miami Airport, where she managed the operations of 23 gift
shops and led a team of over 100 employees. Following this, her duties at
Allders International, then the second largest duty free retailer in the
world, included the management of buying, merchandising, sales and marketing
for more than 50 outlets on board 22 cruise ships throughout the world and
four airports nationwide. She has also served as a consultant and has
addressed and advised Caribbean community trade organizations such as ECSEDA,
the Eastern Caribbean States Export Development Agency, and Caricom on
various topics, including retailing in the US tourism sector and marketing
to the retail industry.m sector and marketing to the retail industry.
