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Chelle Rupp
Director of Sales, Knott’s Berry Farm
Chelle Rupp has been the Director of Sales at Knott’s Berry Farm since 2012. Knott’s is a division of Cedar Fair Entertainment. In this role she oversees local, domestic and international sales and international marketing. In 2019, she has also taken on a dual role of Corporate Director of Travel Industry Sales for the Cedar Fair line-up 13 parks located in the US and Canada to work on tourism development across the enterprise.
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Prior, she worked for over a decade at SeaWorld San Diego including sales representative for the hospitality sector, corporate sales manager and finally as Director of Sales for five years.
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She has also served in a number of leadership roles in the hospitality
industry, including sales manager for Wild Bill’s Wild West Dinner Extravaganza; tourism manager for Visit Anaheim; and sales and catering manager for hotels in Anaheim.
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Rupp received the 2002 Busch Entertainment Marketing Excellence Award. In 2014, 2016, and 2018 she was awarded Sales Leader of the Year for Cedar Fair Entertainment.