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Franchise Marketing Radio: Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe

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Charles Watson is a dedicated hospitality franchise professional focused on the leadership and growth of exceptional franchise systems. Watson contributed to the success of the popular smoothie brand, Tropical Smoothie Cafe for more than ten years acting as the Vice President of Franchise Development, Chief Development Officer and most recently as Chief Executive Officer.

Watson is responsible for both selling and recruiting franchisees that ultimately allowed Tropical Smoothie Cafe to become one of the fastest growing brands over the past few years. As a result of his work, the brand is expected to have 1,000 units by 2020 and 1,500 by 2023.

Prior to his tenure at Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Watson led strategic sales teams, e-commerce, corporate franchise sales systems and corporate strategy for InterContinental Hotels Group as manager of Global Sales and then as Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Watson is a Certified Franchise Executive, using his thorough experience in sales and franchising to become an ideal business executive, partner and professional mentor.

Connect with Charles on LinkedIn and Twitter and follow Tropical Smoothie Cafe on Facebook.

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Charles Watson with Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Jamine Moton with Skylar Security

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a national fast-casual cafe concept inspiring healthier lifestyles across the country with more than 720 locations nationwide. Serving better-for-you smoothies, wraps, sandwiches, and flatbreads, Tropical Smoothie Cafe also offers upgraded app technology and enhanced mobile ordering capabilities to further elevate the digital and dine-in cafe experience and emphasize the brand’s focus on convenience.

The rapidly growing franchise has received numerous accolades including rankings in QSR’s Best Franchise Deals, Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, Forbes’ Best Franchises and Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers in 2018, as well as Franchise Times’ Top 200+ and Nation’s Restaurant News’ Fastest Growing Chains in 2018.

Charles Watson, CEO of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, is a dedicated hospitality franchise professional focused on the leadership and growth of exceptional franchise systems.

Follow Tropical Smoothie Cafe on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Jamine Moton, CEO of Skylar Security, has 15+ years of Law Enforcement and Private Security experience. She served as a Law Enforcement Professional for a Metro Atlanta Police Department. Jamine has 10+ years of experience in corporate training and development, security process strategy and assessments, security team management and concept implementation.

Jamine holds a Master’s degree in Training and Development and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice. Both degrees were received from Clemson University.

Connect with Jamine on LinkedIn, and follow Skylar Security on Facebook.