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- The Whirlwind Golf Club at Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa hired two new sales managers. Jaclyn Beaudreau was named group sales manager and Jennifer Wright was named resort group sales manager. Beaudreau is now responsible for securing all external group golf business and managing their onsite entertainment, including food and beverage. She most recently served as golf sales and marketing manager at The Wigwam Golf Resort & spa in Litchfield Park, Ariz., a position in which she was responsible for managing all in-house groups, golf package guests and outside tournaments. As resort group sales manager, Wright is now responsible for organizing all group golf tournaments and events specifically for Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa guests. She most recently served as group sales manager at Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz…. Kris Umstattd was appointed senior account executive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix. Umstattd is handling the West Coast, Southwest and international corporation and association markets. He comes to the resort from Marriott’s Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa where he served as senior account executive. JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa also hired Diane Wilson and Barbara Janishefski as sales associates. Wilson, who previously served as senior account executive for the Camelback Inn, will focus on sales generated in the Northeast, while Janishefski, formerly director of Midwest association sales for the Renaissance St. Louis Grand & Suites, will focus on the Midwest association market.
California
- Kelley Cosgrove was named general manager of the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa. She joins the hotel from the Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, where she had served as hotel manager since 2001, during which time the Fairmont Kea Lani was recognized as the company’s Hotel of the Year… The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco announced the appointment of Michael Mettler as director of sales and marketing. Mettler joins “The Mark,” from the Marriott Marina del Rey, where he had served as director of sales and marketing since 2002.
Colorado
- Westminster, Colo.-based ResortQuest, a vacation rental hospitality and resort real estate company, named Amy Erickson as its group sales manager for the Aspen/Snowmass area. In her new role, Erickson is responsible for developing new and existing group business with meeting planners in the corporate, association and government markets. Erickson joins ResortQuest from Loews Denver Hotel where she served as group sales manager… Senih Geray was named general manager of the St. Regis Resort Aspen. Geray most recently served as general manager of Sheraton Voyager Antalya Hotel, Resort & Spa in Turkey for four years. Prior to that position, he was with the St. Regis New York from 1994 to 2002 in various capacities.
Nevada
- The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSVCA) announced the addition of Alex Shelton as national convention sales manager. He will focus primarily on corporate and association business from the Southeast. Shelton joins the RSCVA from the Sands Expo at The Venetian in Las Vegas, where he had served in the national sales office since 2002.