NAPA, Calif.
The Westin Verasa Napa announced Kimberley Porter as the new director of sales and marketing for the property. An industry veteran, Porter will be responsible for planning and implementing sales and marketing programs for the 180-room Wine Country hotel which offers five meeting spaces including a 3,128-square-foot ballroom.
“Kimberley’s extensive Starwood experience is a perfect match for The Westin Verasa Napa,” said Don Shindle, general mamger. “She’s an accomplished professional with many accolades to her name and we’re thrilled that she has joined our team.”
Porter has spent the majority of her sales career representing Starwood properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently, she was the director of sales for Highgate Hotels, a New York-based management company, a position she held for four years. Prior to her time with Highgate, Porter spent a year at Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California as the executive director of sales and marketing. From 2008 to 2009, Porter was the director of sales and marketing for Starwood’s Westin St. Francis, where she successfully repositioned the property after a $95 million renovation. Three years prior, she was the director of citywide sales for Starwood’s St. Regis San Francisco, The Palace Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Westin St. Francis, and W San Francisco.
