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Katie Rooney was appointed as regional group sales manager for Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa.
While at Rancho Valencia, Rooney will work alongside senior sales manager, Cathleen Flowers and her team. She looks forward to her new sales management role and being the face of the Five-Star, Five Diamond Resort, and Southern California’s only Relais & Chateaux property.
Rooney brings over 10 years of sales experience to Rancho Valencia. Previously she held the position of senior national sales manager for the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, in San Diego where she marketed the property and honed her hospitality sales experience and received the Award of Excellence from Benchmark Hospitality.
A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management, Rooney earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality Tourism Management and has also held positions in marketing, catering and as the group sales manager at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, Mass.
Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, tucked away on 45 acres of gardens and olive groves, is a Mediterranean-inspired, all-suite property 24 miles north of San Diego, near Del Mar, Calif. The resort offers indoor and outdoor meeting and event spaces, including the 8,400-square-foot Croquet Lawn that has capacity for 500.
