Park Plaza Boston Appoints Ashley Anastasi to Wedding Specialist
The official hotel of the Boston Red Sox hits home run with wedding expert on-staff
BOSTON, MA - March 14, 2013 - The Park Plaza Boston hotel is pleased to appoint Ashley Anastasi , currently Catering Sales Manager, as the hotels' official Wedding Specialist. Her unique qualifications have attracted hundreds of brides to choose the Park Plaza as their hotel of choice for elegant weddings. Anastasi is known for creativity and follow through, and her ideal wedding client is a couple who wants to make their special day not only an elegant affair, but a personal reflection of their unique personalities and interests.
Located at 50 Park Plaza in Boston's Back Bay, the Park Plaza Boston has designated Anastasi as Wedding Specialist after years of experience at other area hotels, her connections in the Boston marketplace. One quality that makes Anastasi stand out: her innate sense of style, design and fashion, and her high energy and relationship building skills as demonstrated by her concurrent dream jobs: a Reebok Cross-Fit trainer and sixth-year member and crowd leader of the Boston Celtics' “Green Team” on-court stunting squad.
“Ashley is an experienced sales and catering professional in the wedding market, and is truly passionate about making a couple's wedding day extra special,” said Mark Anderson, General Manager, Park Plaza Boston. “Not only does she relate very well to our beautiful brides, but her attention to detail, work ethic, and sense of style is second to none.”
As Wedding Specialist, Anastasi will be responsible for all aspects of the hotel's wedding sales and catering business, reporting directly to Dawna Naylor, Director of Sales and Marketing. Anastasi earned a bachelors degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she was a college cheerleader. She was previously the wedding specialist at another downtown Boston hotel.
Located in the Back Bay at 50 Park Plaza, Park Plaza Boston is a luxury hotel conveying class and elegance, and featuring 941 finely-appointed Guest Rooms and Guest Suites and 65,000 square-feet of meeting space including the Park Plaza Castle. Since opening in 1927, Park Plaza Boston is recognized as a member of the Historic Hotels of America and a preferred Boston hotel. www.bostonparkplaza.com
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