Melia Hotels Names Two Regional Directors of Group Sales for Global Collection
Caroline Ball and Ron Warner
March 27, 2013 - Melia Hotels International is pleased to announce the hiring of Caroline Ball and Ron Warner as Directors of Group Sales for their global collection of hotels and resorts, including Gran Melia, Melia, ME by Melia, Paradisus, Innside, Tryp, and Sol.
Ms. Ball and Mr. Warner will be responsible for groups, meetings, incentive sales, and conventions as well as maintaining client relationships for Melia's national accounts. Ms. Ball will be responsible for the regions of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC while Ron will be responsible for Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Both bring strong backgrounds in hospitality sales. Ms. Ball has been in the industry since 1993 and spent the last 12 years with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts. Since 2003, she served as Director of Worldwide Sales for Hyatt Hotels in the Washington, DC area markets and the Southeast US markets. Working from her home office in Annapolis, MD, she is involved with the sailing community in Annapolis and enjoys boating and fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. Mr. Warner has 30 years of experience in the travel industry and has spent the past 12 years specializing in the MICE market. Most recently, he held the position of Director of Operations for Maxvantage where he was responsible for leading a team of meeting managers and sourcing managers in the US and Canada. Prior to that, he was National Manager for the Canadian American Express Platinum card travel service leading a team of travel agents specializing in the luxury sector. Mr. Warner also held the position of National Manager of supplier relations with American Express in the Leisure sector.
"We are excited to have Ms. Ball and Mr. Warner join the Melia Hotels International family," stated John Iannini, Senior Director of Group Sales. "They are seasoned professionals who bring an extensive amount of experience and knowledge in meeting and incentive sales, conventions bureau, business development through prospecting, account management, and client service to their respective roles."
Melia Hotels International was founded in 1956 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and is one of the world's largest resort hotel chains, as well as Spain's leading hotel chain. It currently provides more than 350 hotels and 87,000 rooms in 35 countries on 4 continents under its brands: Gran Melia, Melia, ME, Innside, Tryp by Wyndham, Sol and Paradisus. Its product and service portfolio is complemented by Melia Club, the only vacation club operated by a Spanish company.
In 2011, the family company founded by Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, which operated under the name "Sol Melia" for decades, initiated a new stage in its development under the brand name that represents its present and its future: Melia Hotels International.
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