The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa Appoints Two New Sales Managers

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. February 11, 2014

Hilton Head Island, SC - February 11, 2014 - The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa recently hired two new Sales Managers who will be representing The Westin to meeting planners in two critical regions of the U.S.

Mike Drinkwalter will be handling all group clients in the northeast and Canada, while Tina O'Keefe-Holly will be managing the Midwest. According to Gail Wargo, Director of Sales and Marketing, “Both Mike and Tina are long-established sales professionals and the resort will now be marketed directly to key meeting planners in their own backyards. Fresh off a $30 million renovation, the resort has re-emerged as a luxury east-coast oceanfront destination with unparalleled beachfront event space, and we now have continual face-to-face representation in key regional locations”. The expanded air access to Savannah-Hilton Head Airport to over 4000 daily seats and the recent addition of JetBlue with new direct access to New York and Boston attributed to the resort's representation needs in the new non-stop locations.

Mike Drinkwalter started his career in the hotel industry in 1995 working his way through Niagara University's school of International Tourism, Hotel and Restaurant Administration as a night auditor and front desk clerk. Since then, Mike has successfully sold through two multi-million dollar hotel renovations in Orlando, Florida. He eventually moved back home to the Northeast to represent a group of luxury hotels as a National Sales Manager.

Tina O'Keefe-Holly joined ITT Sheraton/Starwood in 1987 as a Front Desk Manager at the former Sheraton Plaza Hotel Chicago. Since then, she has held various management positions in Room Operations, Revenue Management and Sales at the Sheraton O'Hare, Westin Michigan Avenue and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers/Westin River North complex. In her most recent role, Tina served as a Sales Manager for the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort & Casino responsible for the Midwest/West Coast Markets. Tina earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Management from Eastern Illinois University and Master Studies in Guidance & Counseling at Texas State University - San Marcos.

About The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa

Located within Port Royal Plantation, The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa is an AAA Four Diamond Award-winning resort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with 416 guest rooms and suites. The resort offers a variety of dining options, outdoor swimming pools, a 9-treatment room Heavenly Spa by Westin with full service salon, WestinWORKOUT®, a health club, running and walking trails, beach and water sports. Guests also have access to the Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club, featuring three spectacular 18-hole golf courses: The Barony, Planter's Row and Robber's Row, designed by George W. Cobb, Willard C. Byrd and Pete Dye, respectively. The Port Royal Racquet club features 14 tennis Har-Tru clay and Nova hard courts. The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa also offers over 37,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space that consist of 19 meeting rooms, including a 13,200 square-foot Grand Ballroom, an Oceanfront Pavilion and two Executive Boardrooms,www.westinhiltonheadisland.com