Terranea Resort Appoints Sezin Kutlu as Senior Director of Revenue Strategy
Terranea Resort announces the hire of hospitality industry veteran Sezin Kutlu as Senior Director of Revenue Strategy.
Kutlu brings a wealth of knowledge in the fields of revenue strategy, reservations and operations from her six-year tenure at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, as Director of Revenue Management. Under her leadership, the hotel increased market position, maintaining growth each year; Kutlu also received the 2011 Global Leadership Recognition Award, Revenue Management Achievement for the Europe/Middle East markets during her time with the company. Prior to joining Ritz Carlton, Kutlu held Director of Revenue Management and Reservations Manager positions at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia and was the Reservations Assistant Manager at the Four Seasons in Chicago.
“We are very pleased to welcome Sezin to the Terranea team,” says Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Revenue Agnelo Fernandes. “She is an astute business person who is very strategy oriented, an expert in revenue management systems, and has a keen understanding of the luxury segment.”
Since moving to Southern California in 2017, Kutlu has lent her expertise in revenue management to both the Langham Huntington Hotel and Montage Laguna Beach. Hailing from Turkey, Kutlu holds a BA from the College of Tourism Administration and Hotel Management at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey; and completed the Revenue Management Certification Program at Cornell University in New York.
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