San Francisco, CA - February 6, 2001 --- In an effort to further expand
upon their presence in North America, Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts has
added four new regional sales offices in Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, and
Washington DC. They are:
Toronto: Susan Bernad [email protected]
With over 19 years of hotel experience, with 11 of those years in sales,
Bernad�s current and past clients include Loews Hotel Vogue Montreal, Hotel
Club Tremblant, and Hotel InterContinental Toronto. She is actively
involved with the MPI Toronto Chapter and was previously a board member
for CSAE Trillium Chapter.
Chicago: Joanne Gresh [email protected]
With over 20 years in the hospitality industry, Gresh has owned her
own company, JB Consultants, for five years prior to joining the Pan Pacific
team. She was a hotel consultant doing outside sales in the corporate,
association, incentive, and travel agency markets within the U.S.
Prior to owning her own consulting business, she was with Meridien Hotels
as regional director of sales in Chicago for ten years. Gresh is
also a member of MBTA, SITE, and MPI and has been in charge of MPI membership
in Chicago for last ten years.
Atlanta: Jill L. Jessup [email protected]
With a career that spans experience in the hotel and restaurant industry
as well as The Atlanta Convention & Visitor�s Bureau, Jessup has worked
with Hilton Hotels and InterContinental Hotels in addition to Peasant Restaurants.
She is an avid runner and took a year away from the hospitality industry
to devote time to a marathon training program known as Team Spirit.
As she rejoins her hotel sales career, she will renew her memberships in
both MPI and PCMA.
Washington DC: Ava Sones [email protected]
In addition to creating her own company, D2VA - a sales and marketing
alliance of hotels and conference services in North America, Sones worked
for Tourism Vancouver for several years and was instrumental in launching
Vancouver�s Capital Campaign and Tourism Vancouver�s EduFam. She
also worked with Canadian Pacific Hotels for ten years as a National Sales
Manager and Director of Association Sales.
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts currently encompasses 17 hotels (16 managed
properties and 1 marketing affiliate) in 12 countries in Asia, the Pacific
and North America. |