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People Making News continued from page 19 we grow our meetings and events business with the debut of our new ballroom and conference center next year.” fraternal/social, military/ veteran, and cultural. Marsh is an active member of Meeting Professionals International. s Greg Waters has joined the Arizona Grand Resort as director of sales and marketing. Waters will be responsible for implementing marketing and sales strategies for groups, meetings, and special events. Formerly of the Royal Palms Resort and Spa, the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, and the Wigwam Resort, Waters brings more than 25 years of experience in the hotel industry to the Arizona Grand Resort team. s Penni LeRoy has been named director of sales for Shout Outs s Mandy Marsh has joined Travel Portland, the destination marketing office for Portland, OR, as its new convention sales manager. Marsh is responsible for promoting Portland as destination for single-hotel meetings business and citywide conventions to planners of statewide, regional, and national conventions and conferences in a wide variety market segments, including religious, law enforcement, the Midwest for Associated Luxury Hotels International LeRoy joins ALHI from the Kessler Collection, where she served as national sales manager in its Dallas national sales office and was responsible for representing 10 luxury boutique hotels to the Midwest and West Coast markets. LeRoy’s previous positions include serving as director of business travel sales for the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport hotel. She served with the U.S. Coast Guard for five years, and with the Air National Guard for three years. She is based in ALHI’s national sales office in Dallas. s The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa appointed Bill Hunter as director of group sales. He will be responsible for the resort’s sales team, researching potential convention and meeting clients, and generating revenue. Most recently the associate director of sales at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, Hunter has spent the past 14 years honing his skills in various positions within the luxury hospitality industry. Prior to his time at the Arizona Biltmore, Hunter worked as conference services manager, as well as national sales manager, at the Arizona Grand Resort. r The MEETING MASTERS Championship 20 MeetingNews September 8, 2008 www.meetingnews.com http://www.thegolfe.com http://www.meetingnews.com

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