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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Sheraton Nassau Beach
Nassau, The Bahamas – The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, located in Nassau, The Bahamas, has announced the appointment of André R. Newbold to the newly-created position of Business Travel Sales Manager. Based in Nassau, Newbold is responsible for soliciting new and existing transient and corporate accounts throughout the Bahamas in order meet and exceed sales revenue goals. Newbold will also attend trade shows, community events and industry meetings on behalf of the resort to develop new client relationships and business leads. Newbold comes to the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort with ten years of luxury resort experience and over twenty years of experience in the hospitality industry. For the past ten years, he served as the Director of Sales at Sandals’ Royal Bahamian Resort Spa & Offshore Island, where he acted as the Department Head for Sales & Marketing and Weddings, and supported the General Manger on operational issues. He also orchestrated numerous domestic and international events ranging from 100-1000 attendees. Prior to that, Newbold spent ten years as Director of Sales and Marketing of the Sheraton British Colonial Beach Resort, where he managed and supervised sales and marketing functions for the 300-room hotel and supported the General Manger on operational issues. He also traveled extensively overseas to represent the resort at major trade shows and conventions including World Travel Mart (London), ITB (Germany) and CHA Marketplace. Newbold started his career in hospitality at the Sheraton British Colonial Beach Resort as Activities Director/Guest Services, and worked his way up to Sales Coordinator, and Sales Manager, where he assisted the Director of Sales with boosting hotel revenues through solicitation of corporate clients. Newbold studied marketing at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas, and has completed various hospitality courses to help further his career, including Basic Hotel Sales & Capturing the Leisure Travel Market course at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, NY; the Tourism Studies Program at The College of the Bahamas in Nassau; and Mastering Resort Sales And Service course from Master Connections Associations, Professional Development Program, in Los Angeles. He also received various industry awards, including The Cacique Award for Sales Executive of the Year for 2004-2005 in Nassau, The Bahamas; The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), Bahamas Sunny Isles Chapter, for Executive of Year for 2007-2008; as well as a Certified Hospitality Marketing Executive (CHME) through HSMAI in Washington, DC. About the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort Situated on a 1,000-foot stretch of one of Nassau’s spectacular white-sand beaches, the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort is set on seven exquisite acres of stunning waterscape, including three freshwater pools with flowing waterfalls, a swim-up bar and oversized whirlpools nestled among tropical landscaping. The resort houses six restaurants and lounges serving a variety of island specialties and international cuisine. The 694-room Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort offers accommodations featuring a large private balcony or patio. Rooms are equipped with high-speed Internet access, LCD flat-screen televisions and the signature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper™ Bed – a multi-layered creation adorned with voluptuous down pillows, sensuous cotton sheets and a signature blanket and duvet. The Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort is 15 minutes from Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport, which is serviced by a number of domestic and international carriers.
For more information and/or reservations, please call the Sheraton
Nassau Beach Resort at (877) 782-0149 or visit http://www.sheratonnassau.com/
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