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Joan Ferraro, CMP, Joins Millennium Bostonian Hotel as DoSM

BOSTON, MA, February 26, 2010 - Joan Ferraro, CMP, has been named Director of Sales & Marketing at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel. An experienced sales and marketing professional with an in-depth knowledge of the Boston market as well as long-term ties to many local organizations, Ferraro is repsonsible for all sales and marketing operations at the Millennium Bostonian Hotel.

Previously, she held the position of Director of Sales & Marketing for the Newport Marriott Hotel, Sales Manager for the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and several sales and catering positions at The Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers.

A native of Massachusetts, Ferraro earned her BS in Hotel, Restaurant & Travel from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is both a Certified Meeting Professional and a Certified Convention Manager, a past committee member of Meeting Professionals International/New England MPI and formerly served on the Board of the Newport County Boys & Girls Club.

Ferraro currently resides in Braintree.

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