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The Resort Collection of Panama City Beach Welcomes Ryan Jones

Food & Beverage Director Joins the Company

Panama City Beach, FL - March 11, 2010 - The Resort Collection of Panama City Beach announced that Ryan Jones has joined their company as food and beverage director. Jones will join Brian McConnell, the current food and beverage director, to share responsibilities for directing and organizing the operations of the food and beverage department in order to maintain high standards of quality and service.

“We are happy to welcome Ryan to our growing team,” said Tom Sparks, general manager for The Resort Collection. “His industry experience will be a great asset to our company.”

Jones graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in sport marketing and sport management. Prior to joining The Resort Collection, Jones was the director of restaurants for 14 food and beverage outlets at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. Originally hailing from Illinois, Jones began his career in the hospitality industry at the 600-member Champaign Country Club. He later moved to Greensboro, Georgia to work as club manager at Great Waters Golf Club, a Jack Nicklaus signature course located at Reynolds Plantation with more than 2,000 members.

“I look forward to serving our owners, members, and guests of The Resort Collection,” said Jones. “It is truly a privilege to be part of The Resort Collection team that genuinely cares about the hospitality business and its employees.”

About The Resort Collection of Panama City Beach
The Resort Collection of Panama City Beach includes the family-friendly Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort, the intimate Majestic Beach Resort, the new luxuriously appointed Emerald Beach Resort, the relaxing Long Beach Resort, the exclusive En Soleil, and the distinctive Marina Landing—all properties managed by The Edgewater Beach Resort Management, Inc. They boast more than 1,000 full-service gulf-front suites and golf villas, 90,000 square feet of combined indoor and outdoor meeting space, six Plexicushion tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court, batting cages, 21 luxurious pools, a 9-hole executive golf course and 27 holes of championship golf at the Hombre Golf Club on Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast. For information on The Resort Collection of Panama City Beach, call 866.203.1164 or visit www.ResortsPCBeach.com.

Contact:
Lisa Burwell
President & Founder
Cornerstone Marketing & Advertising, Inc.
114 Logan Lane, Suite 4
Grayton Beach, FL 32459
850.231.3087, ext. 1
lisa@theideaboutique.com

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