Dusit Appoints VP Sales & Marketing
JUNE 22, 2007. Dusit Hotels & Reosrts announces the appointment of Jennifer Cronin as Vice President-Sales & Marketing, effective immediately. Reporting directly to Octavio Gamarra, Senior Vice President, Ms Cronin's responsibility for all sales and marketing will also include, the upcoming rebranding launch and roll out, sales deployment, and distribution channel development, as Dusit embarks on its extensive international development.
Based in Singapore for almost 6 years, her most previous position was Executive Assistant Manager Sales & Marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore for two years. Ms Cronin was also Area Director of Marketing SE Asia and Grand Hyatt Singapore Director of Marketing, and was responsible for relaunching the property after extensive renovations.
Ms Cronin holds a Master's in Business Administration from Bond University in Australia, and was also awarded the MBA Director's Award for Outstanding Achievement. As a Rotary Exchange Student in Japan, she is also conversant in Japanese. She brings with her over 20 years experience in her field, in both operations and sales and marketing.
"Jennifer is the best marketing professional I have worked with and with the Dusit's aggressive expansion announced recently both in India and the Middle East, I cannot think of anyone better to help us to exceed our goals and to lead the Sales and Marketing efforts," Mr Gamarra said.
Dusit Thani Public Company Limited currently comprises three hotel brands: Dusit Hotels & Resorts, the newly-opened Dusit brand extenstion D2hotel chiang mai, and Royal Princess Hotels & Resorts. It also operates the award-winning Devarana Spa.
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