Ladera Names Kevin Sinnett GM
NOVEMBER 21, 2008. Kevin Sinnett has been named the General Manager of Ladera, St. Lucia's open-air resort, famously located on a ridge at the edge of the rainforest overlooking the volcanic Pitons and Caribbean Sea. He comes to Ladera with a sterling record of leadership and experience derived from a unique background that includes an unusually broad range of experiences. All of which will be an asset to Ladera as it continues to be one of the most sought after travel experiences in the world.
Mr. Sinnett spent nearly a quarter of a century serving as a pilot in the U.S. Navy. Throughout his military career, he ascended the ranks and the skies, serving as commander of a 350-person naval squadron and a fleet of eight Navy aircraft. For Kevin, adjusting to a new life at 1,100 feet above the sea will be business as usual.
Mr. Sinnett began his professional career in 1979 after graduating from Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. While at the Naval Academy, he was a record-scoring basketball star and was drafted by the Boston Celtics, though opted to fulfill on his chosen career path in the military. Each year, the Academy awards a distinguished athlete the Kevin Sinnett Academic Achievement Award. Throughout his Navy tenure, Mr. Sinnett and his family were stationed at over a dozen military bases, instilling a remarkable ability to adapt and integrate into a wide range of cultures and lifestyles. As General Manager, Kevin, along with his wife Doreen, has settled quickly into his new post and their new tropical, open-air home at Ladera.
"I look forward to applying all of my life experience to this exciting new challenge," says Kevin Sinnett. "Doreen and I feel privileged to have the opportunity to apply all of our world experience to this exciting new phase in our life, and in such a stunning paradise as St. Lucia. We look forward to being part of its continued, extraordinary success."
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