Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc. Promotes Anna Marie Presutti to Vice President of Sales & Marketing
TOKYO, November 9, 2005. Anna Marie Presutti, previously Director of Sales and Marketing for Hotel Nikko San Francisco, has been promoted and is now Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc. Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc. is a sales and marketing division of JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., which operates Nikko Hotels International.
Ms. Presutti will retain her sales and marketing responsibilities at Hotel Nikko San Francisco, and will add sales and marketing responsibilities in the United States for all Nikko Hotels International properties around the world. She will report to the president of Hotel Nikko (U.S.A.), Inc., Mr. Kenji Uda, who is based in Tokyo.
In addition to her new responsibilities, Ms. Presutti is also a member of the board of the Professional Convention Management Association, and will serve as the organization's president-elect for 2006.
Ms. Presutti has been with Nikko Hotels for a year. She was formerly Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Kimpton Boutique Hotels in San Francisco.
About Nikko Hotels International
Nikko Hotels International is an international luxury hotel group operated by JAL Hotels Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan Airlines, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. JAL Hotels Co., Ltd. has 76 hotels worldwide, in Europe, the Americas and throughout Japan and the Asia/Pacific region. Through a unique global alliance with the Le Meridien hotel brand formed in 2000, Nikko Hotels' guests now have access to Le Meridien hotels worldwide, thus extending Nikko Hotels' marketing network to more than 170 hotels in over 63 countries and territories. The Nikko Hotels International partnership with Le Meridien covers all Le Meridien properties worldwide. For more information on Nikko Hotels International, visit its website, www.jalhotels.com .
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