Marc Pulalet Joins MTM Luxury Lodging as Partner
Veteran hotelier joins thriving hotel management company
SEATTLE, WA, November 18, 2005. MTM Luxury Lodging announces Marc Pujalet has joined the hotel management company as partner. Pujalet will have significant operations oversight of the day-to-day business activities of existing hotels as well as primary responsibility for sales and marketing of all hotels including new hotels in Seattle, San Diego and Boston. Marc represents a significant addition to our partnership team," said Jim Treadway, CEO of MTM Luxury Lodging. "He brings more than 25 years of well-respected high-level experience in sales and marketing in the hospitality and tourism industries. Having him on board allows existing partners James Simkins and me the time to focus additional attention on growing our portfolio of hotels."
Most recently, Pujalet was president of Noble House Hotels and Resorts, an independent hotel and resort company with 12 properties throughout the United States. Previously, Pujalet served in a variety of capacities in sales and marketing with Westin Hotels which led to his position as a senior vice president of global sales and marketing for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Additionally, Pujalet served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Seattle-based MTM Luxury Lodging manages independent luxury hotels, inns and resorts ranging in size from 30 to 300 rooms with expertise in sales and marketing, revenue and expense management, quality assurance, facility management, staffing, training and compliance. MTM Luxury Lodging manages Alderbrook Resort & Spa in Union, Wash.; Freestone Inn at Wilson Ranch in Mazama, Wash.; Hotel 1000 in Seattle (opening June 2006); Cave B Inn at the gorge by George, Wash.; Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Wash.; The Woodmark Hotel and Spa in Kirkland, Wash.; a new boutique hotel in San Diego opening in summer of 2006 and the conversion of the Charles Street Jail in Boston to open in spring 2007.