Millennium Annouces Five New Personnel Appointments
NEW YORK, NY, March 6, 2006. Millennium Hotels and Resorts has announced the appointment of new personnel: Inge Spindola who joins as global director group and incentive sales for Millennium's corporate division based in Chicago, Richard Lofria who has been appointed director of sales and marketing for the Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Keith Falco who joins the Millennium Harvest House as its new executive chef, and Lurdes Munoz, the Millennium Biltmore Hotel's new executive meeting manager. Emily Mizrahie also joins Munoz at the Biltmore where she has been appointed national sales manager.
As director of group sales, Inge Spindola will primarily be involved in sales and marketing endeavors targeted towards the association and government sector markets. She was previously attached to the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina as the property's account director responsible for qualifying, developing and maintaining a client base in a wide range of markets in the Midwest. Spindola also spent time with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in a variety of positions including serving as regional sales manager and director of national accounts. During her time at Hyatt she consistently produced sales results of $10-$12 million, implemented and directed coordination of sales blitzes, familiarization trips and coordinated training classes for her sales managers. Spindola's achievements have been recognized by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) who named her 1994 Supplier of the Year for the MPI Sunbelt Chapter. She is a graduate of Loyola University, Chicago.
Richard Lofria, a hospitality industry veteran of 15 years will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day sales and marketing functions for the Millennium Bostonian including providing direction on group sales. He joins the hotel from the Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel in Boston where he was the director of sales and marketing. During his time there, he helped produce strong annual sales figures including revenues of $5 million for 2005. Prior to joining Hampton Inn, Lofria also held the director of sales and marketing position at Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotels and was responsible for the management of the corporate sales department. Lofria began his career in the hospitality industry as a sales manager with the Ramada Inn in Woburn, Massachusetts.He is a graduate of Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association.
Keith Falco joins the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder from Lifestyles Catering, a private company that specializes in wedding and cocktail receptions and gourmet banquets. During his time there, he oversaw the operations for the hot and cold food services as well as managing four separate departments that produced hors d'oeuvres and boxed lunches. Falco had also served as head chef and executive chef for the Nicois Restaurant which is the creation of chef Kevin Taylor, renowned for his creative and unpretentious approach to American cuisine. Falco began his career with Mario's Via Abruzzi and with just a kitchen team of four, he produced two to three banquets a day for a total of between 50 to 400 persons. He is a graduate of the prestigious New York Restaurant School.
The Millennium Biltmore's new executive meetings manager has 15 years of sales experience. Lurdes Munoz was previously attached with the sales department at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. Prior to that she had worked with Thistle Hotels, one of the U.K. largest hotel chains as the company's director of travel and district sales. She has also held the positions of senior sales manager with the Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica and the Holiday Inn in Ponse, Puerto Rico.
The Millennium Biltmore's new national sales manager, Emily Mizrahie has over 20 years of sales experience. She has extensive knowledge and networks in the Los Angeles area having previously worked with hotels in the Anaheim and Los Angeles city centre areas.
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