Michelle Palmer Appointed Director of Sales and Marketing
Zermatt Resort & Spa, a DOLCE Conference Destination, Midway, Utah
MIDWAY, UT, July 17, 2006. Zermatt Resort & Spa, a DOLCE Hotel, Resort & Conference destination, has hired Michelle Palmer as director of sales and marketing.
As director of sales and marketing, Palmer is responsible for overseeing Zermatt's sales team, developing and implementing the marketing for Zermatt, and booking conference and corporate group events.
Palmer joins Zermatt with more than 14 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently as the associate director of sales with The Lodges at Deer Valley and The Chateaux at Silver Lake - Deer Valley Lodging. She has also served as the associate director of sales with Sundance Village, the communications manager for Park City Mountain Resort during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games where she supervised the media sub-center for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, national sales manager for Grand Summit Resort Hotel & Conference Center at The Canyons, and senior sales manager for Park City Marriott.
Palmer received her bachelor of arts in corporate communications from Trinity College, in Burlington, VT and her masters of business administration from the University of Phoenix. She has also been an active member of MPI (Meeting Professionals International) since 1997 and for two years held the position director of communications for the Utah Chapter Board of Directors.
Zermatt opened its doors June 1, 2006. The grand opening of Zermatt is scheduled for September 2006.
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