Kathleen Fitzgerald Appointed VPoS Napa Valley Destination Council
May 27, 2011 - The Napa Valley Destination Council announced the recent appointment of Kathleen Fitzgerald to the position of Vice President of Sales. The Napa Valley Destination Council is the official marketing organization for the Napa Valley as a tourism destination.
Kathleen Fitzgerald brings nearly 25 years of experience in leadership roles within the Travel Industry including Incentive Tour Operations, Corporate Meeting Planning and Destination Management to the Napa Valley. In her new role, Fitzgerald will lead a sales team that will develop and qualify leads in national and international markets for group, incentive and leisure business for the destination's lodging partners.
“Kathleen is a travel industry pro with extensive experience and relationships that will enable her to significantly enhance group, incentive and leisure business for our partners and all of the visitor-serving businesses in the Napa Valley. We're very happy to have her join our team,” said Clay Gregory, President of the Napa Valley Destination Council.
About The Legendary Napa Valley
The Napa Valley is home to the founders of America's fine wine industry - legendary entrepreneurs who showed the world that the art of winemaking had crossed continents - and is prized for its natural beauty, phenomenal culinary scene, world-class hotel accommodations, robust arts community, and one-of-a-kind wellness experiences including the region's famed spas, mud baths and healing geo-thermal springs. The area was voted the World's #1 Food & Wine Destination in the recent 2010 TripAdvisor® Travelers' Choice® Awards, and is internationally recognized as one of only nine "Great Wine Capitals."
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