Fairmont's Carol Vail Named Hotel Sales Person of the Year
NEWPORT BEACH, CA, August 10, 2005. Fairmont Hotels & Resort's Carol Vail has been named Hotel Sales Person of the Year by HelmsBriscoe. Selected by a vote among all 700 HelmsBriscoe associates Vail grabbed top honors.
Peter Shelly, HelmsBriscoe Executive Vice President presented the company's annual partner awards at their 13th annual Business Convention last week in Las Vegas. Carol was recently appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at Fairmont's newest California luxury addition - The Fairmont Newport Beach. She leads the Southern California sales team from her most recent post as Director of Sales and Marketing at sister Fairmont property, The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess.
Randy Zumpanski, General Manager of The Fairmont Newport Beach boasts, "We are immensely proud of Carol and the accolade Helms Briscoe has bestowed. Carol is committed to creating an environment in which she and her sales team soar. I have every confidence that she will continue to be recognized as an industry leader."




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