Benchmark Names Diana Bright Director of National Accounts for Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort
HOUSTON, TX. July 21, 2015 - The Woodlands, Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Diana Bright director of national accounts for Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort. Darren Law, general manager of the property, which is a Benchmark Resort located oceanside on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, made the announcement.
"I am so pleased to formally welcome Diana to the island and our resort," stated Mr. Law. "An exemplary and award-winning sales professional, she is a terrific addition to the property's sales and marketing team."
Diana Bright was previously account director, northeast, for the St. Regis Aspen Resort Hotel in Aspen, Colorado, where she received the President's Club Award for extraordinary achievement. She has held appointments with The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, where she achieved the Golden Circle.
Prior to these appointments, Ms. Bright served in sales leadership positions for Atlantis Paradise Island, the Bahamas, and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Bermuda.
About Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort, Curaçao
Located at Santa Barbara Plantation, the 350-room Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort is Curacao's premier luxury resort. Managed by Benchmark Hospitality International, the resort features sweeping water views, white sand beaches, a full-service Atabei Spa, a 24-hour fitness center, three pools, four restaurants and a dive and water sport facility. It is also home to Old Quarry - an 18-hole Pete Dye-designed championship golf course, and 38,000- square-feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, the largest on island. Part of a 1,500-acre luxury resort community nestled along Spanish Water Bay; the resort is just 25 minutes from the capital city of Willemstad. For additional information and reservations, visit www.santabarbararesortcuracao.com or call +5999-840-1243 or 1.855.590.2266.
About Benchmark Resorts & Hotels®
Benchmark Resorts & Hotels® represents the finest in lodging, dining, recreational and meeting accommodations. Many are certified by the International Association of Conference Centres, the leading professional organization governing the multi-billion dollar conference center industry on five continents, and many have also been recognized with the coveted Benchmark Conference Centers®certification of meeting excellence. Benchmark Resorts & Hotels deliver highly specialized service that anticipates guests' needs and ensures a hospitality experience unsurpassed and long remembered. www.benchmarkresortsandhotels.com.
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