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Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection Expands Its Opening Team: Chris White Joins As Senior Director Of Marketing
待望の高級リゾートが、2019年後半のオープニングにあたり、新たなセールスおよびマーケティング部門代表の任命を発表しました。
HAWAII ISLAND, HAWAII (May 15, 2019) – Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection announces the latest sales and marketing leadership appointments, joining Vice President and General Manager Sanjiv Hulugalle of the all-new ultra-luxurious resort set to debut late-2019. Mauna Lani welcomes Chris White as Senior Director of Marketing, leading the sales and marketing efforts, along with hospitality and Hawaii veterans Mika Hara, Michelle Edwards, and sales experts Robin Killett and Elisa Pak, to round out the team.
“I’m delighted to have Chris at the helm of the sales and marketing efforts, matched by a dynamic and experienced team of industry mavens with the likes of Mika, Michelle, Robin, and Elisa – who each bring a wealth of luxury hospitality expertise, forward-thinking strategies, and innate business sense to their respective areas of proficiency, along with an affinity for Hawaiian culture and Hawaii Island’s active lifestyle pursuits,” said Sanjiv Hulugalle, Vice President and General Manager of Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection. “This senior sales and marketing leadership team will be instrumental as we introduce a new era of wonder here on Hawaii Island and establish Auberge Resorts as Hawaii’s most coveted new haven and best loved resort in Hawaii.”
新しく任命された経営陣の詳細は次の通りです：
Chris White、セールスおよびマーケティング担当シニアディレクター
セールスおよびマーケティングのシニアディレクターとして、広告、販売、マーケティング、ブランドの概念化、収益の拡大など、グローバルな成長を達成するための幅広いマーケティング活動を監督します。富裕層向けのマーケティングにおいて20年以上の経験を持ち、数多くの施設運営に携わってきました。その先を見越したアプローチ、リーダーシップ、戦略的マーケティング、ブランドを立ち上げる戦術で業界から高い評価を得ているだけでなく、効率的で収益を重視するセールス部門を指揮し、数々の成功を収めています。
White joins Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection most recently from Auberge Collection Corporate where he served as Senior Director of Hotel Marketing managing the marketing and sales performance for multiple resorts within the brand’s coveted portfolio and leading parallel efforts for new developments. Prior to Auberge Collection, White served in sales and marketing leadership roles for renowned luxury brands including St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Laguna Niguel; Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Island of Hawaii; St. Regis Princeville Resort, Kauai; and Fairmont Chateau Whistler, British Columbia.
休日には、コハラコースト沿いでパドリングをしたり、エキサイティングなEバイクに乗ってリゾート周辺やワイメアの自然がそのまま残った奥地を探索しています。
Mika Hara、収益戦略担当シニアディレクター
Haraは、25年以上にわたるホスピタリティ業界での経験を生かして、マウナ ラニの新しい役職に就任しました。収益管理が専門で、ホテルの運営およびセールスの経験もあります。最近では、7年間にわたりフォーシーズンズ リゾート フアラライで収益および収益管理担当ディレクターを務めました。在職中、彼女の指揮によりこの施設は同ブランドにおいてトップ3のリゾートのひとつとなり、同社で最高の販売可能客室売り上げを達成しました。また、フォーシーズンズホテル サンフランシスコ、フォーシーズンズホテル ビバリーウィルシャー、フォーシーズンズリゾート マウイ、グランド ワイレアリゾートなど評判の高い高級リゾートおよびホテルで、収益部門の管理職を歴任しました。
旅行や料理が大好きで、新しい土地で食べ物や飲み物を楽しめる場所を探すのが趣味で、本場の雰囲気を味わったり、自宅で楽しんでいます。家族とともに、ハワイ島のアイランド トゥ テーブル ファーマーズマーケットにもよく足を運びます。
Michelle Edwards、広報およびコミュニケーション担当ディレクター
A 13-year luxury hospitality professional, Edwards brings a wealth of public relations expertise, luxury brand know-how and innovation to the Director of Public Relations and Communications role. Edwards joins Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection most recently from Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts where she served as a strategic communications consultant for the luxury brand, working on publicity and branding campaigns for Four Seasons properties globally, including Four Seasons Resort Oahu, Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Four Seasons Resort Langkawi, Four Seasons Hotel Doha, Four Seasons Costa Rica, and Four Seasons Hotel Austin. Edwards, who has managed highly effective publicity campaigns for a myriad of hotel and restaurant openings throughout her career, has garnered global recognition for her innovation, creative vision and flawless execution in developing unique storytelling campaigns and cultivating groundbreaking experiential activations.
写真を趣味とするアウトドア派で、ほとんどの休日をパドルボードやダイビング、ハイキングなどを楽しみながら過ごしています。自分の体験をしっかり記録することも忘れません。
Robin Killett、セールス担当ディレクター
As the Director of Sales for Mauna Lani, Robin is responsible for maximizing group revenue and profitability through the sale of guest rooms, catering events, and sales initiatives, along with managing global key accounts and overseeing the group sales team. Her career spans almost 30 years in the hospitality industry, including 23 years with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. Robin brings her unparalleled knowledge of the Hawaii group landscape in the luxury market, along with her award-winning sales experience to Auberge Collection.
アートと文化に強い関心を持っているほか、テニスをこよなく愛し、たいていはテニスコートにいるか、家族が経営するラハイナギャラリーの最新の展示作品を見て過ごしています。
Elisa Pak、レジャーセールス担当ディレクター
A luxury hospitality veteran with more than 26 years of experience, Elisa Pak has been appointed Director of Leisure Sales. In her role, Pak will oversee all areas of the leisure sales department, development of strategic plans to positively impact the leisure market, including all sales efforts targeting individual travel producers, retail travel agents, consortiums, and wholesalers for the resort. Prior to joining Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection, she held the position of Senior Regional Sales Manager with Four Seasons Resorts Hawaii, which included Maui, Lanai, Hawaii Island, and Oahu. Prior to Hawaii, Pak held several key leadership positions for Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach; The Ritz Carlton Battery Park; The Pierre – A Four Seasons Hotel; and Four Seasons Hotel New York.
アドベンチャーをこよなく愛し、ジップラインやスタンドアップパドルボード、アウトリガーカヌー パドリングで自然との一体感に満ちたアウトドアスポーツを楽しんでいます。
Redefining a new era of experiential luxury on the Island of Hawaii, Mauna Lani, Auberge Collection is set to debut late-2019. Ideally located on 32 expansive oceanfront acres, marked by ancient royal fishing ponds, natural lava plains, lush tropical gardens, and bordered by alluring beaches, Mauna Lani – meaning “mountain reaching heaven,” is an inspiring spiritual haven that captures a distinct sense of place deeply rooted in rich cultural traditions, yet seamlessly blends a modern tomorrow. Nowhere in the Hawaiian archipelago is the land more powerful, more sacred, more alive, than this storied and natural place of wonder.
Mauna Lani boasts 333 contemporary guest rooms and suites, five private residences, six extraordinary restaurants and lounges, three distinct pools, a signature spa, and wellness haven, and interactive Holoholo Kids Circle – all matched by Auberge’s intuitive and gracious service. Transformational experiences, enriching cultural immersion, unrivaled amenities, and curated moments – await guests at Mauna Lani. This is all centered around the piko – an infinite circle, which reflects the area’s distinct eternal spirit, anchored by the Island of Hawaii’s five great mountains. From this singular locale, the mountains of Hualālai, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Kohala, and Maui’s Haleakalā are all visible in the distance. It is here, at the piko, Mauna Lani intrinsically links the people, the culture, and the land, to a deeply woven sense of place rooted in extraordinary core values and experiences – where friendships are fostered, families reconnect, and curiosities unfold.
For more information, please visit https: auberge.com/mauna-lani. Follow Mauna Lani on Instagram at @maunalanihawaii.
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