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SPEAKING OF PEOPLE
The Augusta Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to welcome a new employee to the AMCVB staff. Renauda Willis has accepted the position of convention sales manager. Willis has more than seven years of sales experience in the hospitality industry and most recently worked in sales at the Augusta Inn & Conference Center (formerly the Holiday Inn West). Willis will be specializing in the Corporate, Government, Fraternal, Civic and Minority market segments in her new role.
Executive Director Barry White said he looked forward to putting Willis’ expertise to work promoting metro Augusta to potential visitors.
Crystal Jackson CMP, a University of Louisville graduate, with extensive sales experience at hotels ranging from the Louisville Galt House, to the Adams Mark Hotel and Marriott Center in Indianapolis, joins the Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau as a convention sales manager. Jackson will be responsible for marketing Dayton/Montgomery County to the state association, state government, and tour group market segments. Jackson’s extensive hospitality experience in multiple cities coupled with her skill sets will contribute to the Bureau’s efforts to sell Dayton/Montgomery County as a preferred meetings and vacation destination.
Holly Harrington has been named group marketing director for the Walt Disney World Resort. An eight-year Disney Cast Member, Harrington will oversee the team responsible for setting strategic direction and implementing marketing efforts that drive group business for the Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cruise Line. Prior to assuming this new role, Harrington held a variety of marketing positions with Disney, including efforts supporting the company’s advertising and employment efforts. Harrington was also marketing manager for the company’s successful Disney Vacation Club ownership business.
The Georgia World Congress Center is proud to announce the hiring of
Kevin James as sales manager. James is responsible for the implementation and management of the Georgia World Congress Center's national convention and tradeshow, corporate, public and special markets. His area of expertise includes the religious and ethnic minority marketing segments.
James, originally from Wilmington, DE, has a total of six years of experience in the sales & marketing field. He comes to the Georgia World Congress Center from the sales department of the Atlanta Convention & Visitor's Bureau (ACVB). James worked at the ACVB for a total of four years.
Rochelle Gillett has been appointed sales/communications manager for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. . In this position, she is dedicated to developing relationships with a host of media partners and providing them premier customer service. “There is a great sense of pride working for a company who is 100% dedicated to providing superior customer service to all people, and I am very fortunate to be a part of such an outstanding sales team, whose combined expertise is unsurpassed in Las Vegas,” she says. Gillett, a Las Vegas native, finds the Las Vegas hospitality industry especially rewarding and exciting, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Meeting Professional. Her hobbies include travel and adventure, reading and dancing.