Rendezvous amps up Corporate Sales With senior appointment

Monday, July 28, 2008

Craig Gosling

Rendezvous Hotels & Resorts International (Rendezvous) is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Gosling to the newly created position of Vice President Corporate Sales.

Craig is now responsible for the retention and growth of Rendezvous' corporate account base and the introduction of key account management. Craig comes to Rendezvous with a strong background in corporate sales across a number of high profile hotel groups, including his last role at Mirvac Hotels & Resorts. He is a consistent high performer in both key account acquisition and management and his successes have been recognised within the industry via the Marriott award for Global Sales and Revenue Team of the Year in 2005.

In addition to Craig's appointment, promotions within Rendezvous' executive structure will further strengthen its group sales and marketing team, headed by Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Michael Meade.

Chitra Randhawa

Chitra Randhawa - Vice President Leisure Sales

Chitra Randhawa, who joined Rendezvous last year as the Vice President Sales - Corporate and International, has now moved to the role of Vice President Leisure Sales. Chitra's new role covers inbound sales to Australia and New Zealand, outbound sales from Australia and New Zealand, and international sales for hotels in other countries.

Kerry Reynolds - Vice President Relationship Marketing

Kerry Reynolds has been promoted to position of Vice President Relationship Marketing in acknowledgement of her success in her previous role as Group Manager Strategic Alliances. Kerry will continue to strengthen the group's alliances, such as frequent flyer programs, and will also be introducing the group's new loyalty program in 2009.

Kerry Renolds BNE

Rendezvous Chief Executive Alan Featherby says, "Rendezvous is very pleased to announce Craig's appointment and the repositioning of key executives. By redefining our core group sales and marketing structure we look forward to welcoming and strengthening both business and consumer based relationships across the board. These three marketing executives bring a wealth of experience to the group and, working in collaboration, will become a force to be reckoned with within the industry".