Marriott ExecuStay promotes John Fenton and Elizabeth Karp

Marriott ExecuStay, the corporate housing division of Marriott International, has promoted Marriott veteran John Fenton to vice president of sales and operations, and long-time ExecuStay associate Elizabeth Karp to director of operations. Both will assume their new positions at Marriott International’s headquarters in August.

Fenton is currently regional director of Marriott Global Sales, with responsibility for the Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey offices. He began his career with Marriott in Greensboro, N.C., in 1986 and has since served as director of sales at Marriott Seaview Resort, director of marketing at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott, director of public relations and marketing communications at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, national account executive for Marriott National Accounts, and associate regional director for Marriott Strategic Accounts.

Fenton has been recognized as Sales Manager of the Quarter for the Mid-Atlantic Region, is a two-time recipient of the distinguished Tiefel Award, and has been recognized with Marriott’s prestigious Chairman’s Award, President’s Award and Golden Circle Awards. He holds a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) certification from the Convention Industry Council and serves on the CMP board of directors.

Elizabeth Karp is currently general manager for the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region of Marriott ExecuStay. She joined ExecuStay in 1996, when it was a privately-held business operating in five markets. She helped transition the business through its acquisition by Marriott in 1999; today, Marriott ExecuStay operates in 45 U.S. markets.

Karp, who earned her Certified Property Management designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) in 1996, currently serves as president-elect and will serve as 2005-2006 president of a local chapter of IREM. She is a two-time winner of Marriott ExecuStay’s General Manager of the Year Award (2002, 2003), earned Super Goal Achiever Awards in 1997 and 1998, and received ExecuStay’s Most Successful Operations Integration Award in 2001.

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