Kerzner International Strengthens Senior Sales and Marketing Team

With the opening of Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai in September 2008 and the forthcoming openings of three additional One&Only Resorts in Cape Town, Costa Rica and Zanzibar, Kerzner International has strengthened its sales and marketing team.

The company has appointed David Spooner as Senior Vice President, Sales, Kerzner International, and Jennifer Ploszaj as Vice President, Marketing, One&Only Resorts. Both will be based in Kerzner’s UK office reporting to Helen McCabe-Young, Chief Marketing Officer of One&Only Resorts and Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai.

Spooner, who will oversee international sales, including both One&Only and Atlantis brands, joined Kerzner on 1 May with 17 years experience in the hospitality industry. Most recently he held the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing, EMEA, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s European head office in London. David has also worked at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and at Sheraton Luxury Collection Hotels where he began his career in 1991.

Ploszaj recently joined One&Only Resorts with 15 years of brand marketing and communications experience. Previously, Ploszaj oversaw global brand communications and public relations for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the luxury brand of InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, a FTSE-100 company. Before relocating to London with InterContinental, Ploszaj was Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Noble House Hotels & Resorts, a privately-held boutique resort company based in Seattle, Washington.

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