CINCINNATI AIRPORT MARRIOTT WINS MARRIOTT EVENT MANAGEMENT SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Contact: David Smith
General Manager
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
859-586-0166
david.smith@marriott.com
Cindy Swift
National Director Business Development
Winegardner & Hammons, Inc.
513-794-2419
cindy.swift@whihotels.com
CINCINNATI AIRPORT MARRIOTT WINS MARRIOTT EVENT MANAGEMENT SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Cincinnati OH (April 13, 2009) – The sales team at the Cincinnati Airport Marriott Hotel, managed as a Marriott franchise by Cincinnati based, Winegardner & Hammons Inc., has won the 2008 Global Leadership Award as "Event Management Team of the Year – North America."
David Smith, General Manager for the Cincinnati Airport Marriott said, "Successful event management is the ultimate test of hospitality. When a team performs to the highest level, as the Cincinnati Airport Marriott Hotel sales team has to earn this award, we know they have the training, tools, product and, most of all, the spirit to excel. I applaud the team and thank them for the leadership example they offer to all of us."
The 295-room hotel is located one-half mile from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport at 2395 Progress Drive in Hebron, KY. A full-service Marriott, the hotel has 14,000 square feet of meeting space, including the International Ballroom with a capacity of 700 people and 14 breakout rooms. The on-property River City Grille & Lounge serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. In 2008 the hotel won the Cincinnati Business Journal "Best Place to Work - Hall of Fame Award."
To book your next event with this award winning team, please call the Cincinnati Airport Marriott 859-586-0166 or visit www.cincinnatiairportmarriott.com
About Winegardner & Hammons, Inc.
Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. has more than 50 years as a leading full-service hotel management company with a reputation for progressive and successful hospitality management. The WHI owned/managed portfolio includes resorts, all-suite, extended-stay, full service and conference center hotels in many diverse markets across the United States. WHI currently manages 26 hotels in the United States and is affiliated with most major hotel brands. www.whihotels.com
The mission of the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau is that of an aggressive sales, marketing, service and informational organization whose primary responsibility is to positively impact the Northern Kentucky economy through conventions, meetings and visitor expenditures. The direct economic impact of visitors’ spending in Campbell, Kenton and Boone Counties in 2007 was $325 million.