Chris Riccardi Adds VP of Global Sales of ALHI Global Sales Organization Responsibilities (United States)
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Chris Riccardi Adds VP of Global Sales of ALHI Global Sales Organization Responsibilities (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Careers -
Appointments
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2012-11-29
Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has promoted Chris Riccardi to Vice President of Global Sales. In his new position he is responsible for leading ALHI’s Global Sales Specialist team, which helps serve North American meeting professionals, association executives, incentive specialists, and business executives with Global destination expertise services and support, specifically for outbound meetings, incentives and conventions to ALHI destinations outside of North America. This new responsibility coincides with Riccardi’s ongoing responsibilities as the Regional Vice President – West Region for ALHI. The announcement of his promotion was made by ALHI President and CEO David Gabri.
ALHI (www.alhi.com) is a prestigious Global Sales Organization (GSO) that serves the meetings and incentive marketplace with its membership of more than 140 Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts worldwide, which includes 27 exceptional hotels and resorts outside of the U.S. ALHI’s portfolio features more than 100,000 rooms and over 10 million square feet of meeting and function space, to serve planners with programs requiring from 10 rooms to more than 6,500 rooms.
Based in ALHI’s Southern California Global Sales Office, in Rancho Santa Margarita, Riccardi has been with ALHI for nearly nine years. He joined ALHI in 2004, when he was brought in to open the organization’s West Region Sales Office. He then was promoted to Vice President of Sales for ALHI’s West Region, and then to Regional Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining ALHI he was with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company for eight years.
Riccardi is an active member of MPI Orange County, having served on the Board as the Director of Advisory Council and the Director of Community Outreach. In addition to being an active volunteer in the hospitality industry, he also has been an active volunteer in Scouts, AYSO Soccer, Little League, and NJB Basketball. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and Masters Degree in Hotel, Restaurant Tourism Administration from the University of South Carolina. He may be reached at (949) 709-0951 or criccardi@alhi.com.
“Chris is an exceptional sales professional who is the perfect person to lead our new Global Sales Specialist team,” said Gabri. “He will continue to oversee ALHI’s sales efforts and sales professionals in the expanded Western U.S. Region, and will now also direct our valuable resource team for planners who wish to coordinate programs outside of the U.S.”
Meeting professionals have chosen ALHI’s Global Sales services for more than 25 years, for reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels and resorts for meetings and incentive/recognition programs. There is no cost to planners’ organizations to utilize the ALHI GSO services, expertise, and account advocacy, as its members’ dues fund the Global Sales Organization to best serve planners with local professionals.
Member hotels include extraordinary Four- and Five-Diamond quality meeting and incentive resorts, incomparable city hotels, exclusive smaller hotels, golf resorts, historic and landmark properties, island destinations, resorts with spas, properties in international destinations, and hotels with world-class gaming and entertainment.
For a list of ALHI’s entire portfolio, visit ALHI’s website www.alhi.com, and preview details of ALHI’s membership, including easily useful information on several defined specialty segments within the ALHI portfolio to serve distinctive meeting, convention and incentive travel needs. On the website, planners can quickly see details of the properties’ meeting, accommodation, recreational and dining offerings, as well as destination information and “Luxury on Sale” value opportunities. A photo gallery, meeting floor plans and specs, and a location map for each property are also easily available.
ALHI has 16 professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state). Go to www.alhi.com to identify the “ALHI Team” sales professionals in your state/area.
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