Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii Names Stan Hershenow Regional Director of Group Sales
HONOLULU – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii has named Stan Hershenow its regional director of group sales. In his new position, Hershenow will be responsible for maintaining and capitalizing on Starwood’s top third-party and intermediary group accounts, as well as engaging and acquiring new development opportunities. Hershenow brings more than 24 years of sales and marketing experience from across the country, predominately in the hotel and lodging industry.
“We welcome Stan back to the Starwood ohana,” said Keith Vieira, senior vice president and director of operations for Starwood in Hawaii and French Polynesia. “Stan’s expertise in both national and international markets will expand and diversify our group sales.”
Most recently, Hershenow was a services and solutions executive for the Xerox Corporation, where he managed sales of the Xerox product portfolio and increased revenues for the company in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Before joining Xerox, he was a performance solutions manager at the ITA Group.
Earlier, Hershenow worked with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., La Quinta Resort & Club, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and the Grand American Hotel Corporation. Throughout his 21 years in the hospitality industry, Hershenow managed group sales from all market segments in the United States and around the world, and was continuously ranked as one of the top sellers at each property.
“Stan has proven to be an exceptional leader throughout his well-distinguished career,” said Angela Vento, regional director of sales and marketing for Starwood in Hawaii and French Polynesia. “We are excited and confident that his wealth of experience will increase Starwood Hawaii’s group sales on a global level.” As a global account director for southeast incentive global sales at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Hershenow was recognized with the 2005 Global Sales Organization Salesperson of the Year Award and the Platinum Sales Award in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Hershenow also plans to be involved with the Society of Incentive Travel Executives and the Incentive Research Foundation.
Hershenow will be based out of St. Louis, Missouri and can be reached at [email protected] or (314) 822-0446.
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii
With 11 properties across the diverse Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii offers the best hotel destinations to celebrate romance, reconnect with family, focus on business or launch an adventure. Located on or just footsteps away from the Islands’ best beaches, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii is a collection of iconic and historic hotels and resorts – properties with expansive and breathtaking backdrops, innovative guest programming and luxurious amenities representing internationally renowned hotel brands from Sheraton, Westin, Luxury Collection and St. Regis. For more information about Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii, please call (866) 716-8140 or visit www.starwoodhawaii.com.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,025 properties in 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high-quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.