June 29, 2016-06-29 – One& Only Resorts, the award-winning collection of ultra-luxury resorts has announced the appointment of Viktoria Riley as Director of Sales and Marketing, One &Only Ocean Club, effective immediately.
In her new role, Riley will direct and oversee the iconic resort’s sales and marketing teams and be responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve the resort’s objectives.
“Viktoria’s leadership in developing and executing sales and marketing initiatives in the ultra-luxury market demonstrates her incredible value to One &Only Ocean Club,” says John Conway, General Manager, One&Only Ocean Club. “Her extensive experience will be invaluable as we continue to welcome leisure and corporate guests in a variety of key target markets.”
Riley has nearly 20 years of leisure and hospitality experience, having worked in sales and marketing across the globe for Marriott International Inc., Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and Anantara Phuket Resorts.
Most recently, she was the Director of Global Sales of North America for Minor Hotel Group where she established the North America sales office, built key account relationships for the portfolio’s luxury segment, and generated brand awareness.
Long recognized as one of the world’s most exclusive resorts, the iconic One &Only Ocean Club unveiled resort wide enhancements, including a complete redesign of the Hartford Wing and the introduction of the new infinity-edge Ocean Pool and Ocean Pool Grill, in November 2015.
Most recently, the resort welcomed Carlo Milano for One&Only, a new retail experience for its fashion-forward guests.
Created exclusively for the ultra-luxury resort market, One &Only Resorts are conceived as hallmarks of excellence.
Set in some of the most beautiful locales in the world, each award-winning resort offers guests a distinctive style and personality borne of its local culture, a genuine hospitality and a lively energy that is unrivalled.
These properties include One &Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives; One &Only Le Saint Géran in Mauritius; One &Only Royal Mirage and One &Only The Palm in Dubai; One &Only Ocean Club in The Bahamas, One &Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico, One &Only Cape Town in South Africa and One &Only Hayman Island, Great Barrier Reef and Emirates One &Only Wolgan Valley in The Blue Mountains in Australia.
One&Only has also announced plans to develop and operate five new One &Only resorts, in Sanya, Hainan, China; in Montenegro, which will be the first property for the collection in Europe, Bahrain and two new resorts in Mexico.