Mark Wilson has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing of The Roosevelt in New Orleans which will be reopened as a Waldorf=Astoria Collection hotel in the Spring of 2009. Mark most recently served as the Director of Marketing of the Royal Sonesta Hotel. A twenty-three-year hospitality veteran, Mark began his career with the San Francisco Hilton. From there, he has held various management positions in New Orleans at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside, ITT Sheraton, and Fairmont. In St. Louis, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Adam’s Mark Hotels. Mark earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Tulane University and is also a graduate of the University of Denver. For the last three years he has been President of the French Quarter Business Association and is on the Board of Forest Essentials Inc. When the...
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