TAW Editor-in-Chief Ken Shapiro (left)
with Rene van Balderen, G.M. of Villa del Arco
Media and industry guests were on hand for the official grand
opening of the Villa del Arco Beach Resort & Spa in Cabo San
Lucas earlier this month. The weekend-long festivities, which
included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, brought out VIPs representing
tour operators, hotels, airlines and more. The 231-suite Villa del
Arco, Villa Group’s third hotel in Cabo sits next door to the
company’s Villa La Estancia and Villa del Palmar properties on
popular Medano Beach. Villa del Arco is designed for an upscale,
family-friendly clientele.
The weekend also saw the opening of the resort’s Desert Spa, one
of the most state-of-the-art facilities in all of Baja.
So Cal Agents Hit
Jamaica
Agents from Southern California traveled to Jamaica this June for
a fam trip sponsored by Island Outpost. The objective of the trip
was to showcase two very unique properties, the Caves in Negril and
Jakes on Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s South Coast. The fam also
included a tour of the Appleton Rum Factory and a Black River
safari.
*Back row (left to right): Rosalena Huarcaya, Carefree
Vacations; Patty Reeder-Shackeroff, Beachside Travel; Carol
McConnell, Around the Globe Travel; Chris DeRose, First Travel of
California; Gary Francesconi, Travel Store; Carla Feliciano, First
Tee Promotions. Front row (left to right): Sissy Alexander, Timely
Travel; Geraldine Harvey, League Marketing; Rick Lozano, Air
Jamaica
New Senior Sales
Manager at Sheraton
Tiffany Gilhuly has been appointed senior sales manager at the
Sheraton Kauai Resort. In her new position, Gilhuly will lead
domestic and international wholesale and travel agent sales, as
well as soliciting new and existing group business accounts.
Gilhuly began her career with Starwood five years ago as
catering sales manager for the Westin Atlanta North. She was most
recently the complex sales manager for the W New Orleans and the W
French Quarter.
