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Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa
at Keauhou Bay
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Media Release
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SHERATON KONA RESORT & SPA
WELCOMES TWO TO TOP POSITIONS
Kona, Hawaii, the Big Island, 07.31.13 ~ Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay on Hawaii, the Big Island welcomes Matthew Grauso to the position of general manager and Revell Newton to the position of hotel manager at the 509-room oceanfront resort. | |
Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa General Manager Matthew Grauso
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With more than 15 years of hospitality experience, ten of them in Hawaii, Matthew Grauso brings an inclusive and energetic style of management to his promotion as general manager at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay. With operational and management experience ranging from human resources to front office and rooms, Grauso, originally from Long Island, N.Y., was most recently hotel manager at the 1,695-room Sheraton Waikiki.
As general manager at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa, Grauso will lead efforts to fully align the 22-acre resort with its rich history and cultural roots while providing a world-class experience for guests.
Grauso holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management and Tourism from State University of New York at Plattsburg.  | |
Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa Hotel Manager Revell Newton
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Hotel manager Revell Newton has spent nearly 20 years as a leader on sales and marketing teams at some of the top hotels and resorts in Hawaii. In September 2003, he became the first executive team member at (then) Sheraton Keauhou Resort & Spa as its director of sales and marketing.
In 2007, Newton was promoted to the position of complex director of sales and marketing for Starwood Hotels in Waikiki.
Returning to the Big Island and promoted to the position of hotel manager at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa, he will be overseeing day to day operations at the resort.
Newton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with a minor in Japanese from San Jose State University, California.
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Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa honors the culture, history, and people of Hawaii. By sharing stories of the land through personal connections, art, and cuisine guests are left with a profound sense of place that lasts a lifetime. Unique cultural tours and The Flying Fish activity outfitters present guests the opportunity to experience Hawaii's culture from those who were born and raised here so that they find a connection to this place unlike any experienced before. With the resort's $20 million renovation completed in 2012, dining concepts now include Rays on the Bay, the only restaurant in the world with manta ray viewing. Upgrades were made to the resort's 485 guest rooms and 24 suites, public areas and meeting space. Centrally located with easy access to Hawaii Island's greatest adventures, Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa is the natural epicenter of Hawaii's vibrant culture where visitors walk the land of Hawaii's greatest kings or enjoy a massive fantasy pool, slide and waterfalls, sumptuous dining, luxurious Hoola Spa, complimentary fitness center, and a romantic bayside wedding chapel and gardens.
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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 Starwoodhawaii.com. About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,134 properties in nearly 100 countries and 171,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood 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 M�ridien�, Sheraton�, Four Points� by Sheraton, Aloft�, and ElementSM. The Company boasts one of the industry's leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com. (Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and involve risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties are presented in detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that results and events will not materially differ. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.)
This document does not include diacritical markings for Hawaiian words because not all computers are able to reproduce these markings or true fonts in normal text.
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