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March 30, 2004
AUSTIN, TX — March 30, 2004 - Marriott International recently announced that Kyle Covington, General Manager
of the Austin Marriott North, has been awarded the Sales Leadership Award for
2003.
The Sales Leadership Award is presented to the General Manager who
exemplifies sales excellence by working with his sales team in achieving the
highest sales growth in their market, compared to competitors. This is the
second consecutive Sales Leadership Award for Covington and his team.
Covington and his team have adopted a unique approach to sales. According to
Covington, “All customers do business with people they like. We find the
positives in everyone to ensure that we can genuinely like them, then we build
relationships that will weather the storm and test of time. We ensure that our
relationships make us the hotel of choice in our market.”
After graduating from the State University of New York, Covington began his
career as an Accountant with Marriott, and in the ten years since then, has held
positions of progressive responsibility at three Marriott hotels. He helped open
the Dallas/Ft. Worth Marriott South in 2000 before becoming General Manager of
the Austin Marriott North in 2001. Covington resides in Austin with his wife,
Lisa, and children Tyler, Austin and Kaitlyn.
Located in the new La Frontera Net.Plex E-Business Center at the intersection
of IH 35 and Hester's Crossing, the Austin Marriott North offers an upscale
design in a premier location. As part of the La Frontera E-commerce Park, the
Austin Marriott North is convenient to Dell, Hewlett Packard, State Farm,
Dupont, Emerson, Xerox, and IBM. For more information, call 512-733-6767, or
visit their website at www.austinmarriottnorth.com.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading worldwide
hospitality company with nearly 2,600 lodging properties in the United States
and 66 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and
franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton,
Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn,
SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates
vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International,
Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands;
operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing
through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The
company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has approximately 129,000
employees, and was ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one
of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. For more information or
reservations, please visit the web site at www.marriott.com.
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