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August 1, 2001
CINCINNATI, OH — August 1, 2001 - Kent Bruggeman is
promoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Winegardner &
Hammons, Inc. (WHI), effective October 1, 2001.
Bruggeman, whose office is at WHI Corporate Office in Blue Ash (a suburb of Cincinnati), has overall
responsibilities for human resources at WHI and its more than 30 properties
nationwide.
WHI is a hotel management and development company with a progressive and successful reputation. WHI's
owned/managed portfolio includes resorts, all-suite, extended-stay, full-service
and conference-center hotels in many diverse markets across the United States
and representing most major hotel brands. For more information on WHI, visit
www.whihotels.com.
A 20-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Bruggeman has worked for WHI since 1990, most recently as
Vice President of Region I. Prior to that he was a General Manager or an
Assistant General Manager at WHI-managed hotels in Ohio, Maryland and Nevada.
According to Bruggeman: "WHI considers both customer satisfaction and human resources as top priorities. We
know that when we take care of our associates, they take care of our customers.
In my new position as Senior Vice President of Human Resources, I look forward
to working with our associates so we can continue to fulfill our mission of
meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations."
Two of the many honors that Bruggeman has received of which he is most proud were accepted when he was
General Manager of the Marriott Cincinnati-Northeast: (1) the 1999 Marriott
Hotel of the Year award and (2) the number-one ranking in the world during 1999
from Marriott International on their Associate Opinion Survey for "Overall Job
Satisfaction."
Bruggeman and his wife, Susan, reside in West Chester with their two children. He has been President of
the Warren County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and is a member of the Greater
Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau's Tourism Committee.
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 FORTUNEŽ. For more information or
reservations, please visit the web site at www.marriott.com.
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