| SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- (January 25, 2005 )— Steven
A. DeFelice has been appointed director of sales and marketing for Hyatt
Regency San Antonio located in downtown San Antonio, Texas on the River
Walk at the historic Paseo del Alamo. DeFelice is responsible for
the strategic sales and marketing efforts for the 632-room hotel and its
40,000-square feet of meeting and event space. A seasoned hotel-industry
executive, DeFelice comes to Hyatt Regency San Antonio from New Orleans,
La., where he served as market director for the sales and marketing efforts
of the Marriott and Renaissance hotels of New Orleans.
 DeFelice
began his career in the hospitality industry in 1984 as a front desk supervisor
at the Riverwalk Marriott in San Antonio. During his 20 years in the industry,
DeFelice has held numerous hotel management positions including restaurant
manager for the Riverwalk Marriott in San Antonio; restaurant manager and
catering manager for the J.W. Marriott in Houston, Texas; catering sales
manager for the Columbia Marriott in Columbia, S.C.; senior sales manager
for the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas; director
of corporate sales for the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas;
director of group sales for Marriott’s Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala.;
director of leisure marketing for Marriott’s Southwestern Desert Resorts
in Phoenix, Ariz.; and director of sales and marketing for the New Orleans
Marriott in New Orleans, La.
DeFelice earned degrees in criminal justice, business and sociology
from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. A native
of San Antonio, he currently resides in Schertz, Texas.
Hyatt Regency San Antonio is located in downtown San Antonio, Texas,
on the River Walk at the historic Paseo del Alamo. A spectacular
16-story garden atrium rises over a cascading waterway welcoming guests
to the hotel’s 632 guestrooms including 28 suites and Hyatt Business Plan®
accommodations, and 40,000 square feet of function space.
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