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 Isabel Gracia Named Director of Sales at One&Only
Ocean Club on Paradise Island
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Paradise Island, The Bahamas, August 19, 2005 � One&Only Resorts has announced the appointment of Isabel Gracia as Director of Sales at One&Only Ocean Club, the treasured Bahamian hideaway located on Paradise Island.  Ms. Gracia has 10 years of experience in the international luxury resort industry and comes to the resort after a successful two-year tenure as Associate Director of Sales at the highly-acclaimed Mandarin Oriental Miami.
 
As Ms. Gracia has shown in previous positions, one of her greatest strengths is her ability to increase revenue through targeted group sales.  Ms. Gracia will be instrumental in continuing to secure elite incentive and meeting groups as well as introducing the resort to new market segments.
 
Commented Tim Roby, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for parent company Kerzner International, �Ms. Gracia�s understanding of cultures and her fluency in many languages will be an asset as we attract more diverse and international groups to One&Only Ocean Club.�
 
Prior to joining One&Only Ocean Club, along with her successful tenure at Mandarin Oriental Miami, Ms. Gracia has held positions at The Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caribbean & Mexico.   She attended the University of San Jose, Costa Rica where she specialized in liberal arts and languages, and the School of Tourism in Rome, Italy.
 
Ms. Gracia commented, �I am looking forward to working with the renowned One&Only Ocean Club, and am eager to bring my expertise to the resort and oversee its sales efforts.�
 
About One&Only Ocean Club

One&Only Ocean Club, once Shangri-La, the exclusive private estate of Huntington Hartford, has emerged at the turn of the 21st century, after a $100 million renaissance, as one of the most elegant luxury resorts in the Americas.  Intimate in size, placing the highest priority of pampering personalized attentiveness, the resort offers 106 luxurious accommodations including beachfront and garden-view rooms, suites, cottages and three private villas in a gracious colonial Bahamian style, with round-the-clock butler service and luxurious touches such as champagne and strawberries in the afternoon and icy sorbet served on the beach.  
 
The One&Only Ocean Club�s signature restaurant, Dune, is the creation of uber-chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who has virtually redefined fine dining in the tropics.  The sumptuous One&Only Spa features a fusion of ancient Asian holistic philosophies with uniquely Bahamian hospitality and serene, lush surroundings with private spa villas for one or two, while the championship 18-hole Ocean Club Golf Course designed by Tom Weiskopf, a tennis club, a freshwater pool overlooking the resort�s renowned Versailles-inspired gardens, and an extensive menu of water sports offer other recreational options.  A new executive boardroom and family pool also recently opened at the property.
 
About One&Only Resorts
Created exclusively for the luxury resort market, One&Only Resorts are conceived as hallmarks of excellence.  Set in some of the most beautiful locales in the world, each award-winning resort offers guests a distinctive style and personality borne of its local culture, a genuine hospitality and a lively energy that is unrivalled.  These properties include the spectacular new One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives; One&Only Kanuhura also in the Maldives; One&Only Le Saint Géran, and One&Only Le Touessrok with its new villas and championship golf course in Mauritius; One&Only Royal Mirage in Dubai; One&Only Ocean Club in The Bahamas and One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico. A further One&Only is under development in Cape Town, due to open in late 2007. 

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Contact:

One&Only Resorts
www.oneandonlyresorts.com

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Also See: André Boersma and Hector de Galardas Named to General Manager Positions with Kerzner's One&Only Resorts / July 2005
Kerzner Building 88 Condominiums On the East End of Paradise Island Near One&Only Ocean Club / March 2005


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