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SunSwept Resorts Names Julian Ayers G.M. At LeSPORT and Philip Cardnell  G.M. at Rendezvous
Michael Bryant Named Director of Sales and Marketing 
for SunSwept Resorts

 
Castries, St. Lucia (September 27, 2000) - Julian Ayers has been named General Manager at LeSPORT and Philip Cardnell has replaced him as General Manager at Rendezvous. The appointments are effective immediately and were made by Craig Barnard, Managing Director for SunSwept Resorts, which owns and manages both of these St. Lucia properties.

Ayers had been General Manager at Rendezvous since April 1998. Prior to that, in 1997, he joined the Parkroyal Sanur Bali in Indonesia as Food and Beverage Director and, from 1994-1997, he was General Manager at the Crathorne Hall Hotel in North Yorkshire, England. During his tenure there, the property was honored with the Automobile Association�s Hotel of the Year award for England (1995).

Other hotel experience included positions in England; in Scotland, at Gleneagles; and at F.D.R. Resorts on Jamaica.

Ayers received a Higher National Diploma in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management from Suffolk College in Ipswich, England.
 

Philip Cardnell comes to Rendezvous from the Rex St. Lucian Hotel where he was General Manager since March 1999. While there, he oversaw a multi-million dollar refurbishment and re-development of the hotel and was a Director of the St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association.

Previous experience included positions at several hotels in England. From 1998-1999 he was General Manager atthe Chatsworth Hotel in Worthing and, prior to that, Catering Services Manager 


Rendezvous
St. Lucia

 
at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, which he joined in 1996. Earlier posts were at the Marine Hotel in Salcombe, the Carlton in Bournemouth and the Meon Valley Hotel Golf and Country Club in Southampton. 

Cardnell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management from the University of Portsmouth, England.

Michael Bryant has been named Director of Sales and Marketing 
for SunSwept Resorts 

The appointment was made by Craig Barnard, Managing Director of SunSwept, and is effective immediately.

His responsibilities entail the coordination of all sales and marketing activities for SunSwept Resorts= three all-inclusive properties: LaSOURCE, Grenada and LeSPORT and Rendezvous, St. Lucia. This includes directing the sales team, working with travel agencies and tour operators and coordinating all advertising and public relations activities for the resorts.   

Bryant brings 23 years� hotel experience to the position. Since 1995, he was General Manager of LeSPORT, where he oversaw a comprehensive refurbishment in 1999 that also increased the number of rooms by 50%. While he was at LeSPORT, the hotel won several awards. Previously, Bryant served as General Manager at leading hotels in England, including the award-winning St. Martins Hotel on the Scilly Isles, the Manor House Hotel in Devon and the Queens Hotel in Penzance. 

Prior to this, his experience included managerial positions at other hotels in England, Gambia and Mallorca, Spain.

Bryant graduated from the Birmingham (England) College of Food and Domestic Art and has a degree in Hotel and Catering Management.  

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Contact:
Marilyn Marx / MMPR
(212) 288-0749
[email protected]

Also See LeSPORT, St. Lucia, Completes a Comprehensive $9 million Refurbishment and Enhancement / Jan 2000 


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