New York, New York – February 18, 2016 – sbe Hotel Group, the Los Angeles-based leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-wining hospitality venues, announces the appointment of Paul Sposare as Area Director of Sales & Marketing for The Redbury New York and SLS Park Avenue. In his new role, Sposare will provide strategic leadership for the continued evolution of sbe Hotel Group’s award-winning hotels, overseeing all of the marketing and sales efforts for the two new hotel locations opening in 2016 in New York City. Under Sposare’s guidance, sbe Hotel Group plans to transform the Martha Washington Hotel into The Redbury New York, a 256-room destination in early 2016.

With over two decades of luxury hotel experience, Sposare brings the highest level of expertise to the sbe Hotel Group. Most recently Sposare served as Director of Sales & Marketing at Trump International Hotel & Tower New York for four years. Sposare’s vast experience comprised of leadership roles at notable hotels across the country including the Bardessono Napa Valley, the Arctic Club Hotel Seattle, the Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle, San Francisco's historic Clift Hotel and Sheraton Cerritos in Los Angeles. Additionally, Sposare spent a total of 13 years in sales and catering management roles at Seattle's Sorrento Hotel, first as its Director of Catering, then as Director of Sales and Marketing.

“Paul’s extensive credentials in hospitality speak for themselves, and we are thrilled to have him join our growing team of innovators,” comments Arash Azarbarzin, President of SBE Hotel Group. “We look forward to his leadership as we enter the incredibly important New York market with the launch of Redbury New York & SLS Park Avenue in the coming months.”

Sposare received a DJT Award for Trump Hotel Collection in 2012. He attended the University of Washington where he studied Business Education before pursuing his hotel career.