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Appointment Sales & Marketing

Katie Vanes has been appointed as Public Relations & Social Media Manager at Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay

Starwood
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States
Katie Vanes
Vanes will oversee the resort’s social media and visitor engagement efforts and project the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay as the top resort destination for visitors from the mainland and around the Pacific Rim. Vanes is an award-winning public relations professional with a background in strategic communications, marketing, media relations and crisis communications. Before joining Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay, Vanes was an account executive for Becker Communications in Honolulu where she planned and implemented strategic communications and marketing efforts for various accounts, including Waikiki Aquarium, Legends in Concert and Duke’s Waikiki. She has extensive experience in tourism, health, land use, energy and manufacturing fields. For nearly three years Vanes was media relations manager at the historic Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard where she was involved in several high-profile national media campaigns involving the celebrated renovation of the USS Missouri and annual December 7 “Pearl Harbor Day” ceremonies. Her new position with the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay marks her return to the Starwood Hotels & Resorts ohana (family). In 2008, she was a public relations intern at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Waikiki where she coordinated and secured media coverage for the Sheraton Princess Ka‘iulani Hotel and was involved in marketing and public relations events and activities connected to The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection Resort. Vanes received a bachelor’s degree in integrated communications from Butler University in Indianapolis and was awarded a Master of Arts With Distinction in Communication from Hawaii Pacific University. She is a member of the American Marketing Association – Hawaii.
Sales & Marketing USA & Canada United States Hawaii Kailua-Kona
Starwood
Hotel Group

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 1,200 properties in some 100 countries and over 180,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St.