Sam McDiarmid has been appointed as Director of Business Development, Agency Sales at Shangri-La Hotels And Resorts

Sam McDiarmid
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has announced the appointment of Sam McDiarmid to the role of director of business development, agency sales. McDiarmid joins Shangri-La from the Plaza Hotel, New York, where he held the role of travel industry sales manager, handling the North American leisure, business travel and entertainment markets. Prior to his time at the Plaza Hotel, McDiarmid held several sales positions throughout the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, including a regional role representing the company’s three hotels in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. McDiarmid began his hospitality career with Marriott, where he held a variety of roles including a position within the Marriott global sales organization as group sales manager selling Marriott full service hotels in North and South Carolina, and West Virginia. His hotel career began as front desk agent at the Marriott City Center Charlotte, where he discovered his love of the hospitality industry.
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Shangri-La Group is one of the world’s premier developers, owners and operators of hotel and investment properties which comprises office buildings, commercial real estate and serviced apartments/residences. The Group’s other principal activities include hotel management services as well as property development for sale. It currently owns and/or manages over 100 hotels globally in more than 75 destinations under the Shangri-La, Kerry, Hotel Jen...