Ellen AdelmanHotel Californian’s strategic marketing and sales director, Ellen Adelman joins the Hotel Californian team to lead the sales, marketing and public relations efforts for the grand opening of the hotel and to promote the property to meeting and wedding planners and the incentive and group markets. Adelman previously served as the vice president of marketing and sales for the opening of The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California and as the vice president of sales and marketing for the Shutters at the Beach and Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California. Adelman has also served as the chief marketing and sales consultant for the opening of six new luxury properties around the world.