Lisa Arias has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at The Shay, a Destination by Hyatt hotel
The Shay, a Destination by Hyatt hotel, announces the appointment of Lisa Arias as director of sales and marketing. Arias, an accomplished hospitality professional with an imaginative approach to meetings and events, will be instrumental to the hotel's launch planned for fall 2021, in the heart of Culver City, Calif.'s flourishing new epicenter of entertainment, Ivy Station.
A 28-year Hyatt veteran, Arias brings invaluable expertise in business development and industry leadership to her new role at The Shay. As former regional vice president, Arias led a team of Hyatt Sales Force's most distinguished sales professionals and developed strong relationships with 300+ corporate account clients to maximize revenue opportunities across Hyatt's portfolio of more than 1,000 hotels. Arias has been recognized with various professional awards including Hyatt's prestigious Director of Sales of the Year award for large convention hotels. In her new role as director of sales and marketing at The Shay, Arias will assist a diverse set of travelers in experiencing the property's sprawling campus and develop creative programming and strategy that thoughtfully drives leisure and group business.
A California native, Arias graduated from the University of California Los Angeles and continued her love of travel with Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority as a consultant. She spent five years on the East Coast where she started her career in hospitality at Swissotel and Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston before migrating back West to start a family. Today, Lisa enjoys cheering on her son Austin at everything "teenager" and traveling to spend quality time with childhood friends in Nashville and Prescott, Arizona.