Joseph Smith has been appointed as General Manager at Marriott's Oceana Palms
Smith began his career with Marriott in 1997 at the Residence Inn Las Vegas Convention Center where he served as front desk agent. A year later, Smith progressed to manager in training at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, Calif. and then was quickly promoted to housekeeping manager at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif. In 2001, Smith joined Marriott Vacation Club as the director of services at Marriott’s Shadow Ridge in Palm Desert, Calif. where he was named manager of the year in 2002. Over the next three years, Smith served as front office manager at Marriott’s Desert Springs Villas in Palm Desert and senior manager of operations at Marriott Vacation Club International’s corporate headquarters in Orlando, Fla. In 2006, Smith left the company for a short period of time and served as director of hospitality operations for Centex Destination Properties. In his most recent role, Smith held the position of vice president of operations for TerraMesa Resorts, LLC located in Orlando where he was in charge of overseeing the daily operation of six resort communities.