After nearly 50 years of delivering free meals to the homebound along the Grand Strand, Mobile Meals is in a rut. It needs a website, some publicity, a steady source of funding, more partners, more clients.
Dave Martinez, Director of Sales and Marketing for Fairmont Dallas, was eager to promote Christina Mertz to Director of Catering and Conference Services from her previous role as Assistant Director of Catering & Conference Services, a role in which she was instrumental to the overall success of the team. Reporting to the Director of Sales and Marketing, Mertz will oversee Catering and Conference Services for the 545-room hotel, which is home to several majo r annual conferences in Dallas.Mertz brings over twenty years of experience to the position, including experience from several previous roles in management positions in Catering and Conference Service Departments. She has previously served as the Director of Special Events at Goldman Properties in Miami, FL, Senior Catering & Group Sales Manager at both The Setai and The Raleigh Hotel, and Director of Catering and Convention Services at W South Beach.
“Everyone has a story about the Biltmore,” says Elise Shatraw, Senior Catering sales Manager and Wedding Coordinator at the Graduate (nee Biltmore). “When