westdrift Manhattan Beach, an Autograph Collection Hotel, is pleased to announce the appointment of Larry Jones as Director of Sales & Marketing. With more than two decades of experience in sales, marketing and catering, as well as operations and revenue management for properties across Southern California and the Midwest, Jones leads a team of four in fashioning innovative strategies to garner new and repeat business from meetings and events clientele, while heightening awareness of westdrift among business and leisure travelers, and the surrounding community.