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CORPORATE MEDIA RELATIONS Allison Sitch Corporate Director, Public Relations The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. 4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 800 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 USA Phone: (301) 547-4784 Fax: (301) 547-4721 Email: newsroom@ritzcarlton.com Email: allison.sitch@ritzcarlton.com	ASIA Daniel Ford Regional Director Public Relations, Asia Pacific The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C. Suite 1108, Tower One, Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong Phone: + 852 3760 9219 Email: daniel.ford@ritzcarlton.com

EUROPE Marion Schumacher Regional Director of Public Relations, Europe Potsdamer Platz 3 10785 Berlin Germany Phone: 49 (0)30-337776900 Fax: 49 (0)30-337775900 Email: marion.schumacher@ritzcarlton.com	MIDDLE EAST Vivienne Gan Regional Director of Public Relations, Middle East PO Box 26525 Dubai United Arab Emirates Phone: 009714 3186721 Fax: 009714 3994309 Email: vivienne.gan@ritzcarlton.com

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Property Contacts

Lauren Rotchford
Director of Public Relations

The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples
280 Vanderbilt Beach Road
Naples, Florida 34108

Direct (239) 514-6020
Mobile (239) 580-8635
Fax (239) 514-6161
Email Lauren.Rotchford@ritzcarlton.com

Prami Pratiwi
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Bali Resort & Spa
JL. Karang Mas Sejahtera
Jimbaran, Bali 80364
Indonesia
Phone: (62) 361 702 222
Fax: (62) 361 702 455
prami.pratiwi@ritzcarlton-bali.com

Allison Sitch
Corporate Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 800
Suite 800
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
allison.sitch@ritzcarlton.com
(p) 301-547-4784
(f) 301-547-4721

Marion Schumacher
Regional Director of Public Relations, Europe
Hotel Villa Padierna
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
Potsdamer Platz 3
10785
Phone: Germany
Fax: 49 (0)30-337776900
49 (0)30-337775900

Sandra Ryder
Area Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta
3391 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 110
Atlanta, GA 30326
U.S.A.
Phone: (404) 240-7029
Fax: (404) 348-5646
sandra.ryder@ritzcarlton.com

Branko Karlezi
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago
El Alcalde 15
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
Phone: 56-2 4708515
Fax: 56-2 4708501
branko.karlezi@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter
Area Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
Miami Office
2700 Tigertail Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33327
USA
Phone: (786) 470-3400, ext 3434
Fax: (786) 470-3409
verona.carter@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter

Area Director of Public Relations, Caribbean

The Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caribbean & Mexico

2700 Tigertail Ave.

Miami, FL 33133

verona.carter@ritzcarlton.com

(p) 786-470-3434

(f) 786-470-3409

The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte at Bank of America Corporate Center
comments@ritzcarlton.com

Jennifer Oberstein
Area Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of New York & Boston
Two West Street
New York, NY 10004
USA
Phone: (212) 344-0800
Fax: (212) 344-3804
jennifer.oberstein@ritzcarlton.com

Katie Conway
Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas
1610 Lake Las Vegas Parkway
Henderson, Nevada 89011
USA
Phone: (702) 567-4721
Fax: (702) 567-4686
Mobile: (702) 823-6018
katherine.conway@ritzcarlton.com

Lynn Coletto
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland
1515 West 3rd Street
Cleveland, OH 44113 USA
Phone: (216) 623-1300
lynn.coletto@ritzcarlton.com

Bob Sullivan
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
Ten Avenue of The Arts
Philadelphia, PA 19102
USA
Phone: 215-523-8272
Fax: 215-523-8038
bob.sullivan@ritzcarlton.com

Deanne French
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
One Ritz-Carlton Drive
Dana Point, California 92629
USA
Phone: (949) 240-2000
Fax: (949) 240-0829
deanne.french@ritzcarlton.com

Claudia Hardt
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa
P.O. Box 55577
Manama
Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: +973 1758 6711
Fax: +973 1758 2457
Email: claudia.hardt@ritzcarlton.com

Laura Perez Diaz
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun
Retorno del Rey #36
Zona Hotelera
Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500
Mexico
Phone: 52 998 881 0808
laura.perez@ritzcarlton.com

Heidi Nowak
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn
300 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: 313-253-4352
Fax: 313-253-4418
Heidi.Nowak@ritzcarlton.com

Sandra Ryder
Area Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead
3391 Peachtree Road N.E., Suite 110
Atlanta, GA 30326
USA
Phone: (404) 240-7029
Fax: (404) 348-5646
sandra.ryder@ritzcarlton.com

Michelle Wan
The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai
1376 Nanjing Xi Lu
Shanghai, 200040
P.R. China
Phone: 86 21 6279-8888
Fax: 86 21 6279-8887
michelle.wan@ritzcarlton.com

Tracy Khee
Public Relations Director
168 Jalan Imbi
Kuala Lumpur, 55100
Phone: (603) 2142.8000
Fax: (603) 2145 9544
Email: tracy_khee@ritzcarlton.com.my

Diana Gil-Osorio
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
One Miramontes Point Road
Half Moon Bay, California 94019
USA
Phone: (650) 712-7000
Fax: (650) 712-7070

Jill O'Hare
Director of Sales & Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt, County Wicklow
Enniskerry
Ireland
Phone: 353 1 274 01 01
Fax: 353 1 274 01 07
jill.ohare@ritzcarlton.com

Parool K. Shah

Director of Public Relations

The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage

Pre-Opening Office (Opening Spring 2008)

69-730 Highway 111, Suite 109-B

Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

p: 760.321.8282

f: 760.318.4258

Miho Inagawa
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo
Tokyo Midtown 9-7-1, Akasaka,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6245 Japan
Phone: 81-3-6434-8100
Fax: 81-3-6434-8802
E-mail: miho.inagawa@ritzcarlton.com

Nancy Hauck
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin
Potsdamer Platz 3
10785 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 33 777 6003
Fax: +49 30 33 777 5001
nancy.hauck@ritzcarlton.com

Jennifer Blackmon
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix
2401 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85016
USA
Phone: (602) 522-6606
Fax: (602) 553-0685
Jennifer.Blackmon@ritzcarlton.com

Michelle Payer
Area Director of Public Relations
2700 Tigertail Avenue
Coconut Grove FL 33133
(p) 786-470-3424

michelle.payer@ritzcarlton.com

Evelyn Yo
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
7 Raffles Avenue, 039799 Singapore
Phone: 65 6434 5185
Fax: 65 6337 5912
Evelyn.Yo@ritzcarlton.com

Craig Schoninger
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
4750 Amelia Island Parkway
Amelia Island, FL 32034
T: 904-277-1081
F: 904-277-1145
craig.schoninger@ritzcarlton.com

Steven H. Holt
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch
0130 Daybreak Ridge
P.O. Box 9190
Avon, CO 81620
USA
Phone: (970) 343-1010
Fax: (970) 748-6300
steven.holt@ritzcarlton.com

Lauren Cason
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
2121 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
Direct: (214) 922-4715
Fax: (214) 922-4702
lauren.cason@ritzcarlton.com

Char Schroeder
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
921 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
USA
Phone: (504) 524-1331
Fax: (504) 670-2863
char.schroeder@ritzcarlton.com

Kristina Vinzing
Manager Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg
Stadtbruecke
38440 Wolfsburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 5361 606023
Fax: +49 (0) 5361 608005
Email: kristina.vinzing@ritzcarlton.com

Valerie Lipscomb
Public Relations Coordinator

The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
One Lake Oconee Trail
Greensboro, Georgia 30642

Hotel: (706) 467-0600
Direct Phone Line: (706) 467-7044
Fax Line: (706) 467-601

valerie.lipscomb@ritzcarlton.com

Sergey Logvinov
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow
Tverskaya street 3
Moscow 125009
Russia
Tel.: +7 495 225 8888
Mob.: +7 909 646 8822
Fax.: +7 495 225 8400
Email: sergey.logvinov@ritzcarlton.com

Jay Hong
Manager of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Seoul
602 Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu
135-080, Korea
Phone: (82) (2) 3451-8237
Fax: (82) (2) 3451-8238
jay.hong@ritzcarlton.com

Emmie J. Lancaster-Wingler
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey (Los Angeles)
4375 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Direct (310) 574-4360
Hotel (310) 823-1700
Cell (310) 804-5925
Fax (310) 574-4258
emmie.j.lancaster@ritzcarlton.com

Bonnie Crail
Crail Communications

Phone: (702) 882-9722
Fax: (972) 303-2091

Email: bcrail@crailcommunications.com

The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington D.C.
1150 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
United States
Phone: (202) 974-5542
Fax: (202) 974-5519

Robert L. Amberg
Vice President & General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis
CushmanAmberg Communications, Inc.
7777 Bonhomme, Suite 2200
Clayton, MO 63105
USA
Phone: (314) 725-6400
Fax: (314) 725-0432
ramberg@cushmanamberg.com

Evelyn Yo
Director of Public Relations
Sharq Village & Spa
Operated by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, B.V.
PO Box 26662
Doha, Qatar
Telephone: 974 425 6673
Cell Phone: 974 5151 558
Fax: 974 425 6678
Email: evelyn.yo@ritzcarlton.com

Dianna Tarallo
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
50 Central Park South
New York, NY 10019
USA
Phone: (212) 521-6058
Fax: (212) 521-6039
Dianna.Tarallo@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter
Area Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan Hotel, Spa & Casino
6961 Avenue of the Governors
Carolina, PR 00979
Phone: (787) 253-1700
Fax: (787) 253-0700
verona.carter@ritzcarlton.com

Marie Cazaux
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Doha
PO. Box 23400
Doha
State of Qatar
Phone: +974 484-8303
Fax: +974 484-8310
marie.cazaux@ritzcarlton.com

Lara Otru
Public Relation Coordinator
The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul
Suzer Plaza, Elmadag
Askerocagi Cad. No: 15
34367 Sisli - Istanbul
Turkey
Phone: 90-212-334 44 95
Fax: 90-212-334 44 55
Lara.Otru@ritzcarlton.com

Audrey Slade
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner
1700 Tysons Boulevard
McLean, VA 22102
United States
Phone: (703) 744-3977
Fax: (703) 506-4305
audrey.slade@ritzcarlton.com

Michelle Payer
Area Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
2700 Tigertail Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 786-470-3424
Fax: 786-470-3408
michelle.payer@ritzcarlton.com

Dina Zakaria
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Sharm El Sheikh
Cairo Sales Office
40 Syria St. Mohandessen
Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +2 02 37605626 / Fax: +2 02 37605705
Email: dina.zakaria@ritzcarlton.com

Melissa Ladley
Communications Director
The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
PO Box 32348 KY1-1209
Seven Mile Beach
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Phone: 345-815-6699
Fax: 345-815-6855
melissa.ladley@ritzcarlton.com

Ms. Gerrie Pitt
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz London
150 Picadilly
London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (020) 7493 8181
Fax: +44 (020) 7493 2687
gpitt@theritzlondon.com

Crissy Poorman
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach
100 South Ocean Blvd.
Manalapan, FL 33462
USA
Phone: (561) 533-6000
Fax: (561) 588-4202
crissy.poorman@ritzcarlton.com

Finella Siambun
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street
1 Jin Cheng Fang Street East
Financial Street
Beijing 100032
China
Phone: (86 10) 6629 6660
Fax: (86 10) 6629 6687
finella.siambun@ritzcarlton.com

Liza Adler Kubik
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota
1111 Ritz-Carlton Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34236
USA
Phone: (941) 309-2043
Fax: (941) 309-2053
liza.kubik@ritzcarlton.com

Michelle Payer
Area Director of Public Relations
2700 Tigertail Avenue
Coconut Grove FL 33133
(p) 786-470-3424

michelle.payer@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter
Area Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
2700 Tigertail Avenue,Coconut Grove
Miami, Florida 33133
Direct: 786-470-3434
Mobile: 305-753-2914
Fax: 786-470-3409
Verona.Carter@ritzcarlton.com

Annie Buckley
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai
P.O. Box 26525
Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: (971) 4 399-4000
Direct: (971) 4 318-6725
Fax: (971) 4 399-3031
Email: annie.buckley@ritzcarlton.com

Jenny Highlander
Public Relations Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas
6900 Great Bay
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00802
USA
Phone: (340) 775-3333
Jenny.Highlander@ritzcarlton.com

The Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C.
1150 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
United States

Mutsuko Akesaka
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka
2-5-25 Kita-ku, Umeda
Osaka,
Japan
Phone: 81-6-6343-7000
Fax: 81-6-6343-7081
Mutsuko.Akesaka@ritzcarlton.com

Michelle Valle
Marketing Communications Manager
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
4012 Central Florida Parkway
Orlando, Florida 32837
USA
Phone: (407) 393-4110
Fax: (407) 393-4101
michelle.valle@ritzcarlton.com

Ms. Jill Torke'
Director of Sales and Marketing
703-412-2720
jmailto:jill.torke@ritzcarlton.com

Kim Kessler
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua
One Ritz-Carlton Drive
Kapalua, Hawaii 96761
U.S.A.
Phone: (808) 665-7046
Fax: (808) 665-7095
kim.kessler@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter
Area Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica
Miami Office
2700 Tigertail Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33327
USA
Phone: (786) 470-3400, ext 3434
Fax: (786) 470-3409
verona.carter@ritzcarlton.com

Verona Carter
Area Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
The Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Caribbean & Mexico
2700 Tigertail Ave.
Miami, FL 33133
verona.carter@ritzcarlton.com
(p) 786-470-3434
(f) 786-470-3409

Sharon Liu
Director of Communications
3 Xing An Road, Pearl River New City, Tianhe District
Guangzhou 510623
China
Phone: (86 20) 3813 6688 ext. 8331
Direct Line: (86 20) 3813 6833
Fax: (86 20) 3813 6698
Email: sharon.liu@ritzcarlton.com

Audrey Strong
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver
1881 Curtis Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: (303) 312-3822
Mobile: (303) 862-0885
Audrey.Strong@ritzcarlton.com

Rosemary Trigg
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Hotel Arts Barcelona
Marina 19-21
Barcelona, 8005
Spain
Phone: 34 93 483 80 67
Fax: 34 93 221 30 45
rosemary.trigg@ritzcarlton.com

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