BARCELO APPOINTMENT

Barcelo Hotels and Resorts has named Marilisa De Simone as its new sales manager for Ontario and Manitoba. De Simone was most recently with Thomas Cook Canada, where she spent the last 13 years in the Product and Marketing portfolio, as well as senior travel consultant and marketing manager of Marlin Travel. She will be responsible for further developing the Barcelo sales and group relationships with the retail and tour operator partners in Ontario and Manitoba. She can be contacted by e-mail at m.desimone@barcelo.com or by phone at 416-873-5534.